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What should I do over winter break?

  • Where should I go for winter break? Background: I'm a senior in college who has lived in his dorm for the last 3 years (including all summer, winter and spring breaks). I want to spend 2-3 weeks doing something crazy over winter break, most likely travelling alone but possibly with one other person (I'm male, sorry http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/25731). I'll have 3-5 thousand to spend on the trip. The only country I've been to is Canada. I only know english, so that is an issue. I'd love to go to New Zealand, but the transportation is too expensive. I'm a comp sci student who will probably spend the next 5 years in a lab, so I'd love to do something crazy outdoors (think climbimg Kilimanjaro). I don't want to go somewhere where I'll be stuck in the touristy areas. Nature is a plus, bars are a plus. I want to hike, swim, kayak, bike.... Departing from CT, USA. Free dates are cec. 17th through Jan 17. Ideas?

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    *dec. 17th

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Volunteer work in New Orleans!

craniac

the Cuba that exists now will be wept away in the blink of an eye What a pleasingly poetic typo.

biffa

Thailand is a real trip... lots of islands, great bars, women, scooter rentals, hiking, ruins, etc. Once you get there, you can live cheap. Good hotel rooms anywhere except Bangkok for $20-25 per night. $3-5 for lunch. If you spend $800 to get there and spend $60 per day, you could stay for a month on $3000.

kdern

If you don't mind the cold weather, you could always check out Western Romania near the Carpathians, although a lack of Romanian skills might make that difficult. I'm going to Romania/Moldova/Ukraine myself this winter for vacation. I'm sure there are lots of neat non-touristy places in S. America too. I've heard that South Africa is quite nice in January, my boss goes there every year.

vkxmai

In case the idea of volunteer vacations interests you... I happened to read an http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-habitat16oct16,1,2241953.story?coll=la-travel-headlines yesterday about them, with some descriptions that matched a few of your stated preferences for climbing, hiking, non-touristy, etc. The following groups have expeditions in your stated time frame: http://www.oceanicsociety.org/ http://www.americanhiking.org/

PY

"Pssst, buddy! C'mere! For airfares, look http://airfare.travelzoo.com/international-airfare/ Don't tell nobody, ok?"

rob511

I promise I don't work for Tourism New Zealand, but it should be http://www.airnewzealand.com/airfares_offers/web_specials_flights/flights/nz_from_usa_949_25_05_06.htm to pick up round-trip tickets to Auckland ex SFO or LAX for under 1K...

Sonny Jim

Travel illegally to Cuba! It is very friendly and an amazing place, outside the currents of globalization. And once Castro kicks the bucket the whole island will be bought up by either Disney or narco-trafficers (or both?) and the Cuba that exists now will be wept away in the blink of an eye. Go to the Lonely Planet Cuba message board for advice.

LarryC

scody: I would still love to go there, but tickets I could find are around $2K and I couldn't tell if that was one way.

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