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one of the original reality tv shows back before big brother was a japanese guy locked naked in a room who could only gain clothes, food, and anything by winning competitions!

MeNoTalk

add something naked in a show, it will be successful !!!

hippietrail

3:17 AM

i don't know if that one was successful (-:

MeNoTalk

I am watching the morocco episode.. seems nice!

user116848

hi all

MeNoTalk

hi @Arrowfar

user116848

@MeNoTalk So this chat is usually dead :-)

hippietrail

i shall watch as many episodes as i can find during my double shift later

MeNoTalk

3:19 AM

this chat is the most living chat across SE... its just we have our dead times..

user116848

Looks like a good place to talk

MeNoTalk

yes

user116848

@MeNoTalk I see :-)

MeNoTalk

we are specialized in talking about toilets and stuff...

user116848

haha

MeNoTalk

3:20 AM

@hippietrail during ur double shifts :/ it would be nice to have a job where you can do that

hippietrail

we are all adults here

MeNoTalk

in my job, that's a safety violation :/

user116848

You mean, in travel it is often going to toilets that leads to some sort of adventure lol

hippietrail

apparently the bunch of hooligans were kicked out this morning so i guess it will be fairly quiet (-:

MeNoTalk

@Arrowfar we can give you tips on how to use toilets across planet earth.. whatever type of that toilet is you have someone expert in it.. trust me on that..

hippietrail

3:21 AM

i never hitchhiked a portable toilet )-:

MeNoTalk

@hippietrail hooligans are called "unruly passengers" here :D

hippietrail

these were "unruly guests"

user116848

@MeNoTalk haha No I mean people leave stuff (bags, passports etc) in toilets and then it gets very scary for them :-)

user116848

So you guys travel much I reckon

MeNoTalk

@Arrowfar not that, people are usually scared not to have toilet paper, or not to have water. depending on the side of the world you come from..

@Arrowfar we stay in one place little.. that's more accurate

user116848

3:23 AM

Yes, that too :)

hippietrail

@Arrowfar: i've only been to 57 countries - MeNoTalk is the real traveller

user116848

@hippietrail Oh, Nice!

user116848

I am from Pakistan btw

user116848

:-)

MeNoTalk

not.. I only been to 31 or 32...

user116848

3:24 AM

It's okay country

MeNoTalk

i have been to Pakistan few times..

Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore..

hippietrail

i wanted to go to pakistan on my last trip but got scared off by an incident

user116848

@MeNoTalk So? Did you like it? I mean very messy, yeah? haha

MeNoTalk

last time was around 2007 maybe.. or was it 2008? it was safe that time..

user116848

@hippietrail I see :)

MeNoTalk

3:25 AM

@Arrowfar not messy. i like it.. who doesn't like food street in Lahore, or BBQ tonight in Karachi, or that mountain in Islamabad.. forgot the name

hippietrail

i wanted to cross the border from china

user116848

Yes, it's safety issues here. You know political unrest etc. is common here unfortunately. I am ashamed to say

user116848

:-)

user116848

@hippietrail I see. So where are you from?

hippietrail

i'm from australia

user116848

3:27 AM

@MeNoTalk So are you Pakistani? You are talking like one lol

MeNoTalk

i am not Pakistani, i am from saudi arabia

hippietrail

i wanted to go to the hunza valley

user116848

@MeNoTalk Oh, an Arab. I look like an arab too hehe

user116848

@hippietrail Yes, that's a very nice place

MeNoTalk

how does one look like an arab? :D

user116848

3:28 AM

@MeNoTalk Ha :-) I mean beard and stuff you know

user116848

@MeNoTalk So you Muslim I am guessing

MeNoTalk

beard :D is not an arab trade mark.. probably more people with beards in Pakistan that in the whole arab world ;)

hippietrail

even with my beard i'm not sure i look like an arab. last time i was in in arab country everyone thought i was a spaniard!

MeNoTalk

it is just the stereotype thing ;)

user116848

@MeNoTalk Yes, and the moustache is common here too :-)

user116848

3:29 AM

@hippietrail lol

user116848

Nice talking to you both!

user116848

See ya! Bye!

MeNoTalk

see ya :)

hippietrail

Nus et culottés

Nus et culottés est une émission de télévision française diffusée depuis le 26 juillet 2012 sur France 5, où Nans (Nans Thomassey) et Mouts (Guillaume Mouton) tentent des expériences itinérantes culottées en partant nus après s'être fixé un objectif en vue de concrétiser un de leurs rêves. == Émissions == === Principe === Équipés d'un balluchon et de trois caméras discrètes, Nans et Mouts partent nus et sans argent. Grâce au troc, à des services rendus et à la générosité des personnes rencontrées, ils vont trouver vêtements, nourriture, logement et aide pour se déplacer (à pied, vélo, voiture ou...

and i made a new tag

travel.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/proof-of-funds

facebook.com/NusetCulottes

MeNoTalk

3:44 AM

@hippietrail have u ever thought of video blogging?

Doc

5:30 AM

@MarkMayo ahhh.. you found a bank I haven't worked for/with in Sydney then. Not that I'd consider them a real bank... :)

and yeah, I was at Seek working with their web team for a few days, helping setup some software that they ended up not buying

I have actually worked a lot with ING Direct, just not in Australia - in the US (until they got bought by Capital One) and in Europe

Mark Mayo

6:43 AM

So you and I were literally in the same building, good chance of same floor too. Can I ask what software it was, or which team? :)

yeah ING's model is weird, but it seems to be working, have friends who rave about them (as customers) which is ... odd for a bank

Mark Mayo

7:31 AM

here's a question, are there any countries left that nobody has walked right acros?

People cross America, Australia etc pretty often

but I wonder about tougher countries like Uzbekistan or Libya

andra

8:51 AM

@MarkMayo I don't know about Uzbekistan, but I am pretty sure that Libya is walked through on a daily base by the hunderd

andra

9:46 AM

given the amount of refugees that try to cross the Mediterranean on a daily base

@MarkMayo but if the Himalaya was ever crossed?

I also would consider Suriname and Brazil to be good condidates

Mark Mayo

10:01 AM

@andra not the entire country - it'd take a lot longer than a day ;)

I'm talking edge to edge

Long way back (movie and book?) was about a gulag escapee who allegedly crossed the himilayas and desert

but there's no evidence aside from his word, apparently

yeah Brazil, good point

andra

@markmayo I know, but I was referring to the refugees who cross libya to get to europe.

Many of these refugees are from sub-saharan origin

Mark Mayo

ah ok, that's pretty crazy

andra

but my proof is only statistical

Mark Mayo

anyway, was just resaerching suriname

can't find anyone that's done it

andra

I really wonder if it is at all possible

80% of the country is covered in rain forest

I met some one that did east to west

but never north to south

Mark Mayo

10:04 AM

Ed Stafford

Ed Stafford (born 26 December 1975) is an English explorer and former British Army captain. He holds the Guinness World Record for being the first human ever to walk the length of the Amazon River. == Biography == Stafford was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England and raised in Leicestershire. Ed was a cub and a scout in Leicestershire as a boy and considers it a key component in his upbringing that led him to a life as an expedition leader. On 9 August 2010, he became the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River, documented in the 2011 TV series Walking the Amazon on...

someone's done the length of the amazon

andra

Wow!

Mark Mayo

yeah that's mad

andra

my only achievement that only points in that direction is that I have cycled the Schelde river from source to the sea

I was kind of proud on that achievement, but now I feel embarrassed :)

Mark Mayo

10:28 AM

Interview with the guy

hey, any achievement is good, you did it!

Mark Mayo

1:14 PM

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Q: Get our stacktravel account to use #travel in the tweets

Our Travel Stackexchange twitter account - @stacktravel tweets out questions with the used tags on the questions. Some of the tags we use are not very common on twitter, especially among the travel writers / tweeters. It makes so much sense to add #travel onto each tweet, if there's space, th...

ooh, minor feature change

Doc

10:25 PM

@MarkMayo RSA Web Threat Detection. Dont remember exactly who we were working with, but someone from either the web or security teams

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