Vacation in the United States

[mikeymike]

Get your fingers ready for fingerprint fame then :-)

[tormedhammaren]

:lol:

[cecilia]

tormedhammaren wrote:
@cecilia:

I just wanted to thank you for good advices! Hopefully we will arrive on JFK in the beginning of July. :-D

my pleasure! have a great trip!:banana:

Just one more question: Do we really have to give our fingerprints to your police?

to the police? only if you get caught up in a crime!  :-o
as for customs and passports: this stuff is changing even as I type so I can't say for sure what in hell is going on.

if i was you i'd call the airline you are traveling with and ask them. :-?

[tormedhammaren]

my pleasure! have a great trip!

Thank you. I'm really looking forward to it.

to the police? only if you get caught up in a crime!
as for customs and passports: this stuff is changing even as I type so I can't say for sure what in hell is going on.

if i was you i'd call the airline you are traveling with and ask them.

Good idea. I will call them about it.

Regards,

[redrumloa]

1) By a quick look online plane tickets start at about $120 one way.
2) No idea
3) On the cheap for hotels food? How cheap do you want to go? Days Inn or Motel 6 is about the cheapest you will find. Rates will vary wildly between different parts of the country with NYC and LA probably being the most expensive. In many areas you can get a sparse but clean room for $30-$40 a night, you can probably tripple that for NYC. Insane. Cheap food? Fast food resturants or even better, mom and pop resturants.
4) Long time, California is HUGE.
5) No clue
6) Probably Budget, but someone else would know better.
7) For regular unleaded about bteween $1.75 and $2.20 depending on where you are. Figure in a compact rental you will get about 25 miles per gallon.
Yeah stay away from everywhere you mentioned. I'm sure I will piss some people off for saying this(sorry), but why visit the places you mentioned? NYC and LA are the left and right armpits of the US. Atlanta? That's the rectum of the US.

There are so many places to see in the US, the big cities is the last place I'd recomend. Big cities suck, period. But then again it all depends on what your interests are. Personally I'd say instead of Atlanta, go airboat riding in the FL everglades. Instead of LA, go see the Grand Canyon. Instead of NYC go ANYWHERE :lol:

[redrumloa]

Florida has some curb appeal for visitors. Here's a few things of interest in case it is considered.

Everglades Holiday Park

Sanibel Island <-- NICE! Not for partying, but nice for nature/history/relaxation.

Edison and Ford winter estate

Deep sea drift fishing

Not to mention, Disney, Universal Studios, Busch Gardens yadda yadda yadda

[tormedhammaren]

3) On the cheap for hotels food? How cheap do you want to go? Days Inn or Motel 6 is about the cheapest you will find. Rates will vary wildly between different parts of the country with NYC and LA probably being the most expensive. In many areas you can get a sparse but clean room for $30-$40 a night, you can probably tripple that for NYC. Insane. Cheap food? Fast food resturants or even better, mom and pop restaurants.

As cheap as possible but not in a tent. Thanks. What is mom and pop restaurants?

4) Long time, California is HUGE.

Yes, it's huge. 6 % bigger than my country.

7) For regular unleaded about bteween $1.75 and $2.20 depending on where you are. Figure in a compact rental you will get about 25 miles per gallon.

Or about 10.6 km per liter.

Yeah stay away from everywhere you mentioned. I'm sure I will piss some people off for saying this(sorry), but why visit the places you mentioned? NYC and LA are the left and right armpits of the US. Atlanta? That's the rectum of the US.

I take that as a good advice. Three weeks in New York sounds stressing.

There are so many places to see in the US, the big cities is the last place I'd recomend. Big cities suck, period. But then again it all depends on what your interests are. Personally I'd say instead of Atlanta, go airboat riding in the FL everglades. Instead of LA, go see the Grand Canyon. Instead of NYC go ANYWHERE

I am Norwegian, and I've never been to a really big city, that's why I want to visit New York (to walk bellow the skyscrapers, to get a view of the famous Manhattan skyline and such). But just for a couple of days. Then I want to go ANYWHERE. Maybe Florida, as you describe is as an interesting place. We have much nature/rural areas in Norway, and I actually want to see the nature/rural areas of other countries. Airboat riding in FL everglades sounds fun. Can I drive my own airboat? :-) Deep sea drift fishing sounds exciting. It's not catch and release, is it? Of course I  must visit Kennedy Space Center too. Can you recommend visiting Key West?

What about taking the summer in Alaska? Have anyone been there? (seriously meant)

Thank you! :-D

Regards,

[Neo]

4. How long does it take to drive between San Francisco and LA?

I was on a job in Menlo Park, just a few miles outside San Francisco, and then we decided to make a trip down to Hollywood in the north part of LA to visit the Universal Studios theme park.

The ride down took about 6 hours, exluding a one hour stop in a small Danish village I don't recall th name of. This was on the 101. On the return trip we used I5 which saved us an hour making it 5. Well, we did drive a little bit faster than the allowed speed limit though.

I'll guess there would be another hour to reach central LA. And it also takes an hour due to traffic from where we lived to SF. Considered you might want to make some stops and that San Fransisco is not an easy town to drive in you may estimate about 10 hours for your trip.

If you take the Pacific Highway 1 then expact alot more hours, but it probably very nice. I5 is totally boring road in the middle of nowhere.

Most people recommend to take a flight since it's apparently whery cheep and doesn't take long.

However, if you don't plan too see any special in LA you could probably skip it. And about Hollywood and Beverly Hills it's not much to see actually, so if thats the reason for your stay then skip it. LA however have numerous theme parks which may be fun to visit, but it's not much to a city more like a gigant suburb.

Anyway California is alot like home but also totally different at the same time. If you are the visit a McDonalds take a crash course in Spanish first, it would help significantly.  :-)

[FluffyMcDeath]

FYI when travelling to the States...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$OPUZXXP1IOF2VQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2004/04/23/wus23.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/04/23/ixworld.html

And don't make any jokes about being a reporter because you won't get a refund on your ticket when they deport you directly from the airport.

Once you're in, though, you can probably get a job and stay for years if you want :-).

[cecilia]

There are so many places to see in the US, the big cities is the last place I'd recomend. Big cities suck, period

redrumloa, i formerly invite you to visit New York and I'll take you around to places the will leave you breathless with the sheer beauty and majesty of the place.

there are big cities and then.....there is New York.

Once you see it you'll never think badly of it ever again.

[Karlos]

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