Since it's sunny outside in Glasgow, and I'm stuck inside my mind slipped to the future (procrastination I know).

 

What's everyone doing for the summer? Anyone planning on travelling/exciting holidays? My life depends solely of getting an architectural job, if not, try and find some other job for a few months and then go travelling. Dunno where like, probably around Eastern Europe because its still fairly cheap and unchartered by the general British yob.

I think we'll be driving it but not sure whether to go on an organised tour bus/van/jeep or hire a car ourselves.

Fly over the fucker and see it properly. 

Then worry about paying it off between now and your next holiday. 

Penfold - Vegas is absolutely superb. You'll enjoy that. When I was there I went on an organised tour in a Jeep to the Canyon and it was one hell of a day. Stunning. There's no need to pay for Helicopters to properly see and appreciate the Canyon or the Hoover Dam. Speak to your hotel concierge about Pink Jeep Tours.   

Penfold - Vegas is absolutely superb. You'll enjoy that. When I was there I went on an organised tour in a Jeep to the Canyon and it was one hell of a day. Stunning. There's no need to pay for Helicopters to properly see and appreciate the Canyon or the Hoover Dam. Speak to your hotel concierge about Pink Jeep Tours. 

 

I'm going to Vegas at the end of April and have been looking at the helicopter tours, then leaned towards hiring a car instead. Hate being restricted to times - this spoiled a trip to Niagra falls when traffic caused us to be delayed by a couple of hours but we had to stick to the return time.  I'll have a look at the Jeep tour though, cheers for the heads up.

I'm going to Vegas at the end of April and have been looking at the helicopter tours, then leaned towards hiring a car instead. Hate being restricted to times - this spoiled a trip to Niagra falls when traffic caused us to be delayed by a couple of hours but we had to stick to the return time.  I'll have a look at the Jeep tour though, cheers for the heads up.

 

 

There's not much traffic. Well there is but there's more than enough road! 

 

We got picked up from our hotel early in the morning and dropped off at night. Can't stress how great that day was.

Any plans then chums?

 

Not much myself, got a stag do in Liverpool next month, a wedding in Glasgow in August, maybe a club trip to Shetland if we get organised, and of course looking after mini Harcus as best I can!

Going to Skye for a week on Friday, a wedding 'down South' in August, one local wedding in September and then off to Crete for a week at the end of Sept.

A series of mates weddings over the summer, including one in Germany and a stag to Tallinn. Going to head off to Bilbao and San Sebastian at the end of September, so looking to that!

Just back from a week visiting friends in Abu Dhabi.  First time I've been and I didn't realise how big the place was.  Great for a visit, and excellent weather (high 30s every day).  Went to Ferrari World to go on the world's fastest rollercoaster and we practically had the place to ourselves 

Also took the opportunity to jog round the Abu Dhabi F1 track which is open to joggers/walkers/cyclists on a Wednesday night.  Amazing experience but helluva hot for a run!

 

Went to Dubai for a couple of days.  Went up the tallest building in the world which was pretty cool.  Can't believe how quick the lifts go up 124 floors!

Went to Dubai for a couple of days.  Went up the tallest building in the world which was pretty cool.  Can't believe how quick the lifts go up 124 floors!

 

I was left sickenly underwhelmed by the Burj Khalifa.

 

I've been up a good few of the world's tallest buildings and pay a keen interest on the building process and creation of these.  But I just felt empty when I got to the 'top' or should I say the top part that you're allowed access to.

 

Although you can't take anything away from the sheer scale of it or the architecture involved, I just left feeling disappointed.

 

Perhaps it's because there's simply nothing to see up there other than sand for 180 degrees, sea for 180 degrees and a tiny slip of concrete way below.

 

Not even a cafe up there to get a couple beers and an altitude 'heidy' on. 

Perhaps it's because there's simply nothing to see up there other than sand for 180 degrees, sea for 180 degrees and a tiny slip of concrete way below.

 

Take a wrong turning did you?

 

To be fair there is a fuck load of sand there!

To be fair there is a fuck load of sand there!

:lolabove: :lolabove:

Take a wrong turning did you?

 

 

Just checked my holiday snaps and funnily enough I've got the exact same photo.  Albeit on a much shittier day by the looks of things.

 

 

Must have just been the humidity or sand getting kicked up.  Although it was a beautiful day on terra firma, blue skies, not a breath of wind.

 

Still, quite an empty experience for me, summed up beautifully by the observation deck:

 

 

 

Not going anywhere this year, but my parents are coming over for 3 weeks so we will be going places in and around the Cleveland area. Niagara Falls in September for a long weekend (it is a 3 hour drive from our house) and possibly Toronto.

Not going away this year which is gutting ater last years lads holiday, got a trip away in october to a cabin which has a snooker table, poker and so on in it but I won't be drinking so might just pull out of going.

Not going away this year which is gutting ater last years lads holiday, got a trip away in october to a cabin which has a snooker table, poker and so on in it but I won't be drinking so might just pull out of going.

 

Howcome, you training?

Not going away this year which is gutting ater last years lads holiday, got a trip away in october to a cabin which has a snooker table, poker and so on in it but I won't be drinking so might just pull out of going.

 

 

Are your friends so irritating you can only tolerate their company when halfcut?

 

Or vice versa?

Howcome, you training?

Yeah, fighting again in August at same level, win that I'll be doing a proper show in November or December hopefully if things work out and I make weights.

 

 

Are your friends so irritating you can only tolerate their company when halfcut?

 

Or vice versa?

Neither, it's a lads weekend away to get utterly ruined, pointless going if i can't drink.

Just got back from 4 weeks in Hawai'i - well pissed off at the moment

Just got back from 4 weeks in Hawai'i - well pissed off at the moment

 

You not like it, then?

Funnily enough I'm heading to Hawaii next month.  Via 5 nights in NY and 5 in Vegas.

 

Expect a PM scunnered999 

Just got back from 4 weeks in Hawai'i - well pissed off at the moment

 

Had she changed the locks when you got home?

Hawaii is next on my wishlist, nae sure aboot the effin long flights there though 

 

Hawaii is amazing. We went their in 2004 for out Honeymoon.

My mother and father in law are going there tomorrow for 10 days.

Would be a mega long flight from Scotland, took us longer to fly their from Cleveland than it did to fly to Scotland.

I took up surfing a few months ago