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Looking for a place to stay in Timbuktu? Planning your next transcontinental overland trek? Want to know what winter is like in Mongolia, or Paris in the spring? Here are some people who can help you out. Please don't include tourist stops, and a general information on places that Williams students typically go, rarely go, and are proud to have been the only ones among us to go to.
==Perennial destinations==
'''[[Montreal]]''' is a popular destination for Williams students for a few-days trip, especially during [[reading period]]s and [[dead week]]. [[ACE]] has organized trips there in the past, but more often [[entry|entries]] and small groups of friends make plans to visit, often motivated by the drinking age, strip clubs, and the city's culture. '''[[Hilton Head]]''' is the traditional destination of a plurality of the outoing senior class during [[senior dead week]]. Typical activities include golf, beach activities, and strippers and other debacuhery that you do and don't hear about afterwards. ==Study abroad== See [[study abroad]] for information on destinations and programs frequented by Williams students. ==Unusual places== Here are some places we've visited that we'd call "unusual." It's a qualitative, subjective term, but certainly tourist spots don't belong here. If the name doesn't say it all, make your case below, and celebrate your globetrotting to the rest of us.<!--alphabetically, please!--> ===BoliviaAustralia===* Urubicha'''Darwin'''(has saltwater crocodiles in the ocean): Katherine Gorge, also The WorldKakadu National Park: [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jak Jessie Kerr]* '''Perth'''--[[User:08dsj|08dsj]] * '''Tasmania'''s Most Dangerous Road—Concert Choir 2005--[[User:08dsj|08dsj]] ===Austria===* '''Sölden, Obergurgl, Kitzbühel, Kauntertal'''(and many places in between): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alexandra Ambros]* '''Saalfelden, Ramsau:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]* '''Krems, Linz, Vienna''' (and other random places): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tdm Thomas Miller]
===Canada===
* '''Sudbury, Halifax, Gaspe, Calgary, Banff ''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]* '''Nova Scotia, Vancouver, Whistler''' (I don't think Toronto counts) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]* '''Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tmh Toby Hall]* '''Vancouver''':[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]*'''Conche, Newfoundland''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kfm Katie Montgomery]
===Chile===
* '''Xinjiang''': (Mainly Urumqi, Turpan, and Kashgar) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jl Jason Law]
* '''Yunnan''': (Mainly Kunming, Zhongdian, Shangri'La, Xi'An, Beijing, Dali, Ruili, and Lijiang) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]
* '''Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'An, Hong Kong, Dunhuang, Inner Mongolia and the Gobi Desert''': Philip Arnolds* '''Xi'an, Huashan, Beijing, Shenzhen, HongKong, Tianjin''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin] ===Costa Rica===* '''Cloud forest''': [[Diana Davis]] ===Czech Republic=== * '''Harrachov''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]* '''Ceske Krumlov''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08eap Liz Pierce]* '''Prague, Ceske Krumlov''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jpp Jim Prevas]* '''Prague''': [[Diana Davis]]* '''Prague''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tdm Thomas Miller]
===ColombiaDominican Republic===* Medellin, Cartagena, Bogota, Cali '''La Romana''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman07hcs Helen Selonick]
===Czech RepublicEcuador=== *Harrachov'''La Hesperia''' 2hrs west of Quito: [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin[Kate Majzoub]*Ceske Krumlov: [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08eap Liz Pierce]
===Egypt===
* '''Students who have studied at AUC* ''': Philip Arnolds, John Chatlos
===Finland===
* '''Rovaniemi (Santa's village and Arctic Cirle), Turku, Helsinki''': Ersen Bilgin and Grace Song* '''Voukatti ''' (year round indoor ski tunnel) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin] ===Germany===* '''Kernen-Im-Remstal''' [[ Elizabeth Pasipanodya]]* '''Schonack''' (in the Black Forest) [[Morgan Goodwin]]* '''Freiburg im Breisgau''' [[Toby Hall]]
===Georgia===
* '''Students who went on the Georgia [[Winter Study]] class* (2006)''': Philip Arnolds* , Jason Ren -2006
===Greece===
* '''Athens, Santorini, Crete, Mykonos, Patmos, Rhodes ''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]* '''Athens, Sparti, Corinth, Mycenae, Mykonos, Patmos, Rhodes, Santorini, Chania (Crete), Heraklion (Crete)''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jpp Jim Prevas] ===Honduras===*'''Roatan:''' Kathryn Lindsey ===Hungary===* '''Budapest''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tdm Thomas Miller] ===India===* '''Himachal Pradesh''' (specifically McLeod Ganj/Dharamsala), [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06kmm Kate Majzoub]* '''Srinagar, Leh, Kargil, Manali''' - know most of these towns, [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah]* '''Mahabaleshwar, Panchgini''' - know like the back of my hand, [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah], [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08dsj Diana Jaffe]* '''Chennai, Tamil Nadu''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sas Sesh Sundararaman]* '''Bangalore, Karnataka''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sas Sesh Sundararaman]* '''Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ras Rahul Shah]
===KenyaLebanon===* '''Beirut''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kal Kathryn Lindsey]* '''(...)''':Lucy Thiboutot '05
===Lesser Antilles===* '''Dominica, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]* '''British Virgin Islands''' (Tortola): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]* Nairobi'''Dutch Territories''' (Sint Maarten, Aruba): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]* '''French Territores''' (Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe, MtMartinique): [http://wso.williams. Kenyaedu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]* '''U.S. Virgin Islands''' (St. Thomas, SamburuSt. Croix, Masai Mara Saint John): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman06dr David Rodriguez]
===Mexico===
* '''Chihuahua''': [[Alan Cordova]]
*'''Jalisco, Oaxaca, Sonora, Chihuahua, Michoacan, Durango, Zacatecas, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Colima, Baja California, Nayarit, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes ''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nf Noemi Fernandez]* '''Colonia Azucenas, Oaxaca ''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]
===Mongolia===
===Morocco===
* '''(...)''':[http://www.soldrinero.net Ryan Carollo], students who went on the '05 Winter Study trip* '''Tangier''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick (Tangier)]* '''Tangier''':[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] crossed the Strait of Gibraltar for an overnighter in Tangier* '''(...)'''[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lcc Lindsey Corbin]*'''Marrakech: Kathryn Lindsey ===New Zealand===* '''South Island''' (Christchurch, Wanaka, Franz Josef, Queenstown): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick], Diana Jaffe* '''Christchurch, Dunedin''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09rfa Ruth Aronoff '09], Diana Jaffe
===North Korea===
* '''(...)'''Roy Liu* '''(...)'''Ji Ae Rhee
===Norway===
* '''Trondhiem ''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]* '''(...)''': Margit Sande-Kerback '05
===Russia===
* '''Irkutsk:''' : [[Sara Beach '06]], [[Jack Nelson '07]], [[Emily Button '07]], [[Casey Drosehn '07]]* '''Ulan-Ude:''': [[Sara Beach '06]], [[Emily Button '07]], [[Casey Drosehn '07]] ===Serbia===* '''Belgrade''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tdm Thomas Miller] ===South Africa===Elizabeth Pasipanodya, Diana Jaffe
===Sweden===
* '''Solleftea ''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08mjg Morgan Goodwin]* Picked up our Volvo in '''Goteborg''' and drove all over (even to '''Legoland in Denmark''') [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick] ===Switzerland===* '''Zermatt''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alexandra Ambros]*'''Zurich''' and '''Kleine Scheideg''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick]
===TajikistanSyria===* '''Dushanbe:''' [[Alan Cordova]]Kathryn Lindsey* Elizabeth Pasipanodya
===Turkey===
* '''Kucukkabaca, Isparta, Cappadocia, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Istanbul, Antalya, Denizli''': Grace Song* '''Goreme, Istanbul, Pamukkale, Cappadocia ''': [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman] ===Uzbekistan===* [http'''Ephesus'''://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gezi Zakhidjon Ishmukhamedov] and [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=geak Akhadbek Khaydarov06jpp Jim Prevas]
===United States===
*'''Alaska ''' (Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay Oil Field):Mary Haas* '''Alaska''' (Kupreanof Island, Kake): Danny Fischler* '''Alaska''' (Denali National Park): Alexandra Ambros* '''Alaska''' (Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Sitka, Anchorage): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]* '''Hawaii''' (Honolulu): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick] * '''Hawaii''' (Molokai: The most Hawaiian island/not a tourist spot): [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06jak Jessie Kerr]* '''Wall Drug''': [[Diana Davis]]* '''Nevada'''(Highway 50, The Loneliest Road in America): Jay Cox-Chapman* '''Colorado to Vermont''' one month by bike. (Kansas '''is''' Mary Haasas flat as they say it is) Alex Ambros* [[Evan Miller ]] once asked for directions to a nearby campsite at a gas/lotto station in '''Uniontown, Kansas ''' (population 283) [http://www.ku.edu/pri/ksdata/census/stf3a/Places_z/uniontow.pdf]. The overalled, bug-eyed proprietor with a John Deere hat perched on his head told him, "Oh it's real easy to get there. Go over the hill right here and take a left at the church, and then take your first right, then left-right-left-right-left-right, and it'll be there on your left. Can't miss it." And he didn't. You can verify the directions from Uniontown to the camp entrance for yourself:
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</googlemap>
===U.S. Territories===* '''Wall DrugPuerto Rico''' (San Juan) :[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] ===Uzbekistan===* [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gezi Zakhidjon Ishmukhamedov] and [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=geak Akhadbek Khaydarov] ===Venezuela===* '''Caracas''' :[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] ===Zambia===Elizabeth Pasipanodya, Diana Jaffe, Sesh Sundararaman ===Zimbabwe===Elizabeth Pasipanodya, Diana Jaffe ==Obscure places== This is a special section. Getting in here is kind of like getting a point in Boggle -- your destination can only be on this list if no one else has been here. If you see a place you've been to here, make an edit and move that person and place to "[[#Unusual places|Unusual places]]"450 miles (and add yourself). Please choose to Wall Drugadd destinations of a reasonable size, so that they will be a meaningful achievement. No [[restaurants]] and the like, however good, but the jury's still out on whether something like " fameLindsay Lohan's bedroom" should count. :'''Angola:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sas Sesh Sundararaman] (Luanda) Diana Davis:'''Antarctica:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman]:'''Argentina:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman] (San Juan, Ushuaia, and Buenos Aires):'''Austria:''' [[Joe McDonough]] (Kalwang):'''Belize:''' Megan Bruck (Placencia):'''Bolivia:''' [[Concert Choir]], 2005 (Urubicha, The World's Most Dangerous Road<!--let's get a link here !-->):'''Canada:''' (Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuak) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08tmh Toby Hall]:'''Colombia:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman] (Medellin, Cartagena, Bogota, Cali) :'''Croatia:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nf Noemi Fernandez] (Zagreb, Opatija):'''Hungary:''' [[Elizabeth Pasipanodya]] (Dombovar):'''Kenya:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06as_2 Andres Schabelman] (Nairobi, Mt. Kenya, Samburu, Masai Mara):'''Kyrgyzstan:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=gekl Lilia Kadyrberdieva]:'''Tajikistan:''' [[Alan Cordova]] (Dushanbe):'''Northern Ireland:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hcs Helen Selonick] (Belfast):'''Space:''' Jonathan Ohueri. His father is an astronaut for NASA and took him into orbit around the Earth as a young child.:'''Sri Lanka:''' Ananda Burra (Kandy, Galle, Anuradhapuram etc):'''Switzerland:''' [[Jono Dowse]] (Lötschental, Emmental, Diemtigtal, Lower Engadin, Appenzell, Gersau) [http://wso.williams.edu/~jdowse/swzreport.pdf proof in PDF form]