What should I do next week?

[alfred russel]

I'm getting off the week after next. I can't move it. I want to do something, but have zero plans. I want to fly somewhere on Friday (December 5) and back on Sunday (December 14).

I like to do rather aggressive hiking, and beyond that am a history nerd.

What should I do?

My first thought is Patagonia, but flights are prohibitively expensive right now. So that is out.

The US and Europe are cold, Australia too far away.

Current ideas:
-Turkey, never been, flights to Istanbul are cheapish, and Istanbul combined with a road trip through parts of Turkey when that gets boring should be fun.
-Israel, never been, why not. Flights are cheapish.
-Morocco, never been, flights aren't too expensive, driving around should be interesting, maybe see the Sahara? The major downside is that I really want to go up a mountain there, and the weather won't allow it in December.

These are my ideas. I'm not excited about them. I need to leave in 6 days, so I sort of need to make a quick decision. If anyone wants to meet up for something like a roadtrip through turkey, I can spring for the cars and hotels.

[Ideologue]

Let's go to Thailand.

[Razgovory]

A bunch of those little clowns stuffed in a clown car.

[alfred russel]

Let's go to Thailand.

Flights to Bangkok aren't obnoxious. I know you are joking, but I'd definitely be in. I'm not going by myself because of the same reason you are saying lets go to Thailand.

[Ideologue]

I wanted to learn muay thai and meet M. Bison, is all.

[Sheilbh]

I think Turkey is also freezing this time of year. Israel would be very cool. Though I've not been to either.

I loved Morocco. Six days isn't a great deal of time but you could almost certainly see the Sahara, or skip that and go for Marrakesh and Essaouira (Portguese fort-town on the Atlantic which is lovely) or Marrakesh and North to Rif: Fes, Meknes and Chefchaoun maybe?

Edit: Although regardless you will be driving South of the Channel, so God help you

[Admiral Yi]

Go to Colombia.

[Ideologue]

Do you mean on the correct side of the road. You insular peoples and your quaint idiosyncrasies!

[Sheilbh]

Do you mean on the correct side of the road. You insular peoples and your quaint idiosyncrasies!

But no I mean safely rather than like you're in a video game or where using the horn is an acceptable alternative to braking.

[alfred russel]

I loved Morocco. Six days isn't a great deal of time but you could almost certainly see the Sahara, or skip that and go for Marrakesh and Essaouira (Portguese fort-town on the Atlantic which is lovely) or Marrakesh and North to Rif: Fes, Meknes and Chefchaoun maybe?

I was thinking land in Casablanca, drive to Fes, spend a couple days there, drive to Marrakesh, spend a couple days there, maybe do a really short Sahara expedition, and then go home.

That might meet some ADVENTURE! quotient. Mostly because of the driving. That isn't much time though.

[Ideologue]

Free climb El Capitan!

[alfred russel]

Do you mean on the correct side of the road. You insular peoples and your quaint idiosyncrasies!

But no I mean safely rather than like you're in a video game or where using the horn is an acceptable alternative to braking.

I'm probably going to book this tonight. Sheilbh, I trust your judgment on this stuff. Am I missing something amazing?

I'm a leaning toward Israel or Istanbul--Istanbul being much more interesting for me but also colder.

[alfred russel]

Go to Colombia.

Do you have ideas what I should do?

[Admiral Yi]

Do you have ideas what I should do?

Go to the beach at Cartagena (or is that in Venezuela?--anyway Colombia has an old colonial port town with a beach).  Check out the Bogota night life.  Eyeball the senoritas.  Eat some food.  Hike somewhere dangerous near FARC territory.

[alfred russel]

Go to the beach at Cartagena (or is that in Venezuela?--anyway Colombia has an old colonial port town with a beach).

It is in Colombia.