29 days!

[Benjamin]

:amazed:

[Shaun]

length of niamh's period?

[Benjamin]

No, that lasts a lifetime. :idc:

[Jessica.]

Until summer?

[Ammi]

..you sure?...we've got it down as 81...we're a bit more keen than you
...party's booked

[Maia]

Until the 11th of May? :amazed:

[Black Dagger]

I thought you were leaving us before that? :sad:

[Benjamin]

I pushed my flight back due to a friends wedding. :tongue:

[Benjamin]

..you sure?...we've got it down as 81...we're a bit more keen than you
...party's booked

I shall also be partying. In New Zealand. ;)

[michael21]

I pushed my flight back due to a friends wedding. :tongue:

:suspect: are you really going on bb 2012

[Benjamin]

No. :laugh:

[Samuel.]

:sad:

[InOne]

Are you getting a visa or just staying 6 months?

[Shaun]

-cries-

Ben I'll come to Bristol to give you a leaving present on behalf of TiBB.

[Niall]

-cries-

Ben I'll come to Bristol to give you a leaving present on behalf of TiBB.

We should all pitch in and get him one of these

http://evacpack.co.uk/shop/medical/mooncup.jpg

[Shaun]

:laugh2:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i wont be able to listen to front row in future without crying

[Benjamin]

I don't want or need a mooncup. :tongue:


And to answer Joe's question. I'm there for a year, maybe longer.

[Kate!]

Scott and I are coming to the airport to see you off. Dressed as a swan and Miss Piggy.

[Benjamin]

I shall call security. :tongue:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

you should visit st helens before NZ

[Benjamin]

But you don't live in St Helens. :suspect:

[King Gizzard]

Since when were you going to New Zealand

[Benjamin]

I'm not really. I'm actually spending a year in a caravan down in Bognor Regis. ;)

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

But you don't live in St Helens. :suspect:

yes i do :nono:

[Benjamin]

50 days. :amazed:

[Kate!]

:(

[Benjamin]

After about a week away from here, you'll all forget I existed. :tongue:

[thesheriff443]

After about a week away from here, you'll all forget I existed. :tongue:

then you have not seen my tattoo:joker:

[Benjamin]

I dread to think what it is now. It's not may face is it? :laugh:

[Kate!]

After about a week away from here, you'll all forget I existed. :tongue:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuLps-_QMP8cOjdG5xClMWw_GrF9V31lLDp4-LWQE1wRiOMRyW

March 2013: Marc, Kate and Scott wondered who the hell the strange very hairy bloke who'd just wandered in was!!!!

[Z]

:suspect: How can you be so sure you'll never be on TiBB again once you leave the country? They have internet in New Zealand :suspect: I hope you have a great time though :suspect: I can't stop using this emote :suspect:

[Jesus.]

Are you just going to NZ, or are you traveling around OZ/Asia too?

[Benjamin]

:suspect: How can you be so sure you'll never be on TiBB again once you leave the country? They have internet in New Zealand :suspect: I hope you have a great time though :suspect: I can't stop using this emote :suspect:

:suspect:

Oh, I probably will use the internet, but not often as the internet cafés can be quite annoying. And for the small time I am online, TiBB unfortunately will not take priority over many other things I'll need to be online for. :tongue:

[Benjamin]

Are you just going to NZ, or are you traveling around OZ/Asia too?

I've already done Australia and some of Asia. Will do more of Asia this time after NZ and some of the islands.

[Kate!]

:suspect:

Oh, I probably will use the internet, but not often as the internet cafés can be quite annoying. And for the small time I am online, TiBB unfortunately will not take priority over many other things I'll need to be online for. :tongue:

How dare you :hmph:

[Z]

:suspect: You know that's not true, TiBB > all

[Benjamin]

LOL. To be honest I'm glad to be getting away from here. I've found certain members have really put me off using here lately.

[Jesus.]

My sister went and worked with disabled people in NZ about 14/15 years ago. She had the time of her life, and still keeps in contact with many of the people she cared for.

There was one girl who just woke up blind for no (medically) apparent reason when she was about 8 years old. My sis absolutely adored her, and about 9 years ago, she had a phone call from this girl. She had bumped her head on a wall and her sight was instantly restored. A complete mystery to the doctors, but an amazing story.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i hope you get your mod status revoked before you leave coz what if you get bit by a venomous snake and it turns you insane and you log into tibb and ban me

[Bollo]

Have you got a job set up or are you gonna be back packing? I've heard that NZ is such a beautiful country

[Benjamin]

i hope you get your mod status revoked before you leave coz what if you get bit by a venomous snake and it turns you insane and you log into tibb and ban me

Hasn't that already happened once? :idc:

Have you got a job set up or are you gonna be back packing? I've heard that NZ is such a beautiful country

Backpacking, but will be working and doing performance work. I'm getting very excited now.

[Bollo]

Ooh, what does performance work entail? That sounds interesting..

[bbfan1991]

We'll have to have a gypsy party to send him off:suspect::laugh:.

[bbfan1991]

Good luck Ben, how exciting for you though:):D.

[Benjamin]

Ooh, what does performance work entail? That sounds interesting..

Poetry, spoken word and sonic productions. And a lot of experimentation and exploring. :hugesmile:


We'll have to have a gypsy party to send him off:suspect::laugh:.

Will GypsyGoth be there?

[Benjamin]

Good luck Ben, how exciting for you though:):D.

Cheers, Reggie.

[bbfan1991]

Poetry, spoken word and sonic productions. And a lot of experimentation and exploring. :hugesmile:




Will GypsyGoth be there?

Of course we can get the forum ladies in massive dresses:p.

[Bollo]

Poetry, spoken word and sonic productions. And a lot of experimentation and exploring. :hugesmile:


Wow, I haven't seen a lot of that kind of stuff, but it sounds fabulous....You're going to have the time of your life! There's no room for a stowaway in your suitcase is there...:spin:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Hasn't that already happened once? :idc:

exactly :nono:

[Benjamin]

Ah, so near now! :amazed:

[Ammi]

http://images-partners-tbn.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8kDXYR2DolskLxzemoNYTSbVQnR3-ZWqy2IqEXYK97iqixRDg_Q:www.yourtravelworld.com/images/nzpic2.jpg

[Boothy]

How long are you going for?

[Benjamin]

At least a year. I finish my job in 19 days too. Thank ****.

[Pyramid*]

LOL. To be honest I'm glad to be getting away from here. I've found certain members have really put me off using here lately.

Yeah, it's a pretty **itty feeling - I've said much the same myself at times so I totally get you on that one.

Do you have an itinerary sorted, planned your routes or are you just going to call wherever you lay your hat, your home?

[Boothy]

At least a year. I finish my job in 19 days too. Thank ****.

Sounds amazing, man! Bet you'll absolutely love it.

I'd love to do something like that. I think that's why I don't know what career path I want to go down yet, there's so many things I want to do and I don't want a job restricting me from doing them.

[Benjamin]

Yeah, it's a pretty **itty feeling - I've said much the same myself at times so I totally get you on that one.

Do you have an itinerary sorted, planned your routes or are you just going to call wherever you lay your hat, your home?

Well I start in Auckland and will remain there for the first seven days, then after that wherever the wind takes me. I have certain areas and sites I want to visit as well as activities I would like to do, including some caving, but I don't have deadlines for those, depends on who I meet.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

do you just like latch on to random people like walk to somebody on the street and ask if you can live with them how does it work im intrigued

[Pyramid*]

Well I start in Auckland and will remain there for the first seven days, then after that wherever the wind takes me. I have certain areas and sites I want to visit as well as activities I would like to do, including some caving, but I don't have deadlines for those, depends on who I meet.


A few of my friends did the very same thing: loose idea of plan / direction but with lots of leaway to change depending on who they met, what was happening, where.

They had an absolute blast - they did it via one of these 'round the world' type things and Oz / NZ was the last leg (I think they spent about 8/9 months at that end).

Said it was a brilliant experience.

Such freedom would be amazing. If you have the means to do it, you'd be off your rocker not to.

I'm so envious.

[bbfan1991]

How exciting for you:D.

[Benjamin]

This time next month I'll be on the plane heading to Auckland. Genuinely nervous now.

[Mystic Mock]

I would just like to say good luck Ukturtle, TIBB will miss you.

Also I know one of my Uncles wanted to go to New Zealand but he never had the money to go.

[Marc]

you're making me scared about my DISSERTATION!!!!

[Benjamin]

do you just like latch on to random people like walk to somebody on the street and ask if you can live with them how does it work im intrigued

You meet people in the hostels, bars, trips etc and get talking and if you have similar interests or routes planned you can team up. Also it reduces cost per person if there is a car involved.

A few of my friends did the very same thing: loose idea of plan / direction but with lots of leaway to change depending on who they met, what was happening, where.

They had an absolute blast - they did it via one of these 'round the world' type things and Oz / NZ was the last leg (I think they spent about 8/9 months at that end).

Said it was a brilliant experience.

Such freedom would be amazing. If you have the means to do it, you'd be off your rocker not to.

I'm so envious.



I know, I'm so excited. I cannot wait to feel freedom again.


I would just like to say good luck Ukturtle, TIBB will miss you.

Also I know one of my Uncles wanted to go to New Zealand but he never had the money to go.

Aw, TiBB best miss me, but I'm sure they'll soon get over it. :hugesmile:

you're making me scared about my DISSERTATION!!!!

get yo ass in gear and do it!

[Marc]

:bawling: omg -cuts-

[Benjamin]

The sooner you do it the sooner your are free from it forever. :hugesmile:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i swear it was on 30 days for like a week :suspect:

[HBB1508]

Good luck Ben I am so envious - maybe one day I'll get to go down under (no smutty jokes please :) )

[Kazanne]

Ukturtle,i hope you have a great time,you will be missed at TIBB,what a wonderful adventure for you though,kinda sad you're going but hopefully you'll be back with lots of great stories to tell,enjoy yourself and take care.