If Mocos dreams are prophetic, I need to come for sure :P :party:

We'll see if I get a chance, I'd need to get a biometric electric passport, which I avoided by now and hope I am not on some list :P
Anyways - I can't say by now - just that I'd really like to be there.

I really wish I could come... I'm srt of considering spending some of my student loan, to see if I could get a cheap ticket, but right now, it kind of seems like it's in the £400+ range, and would reqire me to miss lectures, more than likely... :(

I hate living in this country sometimes, I really do.

Well, it is wales.

I keed, I keed. :)



Missing a lecture or two isn't going to break the bank (never did for me); unless you need the lectures to pass the course.

- Mikko

Yeah, I was all set to miss lectures last year... it was only because of exams that I didn't go :'(

£400 is very optimistic though, unless flights from Wales are a couple of hundred cheaper.

Will you still be having lectures in July? Thought that was holiday time? Well it was when I was in college and uni. Guess it's all changed now.

Anyway as for cost of flight I did have a look up and the lowest I could find...although you may find cheaper,... is between £800 and £850 from Birmingham and between £790 and £850 from London Heathrow.

These do involve changing planes in either Paris!!! or somewhere in the US.

Hope that helps.

Alan

Oh, in that case... It's definitely not going to happen then. :(

I'll be free from lectures, but can't afford the flights/accomodation/transport.

Wow - I am amazed that it is cheaper to fly to Thailand with 10 days of hotel near the beach than to fly to Seattle (without hotel)... I also checked nearby airports, they are all in the same ballpark - about €1100 :(

It's getting more expensive all the time... the reason I REALLY need dates if I am to be able to go... :(

I also need some dates -.- Meh, I'm nothing special, the dates probably won't affect me anyway :D I just feel antsy not knowing.

Moved to an on-site live updating version here.

Haha - "clan meals" - I am wondering, is there a chance to get insect larvae? They are available from Thailand I think. Would be pretty funny :D

Hey guys, just delivering a heads-up -

My life is getting pretty complicated at the moment, and my chance of attending the meetup is looking lower than originally thought. It's not completely written out for me, but I can't say it's guaranteed. :( To put it simply, I've just got several other big goals I want to accomplish next year, and in deciding when to do them and which are the most important for myself and my future...well, I just can't quite make any reservations yet.

But please, don't take this as a sign that this young man's "inner Na'vi" is fading away. Far from it, actually.

:(

It's good to hear the last bit... I do still hope to see you there :)

EmptyGlass: I really really really hope things work for you and you can make it. The backpacking wouldn't be the same without you.

I know that at some point we have to go backpacking together whether it be in CO, or CA or WA...


Anyway good luck ma tsmukan. :)

Thanks, and I still hope to see both of you there along with the rest of the gathering. And I feel especially bad having to say this considering that I was one of the guys who initially spoke about the possibility of a group camping trip for this meetup.

I'll do my best to make this happen...