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I haven't posted on this site before but I hear people can share their experiences and deepest thoughts on here. So I hope I can find some peace of mind knowing I can share my stories and life changing experiences with the possibility of others being able to relate. Also this story is an extremely long one that takes over the span of a year. So prepare for a long read if your down for it. So with that being said I will begin telling you the story of how one particular guinea pig changed my life. It was March 19th 2022 almost close to my brother's birthday. My mom without my acknowledgement purchased a grey and white male guinea pig and hid him in our basement to surprise my brother on his birthday. When I came home my sister came to me all excited telling me about my brother's gift. I was not in the least bit thrilled cause I knew I would have to pay for it's food and other basic needs. My mom isn't one to care for him do to him being in the rodent family. We brought him upstairs and presented it to my brother. Of course he was not interested in his gift and stated he would have prefered a puppy over a guinea pig. My sister then claimed him and decided to name him Ponyo. You know like after one of those Studio Ghibli films. After doing some research we discovered guinea pigs being social and decided the next day to get him a friend. So the next day we went out to a local pet store to find Ponyo a friend. As we all walked in we discovered a tank filled with black and white guinea pigs. All were short haired but one in particular stood out from the rest. It's fur was long, fluffy, soft, and flowing. I hesitated to get it because the tank stated they were female. However my two sisters begged me to buy her. I asked the a store worker if they had males and they pulled out a box from the back room. There was 4 small sickly looking males. None looked as good as the females in the tank. So after some time I gave in and allowed my siblings to get the fluffy black and white guinea pig. The worker then opened the tank and scooped up the little fluff ball. Its screamed in fear almost as if begging to stay in the tank with it's herd. However, when it was placed in my sister's arms it went silent and limp in her arms. My sister then look up at me and stated that this guinea pig was the one. We purchased her and brought her home. My sister then named her Nezzie after the character Nezuko from the anime Demon Hunter. I rolled my eyes but it's their animals not mine. We then introduced Nezzie and Ponyo under supervised play dates until Ponyo was old enough to be neutered. From that day on I go to work and come home to tend to their cages in the living room. On week 2 their personalities were starting to show. Ponyo was the energetic idiot with rocks for brains who loved to zoom around in his cage. Nezzie was a bit more docile with a bratty diva like attitude who demanded attention and food. One day I turned on the TV and the two would sit in their cage during one of their supervised play times and actually watch the TV. The more days past and both started showing me signs of not only being self aware to an extent but also being complex emotional creatures capable of forming bonds. Before I knew it a month goes by and they started to wheek at the very sight of me. Nezzie especially demanded that I pick her up and hold her. She would melt into my arms and purr when I stroked her fur. Ponyo however hated being picked up and would run from my hands. Nezzie once started to wheek one night until I came over to her cage. She came to me and I picked her up. Turns out she just wanted my attention. If I didn't give into her demands she would sit in a corner and pout, chattering her teeth. She later learns to just bite the bars of her cage non stop as that often would give me no choice but to give in. Over the summer I would have them out in the back porch in a playpen. Once during dinner my family would watch them run around as we ate outside. Soon both my parents started to warm up to the idea of having them around. However soon things started to take a turn for Nezzie. I found an abscess in one of her hind legs. I then took her to the vet and had it removed. She healed up and I thought it would end there. The vet told me Ponyo and Nezzie may not be getting along but of course both were inseparable. Both would call out to each other if separated and would sleep, eat, and play together. Then one day in June I was watching them play in the playpen as usual when my mom came out to talk with me. Now I'm not sure if I told you just how smart guinea pigs are but they are in fact very smart. The moment I turned my back to speak to my mom was the moment Ponyo took his shot. He got her pregnant and I was unable to stop him in time. To make matters worse her abscess came back in the same exact spot in her hind leg. I took her to the vet and had her treated again. Also during this time the air conditioner broke and I had to take the guinea pigs into my room where I had a mini conditioner set up in my room window. Almost every night Nezzie would stand right next to me at the end of her cage to watch me work in my computer. One night in particular was when she was nearing the end of her pregnancy she came to watch me work looking absolutely shit faced. I knew that pregnancy can be exhausting but never even considered it would be a grueling process in animals too. Anyhow her leg healed up and soon on July 29th at 7:30 am her babies were born. I woke up to the sound what I thought were puppy like noises. Funny how newborn Guinea Pigs can sound just like little puppies. It was also during this time that Ponyo was finally able to get neutered as he was at long last considered old enough for the procedure. After Ponyo healed up he was finally able to permanently live with Nezzie. No more play dates and wheeking for each other every night after being seperated. We ended up naming her babies : Billy, Bee, Stella, and Sweet Pea. Now here is where the painful part of my experience comes in. Nezzie ended up picking on Sweet Pea and one day bit him on the face. I was at work at the time so I had to base what happened on my sister's word. I came home and saw him in the corner of the cage whining and struggling to breath. I picked him up to look at him and my sister kept telling me to take him to the vet. But of course the vet is closed during this time. Even so the vet is not skilled to work with a baby this small yet alone one in the rodent family being of this size. I held him in my arms and after some time he died in my arms. I placed him back into the cage so his family could see him. I then began to feel pain like that I had never felt before. I knew I had to bury Nezzie's baby so I took the body away and placed in in a toilet paper roll. I taped both sides shut and took it outside into the back yard with a shovel in my hands. I cried so hard as I began to dig the hole. I had failed to take care of you I thought and his last moments were in my arms. It's was in the dead of night when I buried him and couldn't even look at my father in eye because I felt like such a wimp for crying over something to small. Sweet Pea was the runt of the litter and my best guess as to what happened was that Nezzie rejected him. I later went to bed and when I woke up the next day I instantly felt much better. Seeing the other babies growing and Nezzie being chased around by them just warmed my heart and was able help me heal from the loss. When the babies were 4 weeks old I had them placed for adoption on a Guinea Pig Finder site. The two boys Billy and Bee were instantly adopted together but Stella being the only girl of the litter was having trouble finding a home. That's when I one day walked into the local pet store to ask if I could place a flier for Stella. As soon as I mentioned of a female Guinea Pig a staff member came running out of the back room. She was jumping for joy was she wanted to know more of Stella. I showed her a pic and she immediately showed me her guinea pig herd that she had at home. That moment was when I knew I found Stella her forever home. Of course all adopters had to wait for at least 2 weeks being the babies were still a bit too young. It was during those 2 weeks was when I purchased Nezzie and Ponyo's bigger and permanent CC Kavee cage so both could live together. On September 14th Stella was officially a month old and was ready to go to her new home. I watched as Nezzie and Stella as they ate their last meal together in their cage. After a few videos and photos it was time to bring her to her new family. I took Stella out of the cage and placed her into the carrier. Another goodbye tho this time it's with a happier ending for Stella then with Sweet Pea. I got teary eyed as a drove her to the meeting point where I would hand Stella to her new home. When I arrived to the store where the lady worked I handed Stella over. I then couldn't contain my emotions any longer and began to cry like a fool in front of the staff in the store. I gave Stella my last goodbyes and left as the lady took Stella to her car and we both drove off to our separate ways. Later that night she sent me videos of Stella jumping for joy in her new herd. 3 days later and it was Billy and Bee's turn to go to their new forever home. After a few pics and videos it was time to go. I placed them into a big cardboard box and had one of my sisters with me. We drove to the meeting point and met the new family. They had a little girl with curly blondish redish hair who handed me a letter. I gave the family the two guinea pigs along with some toys and food. Surprisingly I didn't cry or feel sad at all this time. I think it was because I was better prepared for that moment due to Stella. Later I drove home and cleaned out the boy's old cage and took Ponyo back out from is temporary set up and into that cage. I read the letter the girl gave me and it was the little girl thanking me for giving her the guinea pigs and promising to take good care of them. Shortly after Nezzie and Ponyo's cage came delivered at the front porch. The Kavee CC cage and the Guinea Dad mats all came in and soon after it was all set up, Nezzie and Ponyo were at long last able to live together. Both Nezzie and Ponyo started to popcorn and run around their new cage. After they settled in I was able to clear the room of their old cages and actually start to enjoy the company of the two, the way it was intended to be. No more babies and no more vet visits. Billy and Bee were both renamed Cookie and Caramel and Stella still remained as Stella. From that day on I would go to work and actually look forward to something when I came home. Every night I came home and both Ponyo and Nezzie would come running up to me at the end of their cage to greet me. Nezzie often would wheek every time I would walk in my room, EVERYTIME. When ever I would pet her in her loft she would stretch out her body and even roll over slightly so I would be able to rub her belly. Nezzie was a little dog in a rodent body. She had no fear of me or anyone. Tho Nezzie and Ponyo both hate the sound of my car keys. When they would hear the sound of keys they both would run under the loft for cover. It's also around this time when my siblings and I began to teach Nezzie and Ponyo new tricks. After some trial and error we managed to teach them how to stand for treats or food. So whenever it was close to their veggie time both would stand up. If they see me reaching for a bag they stand thinking I'm going to give them treats. Summer has come to a close and soon fall was in air. Soon it was time for for Halloween. My family went to pick out pumpkins and sent me pic of Nezzie with the pumpkins. She looked to cute. We even had little costumes set up for them too. After the mini photo shoot we all placed them back and I gave them Pumpkin to eat for the first time. Both loved it very much. It was a routine with me and them. Work, come home, clean the cage, feed them, give them attention, be on my computer for a bit, sleep, and repeat. Both often try to stick their noses through the cage bars when ever I would eat something. Once Nezzie tried to nibble at my chicken nuggets and I had to explain how she couldn't eat those. When it was their feeding time, Nezzie of course becomes a menace. As I pour the pellets she would try to stick her head into the bag. I would even try to push her out of the way and she would come charging back to the opened bag of pellets. Ponyo only acts this way when it came to the hay. But like all animals it seems that all speak the language of food. Unless I have food, Ponyo would have nothing to do with me. For 6-7 months they lived together in that cage. They had their Thanksgiving and Christmas together. Ponyo and Nezzie were even in our new years photo. So within the year they became an official part of my life and family. I felt so strongly towards both of them. Here I was from not really liking them to out right loving them as if they were my children. After the new years however was when Nezzie started to have health issues again. She one day started limping in the cage and didn't want to go to her food. I had to bring the food to her. I gave her some critical care and she was feeling much better after that. I of course had to take her to a vet but the local one was closed. So I drove her to another clinic. After some inspection they then told me they had some bad news. They informed me that they found a mass in her abdomen. They told me they believed it could be cancer but are not sure as to what it was. My world was shattered at that point. So I drove home with Nezzie and she later recovered from her limping. She magically started to go back to normal after they gave me some medicine to give her for 2 days. A month goes by and all is well. However my car had some repair issues so I was without a ride. I was completely dependant on my parents for transportation for work or anything else. Even so my parents have their own daily schedules to tend to. So as much as I wanted to have Nezzie's mass looked at I couldn't work the time of day to do it. 5 weeks later my car at long last was fixed and I could independently travel on my own terms again. But it was too late. By the time I was ready to plan an appointment to take Nezzie in she later took a turn for the worst. She slowly started to lose her appetite do to the pain she was in. The next day she stopped eating all together. She stood under the loft wimping in pain. So I scooped her up and rushed to vet without an appointment made. Turned out he was booked and needed to make room for Nezzie when he could. The lady at the counter told me I could wait outside as it would be awhile. In my heart I knew today may as well be her last day. I walked back and forth on the outside sidewalk as I waited for them the call me on her results. At 4:30 they called me and told me she passed. I came back inside into the waiting room and they lead me inside one of their back rooms. The vet then handed me Nezzie's body in the carrier. Her body was still warm but lifeless. He told be she passed but my gut told me he found something serious and just had her put down. They gave me a little jar of her hair and two white cards with her paw and nose print. After I paid the vet's bill I began to cry as I carried her out the office. My poor poor Nezzie who I watched grow up, became a mom, and soon my companion was gone. She was one day as happy as can be then less within the span of 2 days decline rapidly only to die. As I drove home I had difficulty seeing the road as my tears were making it difficult to see. I informed the family as to what happened. We first got Nezzie on March 20, 2022 and she died on March 22, 2023. Was this life's cruel joke? Why take her from me just days after she just turned a year old. She had a whole life filled with more love and cuddles to come and life stole that from her. I placed her body in the cage for Ponyo to see. I wanted him to know what had happened. I watched as he tried to wake her up, licking her face, and nudging her. I later went to the store to by tea cloth and rope to bury her with. When I came home I saw Ponyo in the corner of the loft staring at Nezzie's body from afar. I then took her body and wrapped it up and placed in in the outside fridge. I cleaned the cage so Ponyo wouldn't be able to smell Nezzie's scent anymore. The next day I had to go out and on the way back home I picked a bunch of dandelions for Nezzie. I pulled her body out the fridge and carried it to the back yard with a shovel in one hand. I dig a hole 2 to 3 foot deep. I had a cloth laid out and placed some hay on top for Nezzie to lay in. I then surrounded her body with the dandelions I picked earlier b/c she loves to eat them. I placed some new toys, pellets, and treats for her too. After my sister came out, we both mourned over our loss and I wrapped Nezzie up with all her goodies before placing her in the hole. I then placed a cake shaped chew on top b/c of her recent birthday and wished her a happy birthday one last time before I finally buried her. For two days it rained non stop and I myself was clouded by grief. Life's cruel joke. It's was days after she turned 1 and nature decided to kill her. All I felt was my heart drop as I was in total shock. I wanted to die, I no longer had the will to live. for 2 days I couldn't eat or sleep. I kept thinking about my Nezzie. How it's all my fault, and that I didn't do enough for her. As of currently am starting to heal from this loss but it did leave a lasting impression on me. No, it was Nezzie who left an impression on me. She came into my life and made it a little less miserable. As a kid you have lots to look forward to but the older you get the less there is. Less new experiences, less happiness, and less overall optimism. As an adult you see the world for what it really is, when all life is met with the tragic ending of death. There is no lasting friendships, only those you work with in dead end jobs. My life has become dull with no real motivation to push forward in life. I have become isolated without a companion and Nezzie filled that void. I was no longer depressed nor as lonely. Now that she is gone I have to get use to her not being around. Ponyo is all I had left. Tho he is not as affectionate as Nezzie was I still love him just as much. But he needs a new friend as do I. I will forever miss Nezzie and her little licks and cuddles. She loved to lick my face and arms. As I said before she was like a little puppy in a rodents body. Even tho now she is gone, she showed me that not all is lost. Others like Nezzie are out there, just like people. Goodness is as rare as a winning lottery ticket these days. Nezzie was one to show me that. She is a now a constant reminder of just how fragile life within time can be. I learned to appreciate the little time we have and the tho sad to say goodbye, I too will one day go. I just hope I could be as good as Nezzie was. R.I.P to my baby and hope to see her again soon.

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Chapter 1
A history lesson
5 thousand years ago all was calm, until panic broke out, as a surge of demons broke through a seal defending our world from theirs. Billions of lives were lost as they shredded through earth country by country. Those who survived in panic shelters quickly ran out of food and were long forgotten as they starved. A strong substance known as corruption came along with the demons, infecting anyone it choses, forcing them to do things they wouldn't do. When it’s done, well, it gets rid of the victims. However, in all the chaos, there were four wizards. Each of them knew one thing, how to harness corruption. There is another element, Null, it seems to be the opposite of corruption. Null helps people, and as corruption is present within evil, null is within good. What these four wizards did is they created things called Gigaverses. They were like boxes, each holding nearly infinite universes. There were 2 main Gigaverses, our world, and the demon realm. All was perfect and the worlds were at peace once more, forever. Legend says one day, the corruption and null that contain the gigaverses will break, causing the corruption to return once again creating another demonic surge. But I don’t believe those fairy tales!
Chapter 2
Lessons In Demonics
Now it’s the year 2108 and things are a whole lot different. Hi my name is Micheal. Today is going to be good, I just feel it.
I step into math class and it seems I'm the only one there until I see my friend Jeramy sitting in the corner. As I approach him he notices me and whispers something to himself, now I can see his whole face, with its usual red hue, I wonder why? “OH h-h-hi Mikey OH GOD I-I mean M-Mike. Y-yeah Mike.” Isn't he so funny! “So Jeramy, how's your family doing?” “Oh them. They're fine!” As I wonder why he keeps stuttering, the teacher walks in, “Great another AMAZING math class.” The teacher rolls his eyes. The class was boring and I fell asleep. I woke up to a sound, “Ding ding” The bell rang and I dashed for the cafeteria, hungry as ever.
The place smells as if you put a fresh baked batch of cookies IN A DUMPSTER FIRE! In other words, trash. But that doesn't stop it from being my favorite place! I met up with my brother Glitch, a lanky guy with blue hair, and Jeramy, he’s slim, tall, shy, and has bright blue eyes, and has slick brown hair. I envy his hair. I sit right next to Jeramy and suddenly he turns red, “Was it something I said?” “Oh n-no your fine my lo- friend, my friend.” “oh oka-” then Glitch had to interrupt, “While you flirt with my brother ima head out.” Okay now i'm really confused, “uh, Jeramy?” “WATERMELON” I decided it’s probably best to walk out.
After lunch us three head to Demonics class. “As you can see, the angelic demon has many wing like tentic- oh hello you three take a seat please, you all can sit by each other in the back as requested by Jeram-” “OKAY GET ON WITH IT!” Geez Jeramy is acting weird. I start to take notes, and those notes turn into symbols, those symbols turn into hallucinations and they become demons and I can’t breathe and I- “MIKEY ARE YOU OKAY!” “JERAMY MOVE, professor we gotta go!”
I burst up, hyperventilating my back muscles and my head sore, as if something broke through. I’m home, Glitch on the other couch and Jeramy cooking something that smells amazing, I always adored his cooking skills. Maybe one day he’ll teach me. “Hey, Mike, here's some soup to help with your healing.” Suddenly Glitch walked away, “I’ll leave you two alone, okay Jeramy?” “Ya Glitch, that's okay,” His face is confident, I think it’s because of his soup cooking abilities. If so, I TOTALLY agree.“
Chapter 3
A very deep warning
“Hey, Mike. There's something I wanted to ask you?” I strain to lean up, “Ya Jeramy?” “Will you, w-will you,”- A loud noise happens “Hold on man, I got to go check.” “Yeah, of course.” As I walk out of the house the floorboards creaking I hear an ominous voice, “of course we have all eyes on him… just, not now.” I walk out to see a tall dude with purple eyes, messy brown hair, a slim figure, and a flannel jacket. “HEY GET AWAY YOU'RE TRESPASSING!” “Hey Mike!” The strange figure waved at me, “Who the heck are you?” “I'm Samuel.” Suddenly I remembered him and I ran up to hug him. “HEY WE HAVE AN ISSUE HERE IF YOU WANT A HUG THAN YOUR NOT THE GUY PAL TRUST ME!” “Geez okay Sam.” Sam is tall and looks to be about 15 although I'm not certain. He has purple eyes and is always wearing a flannel. Suddenly Glitch’s car came into the driveway and Jeramy ran out and pushed me out of its way. But the car parked where it wouldn't hit me and Jeramy started blushing, he’s so funny! “HEY what are you doing here!” Glitch then proceeds to hug Sam and then slap him, how am I remotely related to him? “Where have you been?” “Well i've bee-” “Hey maybe we could go inside it’s getting cold.” “Ya Jeremy's right, let’s head inside.”
I make everyone some dark hot coco, and we sit down to talk. “So Sam, what was so urgent?” “It’s about Ray he seem-” “Hey my friend is calling, can I answer this?” Glitch interrupted ''NO.” “Geez okay.” Sam then continues, “As I was saying Ray seems to have not been at work in a few months.” “If so then why tell us now and not earlier?” “I was dealing with my own problems…” I drink my hot coco and lean forward, “What, problems?” “I've been seeing droplets of liquid spread around, they all have the same shiny dark purple hue. They feel like-” He paused, “Corruption.” The room felt too quiet, “So, anything else, I mean that's just a naturally forming substance, not like it’s gonna kill you or anything. So, what's up with it ya know?” I feel like I've been speaking too much.”It… just feels wrong. Corruption only exists on the plane that keeps dimensions and gigaverses from colliding. I think we need to investigate. I came because all of you are what I consider the only people who will believe me, now ready?” He waves his hands in a circle and creates a rift, a circle thing with a purple outline, it’s hollow in the center and has a blue tube like thing with wind so strong going in, I can barely stand. Yet it seems to only suck in living creatures. “Go on now you idiots!” Sam pushes us in, we're flying millions of lightyears a second, yet we don’t die. A bright, white light flashes, and now we’re in a dark room. “Sorry my powers are weakened, I could only bring us a mile away from the house, we still have a few thousand miles.” “WHAT!? I've only gone that far on mobile games!” I go over and hug Jeramy to comfort him because I'm a good friend, and friends don’t let others be sad like that.
Chapter 4
A fairly short journey
We started our journey right when we got there. We walked for a few hours and Sam decided to stop, “Alright, let's stop here for the night.” We look up at the glowing StingRay Studios sign. It's just as bad as the first time I was here. Sam opens a portal and grabs a small box, inside is 3 sleeping-bags and 3 tents as well as 32 hotdogs. Jeramy then says “Wow, I love this idea, but why hotdogs and different tents? We can’t even cook the hotdogs.” I'm not on his side with this, so I grab a fistfull of hotdogs and shove them in my mouth. To be completely honest… They tasted amazing. Jeramy responds with, “wha-what.” “Shut up you three i'm trying to sleep.” “Geez Glitch that was mean.” “I don’t care.” I have a nightmare of my friends being killed off one by one as I was tortured… I wake up in the middle of the night and see the glowing sign, and I break in through the window. I don't care if this is illegal, why would I? After all, Ray owns the building! I search the building for clues. My footsteps echo through the night as I creep in the building. I enter Ray’s office and see the pc is on. He and I used to be friends. I know that one day, the third day of the fourth month during 2098 he started his business, with the help of me, Sam, and someone else who I didn't know too well. I type 342098 into the password box on the pc. I opened his secret file. Inside is a code, 3974. As well as blueprints for a machine that can grant full control over the demon realm. I go back to camp and fall asleep. I wake up to Jeramy making a ruckus outside. I go out and see a pile of flowers, red tulips, my favorite. I see him pacing and he notices me, “Uhh… Hi Mike! I-I Prepared so-some flowers for you I wa-wasn’t quite sure if you would lik-” I cut him off and put a finger on his lips, “I love it!” I exclaim, he blushes to the point where his face is redder than a blood moon. “Geez are you okay Jeramy?” “I'm fine…” I hug him because I don’t believe him. I tell Sam that Lucy and her brother's house is on the way to the hotel, “Sam if we go there we don’t need to pay for the room. I'm sure she will understand!” I exclaim. “Alright! Guys, let's head out, We’ll stop at Lucy’s!” He yells to everyone. We start our trip. We stop at a burger place to eat and we see Connor. “Hi guys!” He says. We all talk for a bit while eating our food and then I ask a question, “So, Connor. Do you think it’s fine if we stay at your house?” “Well… We only have one guest room and It would only fit two people so one person could stay with me and one person could stay with Lucy, the cats kinda took over the couch…” We nod our heads and hop in Connor’s car. We arrive and I see Lucy, a tall girl with brown hair that has blue highlights. She runs up and hugs me, “IT’S BEEN SO LONG MIKEY!” She yelled excitedly and I pushed her away as Jeramy yelled at her, “HANDS OFF!” Both of them are visibly angered. “So Lucy… could we stay here for a bit?” Sam asked. “Sure! Sam and Glitch can take the guest room, Jeramy could stay on the side of the house with Connor! And you Mikey can stay with-" "Im staying on the floor in the kitchen."
Chapter 5
Lucy’s House
Connor makes us some dinner and I thank him, it tastes SOOO good! To be honest he is even better at cooking than Jeramy. I suggest that we watch tv. But Lucy shuts down that idea and says we probably have had a long day and we should go to bed. I don’t bother setting up my sleeping bag and I just pass out on the floor. I woke up tired. I grab some tea. "You know Sam… this whole saving the world thing, i'm starting to think we aren't going to get anywhere with it!" I mumble. Sam rolls his eyes and finishes his tea. I move my hair out of my eyes and see that Jeramy looks sort of sad. “You okay?” I ask him. “I'm fine…” He mumbles. “Okay! But I know what's going on…” “WHAT! YOU DO!” He yells as he blushes. “Yeah! I think you want to go shopping with me but you're afraid I'll say no!” I yell enthusiastically. I love the mall. “Oh! Uhh… yep! That’s what is happening!” “Well sure! I’ll go!” He smiles and mumbles something to himself. After I get dressed I ask Jeramy “Well… ARE YOU READY TO GO SHOPPING!” “Um… yes,” he says softly. I start up the car and play anime openings on my phone as we drive to the mall. “Do you need any cash?” I ask him. “Nope!” We walk inside and I immediately notice the amazing smell of the food court. We shop around for a while but we don’t buy too much. “Wanna get something to eat?” I ask. “Sure! I would love it too!” I bought us both some sandwiches. “Jeramy… you are an amazing friend!” “hehe… ya friend…” he sounded sort of sad. “Hey are you alright?” “Yeah…” We go grab some coffee, “So Jeramy… this whole time you've been acting a bit strange… are you alright.” “Um… Mike… I've been wanting to ask you something…” “Yeah?”
Chapter 6
Confessions and Old Friends
He looks around nervously and then we make eye contact, “I wanted to ask… if you would go out with me Mike! You are awesome, you have an amazing personality… I love you!” I blush… I look into his eyes. I get out of my seat and hug him, “OF COURSE,” He stands together for a bit, I then look out the window and see…
Glitch. Staring at us through the window. He opens it and walks up. “I heard you two are getting together.” I WANT TO SLAP HIM SO HARD! WHY IS HE HERE! “Anyway… we have an old friend at Lucy's house, I think you should go there. Well bye!” He jumps out the window and sprints to Lucy's house. “Huh… that was nice.” Jeramy says, breaking the silence. “Wanna get dinner?” I ask. “No, I think we should head back.” “Alright! Let’s go… I'm still surprised about this whole… dating thing, I’ve never dated anyone before.” Suddenly he hugs me again, “I never dated before either, I’ll meet you at the car, you can shop around a bit! Bye!” I sat there a bit drinking my coffee. I feel my sweater, it has a history. My mom gave it to me before she died, I don’t go anywhere without it. Now it’s just me and Glitch living at the house. As I get up I decide I should get Jeramy a gift! As I shop around I find the perfect gift! Jeramy is really into mystery stuff. I go ahead and buy him the gift and rush to the car. “Hey Mike!” I put on my seatbelt, “Hi Jeramy, I got you something!” “Oh really!” I handed him a novel about a detective investigating a group of kids who went missing. “Oh my god! Mike, thank you!” “You're welcome! We should probably get home soon.” I start driving, I can’t help but smile as I watch him read his book. He’s so cute! “Oh yeah Mike. I got you something too!” He reaches into a crate he brought into the car and pulls out a beautiful gold lined double barrel shotgun. “Oh god… THAT IS GLORIOUS! Where did you get this thing?!” I shout as I carefully pick it up. “Oh… My brother works at a place where they make guns, I just asked him about 5 weeks ago if he can make me a special one.” “Awsome!” This gift is really cool to me because I collect firearms and ammunition. I smile, and put it in the crate, the two of us walk into Lucy's house. The guys are watching some gameshow, Connor is cooking a cake, and Lucy is sleeping on the couch that was previously overrun by my cats. I have a feeling Glitch told the guys about the mall… that idiot… “So Mikey? Who interrupts their show first?” When Jeramy called me that, unlike when Lucy called me that and I got mad, When he called me Mikey I felt sort of happy in a sense. “Hey hey hey! If it isn't the two of you! Congrats!” Sam shakes my hand after saying that. “Wow… why is there… uh, balloons and uh, cake?” I ask Glitch. “Well! Jeramy asked us to do this once you two started dating!” I think a bit and turn to Jeramy, “Ok… this is nice and all, but what would you do with all this stuff if that didn’t happen? This plan has a lot of holes in it!” He chuckles. Connor comes out, “I AM NEVER MAKING CAKE AGAIN! I am covered head to toe in butter and flour!” I back away slowly. “Hey!” I hear a voice from behind me. “Hello there…” I turn back and see Silver, I thought he was dead after disappearing that long. “And that is the old friend I was talking about,” Glitch says while eating a bar of dark chocolate. I am still very surprised when Jeramy grabs my hand and pulls me to the kitchen, “So… uh… do you want some cake?” He offers, “Sure!” I grab a slice and sit down on the couch next to two cats, I pet them. “Hey Jeramy?” I ask. “Yeah?”

Great day cleaning up the mall course! We are almost ready to get people out and playing to object pins!!
20 disc golfers and 5 non disc golfers showed up!
We cleaned a huge amount of trash again, got fairways cleared, limbed many low branches, and cut 100s of blackberry vines!
The course should be up on UDisc soon, and when it is, you can walk and play the course. Just go with at least one other person and bring a bag to put litter in. Most of the litter is gone , but we want to keep making it nicer in there! #discgolf
I will post the total garbage weight removed on Tuesday.

Hello my lovely linguists!
Welcome to our third discussion of Babel by R. F. Kuang. This week we're wrapping up Book II as we discuss Chapters 9-12. If you need a quick refresher on our previous discussions, you can check the schedule here. A friendly reminder: please only discuss content up to the end of Chapter 12. Content beyond that, even if marked by a spoiler tag, is not allowed and should instead be added to the marginalia post. And without further ado, here's a recap of this week's section!
Summary:
Somehow, to Robin's surprise, his first year at Babel comes to end. Our fearsome foursome head off to summer internships around the world, although it's not quite what they expected. Before they know it, it's time for the start of their second year, and they're back at Babel, eager to see each other and continue learning.
As second years, the cohort now has access to the silver-working workspace, even though they aren't allowed to do anything yet. Their first day back, after a brief moment of upset about a student's desk, Professor Playfair gives a riveting speech about the basics of silver working and reveals the "funny" fact that although not much has to be done to maintain the bars, people are willing to pay anything for what they deem as magic. Professor Playfair ends his class with a demonstration of a match-pair they must never attempt: the concept of translation. Entranced, the cohort heads off to lunch where they catch the attention of Anthony, who again reminds them that due to language evolution, it's Ramy and Robin that Babel is counting on to keep them so successful in the future.
After lunch, the cohort heads up to their first Etymology class with Professor Lovell, which is not nearly as awkward as Robin worried it might be. They enjoy the class and the different things they're studying their second year. Although it's a lot of work, their coursework opens their eyes to new and interesting ways of seeing the world. Beyond that, the four of them have managed to carve out their little niche in Oxford; while the people around them aren't always so welcoming, they've found places where they can be themselves and are mostly accepted. Towards the end of the first term, a French scientist named Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre visits Babel in the hopes that someone can help him perfect his new invention, the daguerreotype. Anthony is able to come up a successful match-pair that allows the machine to perfectly capture still images. At Letty's insistence, the four of them sign up to have their photos. The others are repulsed by the final picture, but Letty decides to keep it and frame it.
Around the same time, Griffin starts to pop up in Oxford on a more regular basis. A lot of times Griffin tries to brief Robin before some planned theft, but other times he seems to just want to chat, to Robin's surprise. Of course, Griffin never wants to chat about what Robin's really interested in, which is more details about Hermes and what they do with the stolen resources. But one day Robin asks a question which Griffin is willing to answer - does Hermes really think it can win against the likes of Babel? To Robin's disappointment and annoyance, Griffin proceeds to give him a brief lesson in colonialism 101 and how all of the silver-working resources and talent is flowing to Britain. Except, as Robin knows, the British are running out of silver - it's now flowing into China. The British love Chinese goods - fabrics, teas, etc. But the Chinese people by and large don't care for British goods, so the British have to pay for goods in silver. Griffin predicts that one day Babel's prowess won't matter because Britain simply won't have the raw silver to produce anything anymore. At that point, the British empire will fold in on itself; all of the silver-working talent will follow the resources to China. For Griffin, Hermes is a way to just speed along the natural conclusion of the British empire.
Robin finds all of this hard to believe - the idea of a world after the British empire collapses seems unfathomable, and Hermes seems as if it could never be effective against Babel. Griffin is annoyed that Robin doesn't see things his way, but he trusts him enough to increase the number of assignments he gives him. Some of them are still midnight heists, but others are just making copies of various texts. To Robin's surprise and disappointment, it's all less sexy than he would have imagined or hoped for - just incredibly routine. Even the thefts of silver become mundane, especially since no one seems to be making a fuss over missing materials. Griffin still meets regularly with Robin, although less often about Hermes, and it dawns on Robin that Griffin misses being a student, and perhaps just wants to spend time with him. Griffin even gets him a newly printed edition of Oliver Twist for Christmas, although it's meant as more of a joke. Robin wishes his brother would come back with him and join him for Christmas, but reconciles Griffin and Hermes as a part of life separate from his life as a Babel student.
At the start of the next term, the cohort arrives to the Tower that morning to see a ruckus - someone has tried to break into Babel to steal something, presumably. He was caught by the wards though, which apparently shot him. Anthony explains that Professor Playfair is in charge of the defensive wards, and very secretive about the exact nature, although it seems to always be brutal. The five of them watch as a couple of policeman drag the bleeding man away from the tower. When Robin meets with Griffin later that day, he's nervous and tries to tell Griffin it's too risky to go through with the next theft. Griffin waves him off and gives him the bar from the first theft as a precaution. Robin takes it, but he's still nervous - he asks Griffin why he's the one that has to take the risks and why Griffin can't do it himself. Griffin reveals that like Robin, he was an orphan that Professor Lovell "rescued" from China and offered the chance to study to attend Babel. However, in his case, Griffin left his homeland so young that he had forgotten how to speak his mother tongue of Cantonese, and that by the time he was an adult his mastery of Mandarin had slipped so that he couldn't reliably make the silver bars work. So, as he explains to Robin, Griffin really, really needs him to help out if they're going to succeed.
The next week, Robin arrives back from dinner to find a note from Griffin - he has fifteen minutes to make it to the tower in time. Robin grabs his coat and the bar and hurries to the tower. He makes it just in time as the bells strike eleven and a pair of operatives dash inside with him. In his haste Robin forgot to grab his bag or anything that would give him a reason to be there at that time, but it seems to be fine - he just waits in the lobby for the operatives to finish up. They come down at five past as expected, but when Robin opens the door and they step over the threshold there's an awful noise. The operatives scurry away, but Robin hesitates: has the trap been sprung and is slow-acting, or does his movement actually spring the trap?
Robin runs down the stairs and learns it was the later. He feels an explosion of pain in his left arm as he's hit by a bullet, but that's the only one that strikes him. Robin runs down the green and turns onto Broad Street, where he's out of range and sight from the tower. He's overcome with pain; he takes out the bar and tries to use it to make himself invisible but can't concentrate due to the pain. At that moment Professor Playfair yells at him to stop, but then realizes that it's Robin. He asks Robin if he saw anyone, and Robin somehow manages to lie, explaining that he had only heard the noise and was a bit shaken up after the incident last week. Professor Playfair is disappointed that the wards weren't able to stop the thief but eventually says goodbye to Robin and heads back to the tower. Robin somehow makes his way back to his room and inspects his wound. Fortunately he was only grazed, but he doesn't know how to care for it properly. He digs around his things and finds some brandy that he uses to disinfect the wound before wrapping it tightly in strips from some of his shirts. The next day after class, he finds a book on field wounds and gets some supplies from a nearby market. That night, he drinks some more of the brandy to help dull his mind enough for him to suture his wound back together. Throughout all of this, Robin feels utterly alone and miserable - he's furious with Griffin because he'd tried to warn him this would happen and unable to confide in the rest of the cohort without revealing Hermes.
Telling Griffin I told you so has to wait though, since Robin doesn't hear from him the rest of the term or year actually. He barely has time to notice though, as his second year coursework becomes more demanding and he spends the summer preparing for a pre-term assessment. The cohort enters their third year and...everything kind of sucks. Their already heavy workload doubles for each class, and now they'll pick up a silver-working apprenticeship and an independent research project. Robin and Letty are more or less satisfied with their chosen research projects, but Ramy and Victoire run into issues right away. Ramy is frustrated that Harding doesn't agree to his first or second proposal for a project, and that he has to settle or editing citations in the Persian Grammatica based on Schlegel's works which, despite being about India, were written in Paris. Victoire, however, is deeply uncomfortable with how Professor Leblanc wants to proceed. He was grudgingly acceptable of a project done in Kreyol, but for the most part wanted to focus on Vodou, and specifically aspects of it that would seem sacred. Letty doesn't see what the issue is - after all, Victoire is French, and it's not as if she actually believes any of that stuff, so why does it matter? Victoire becomes frustrated with Letty, and it becomes clear that the women are fighting.
Honestly, the cohort as a whole starts to struggle. Depending on who is talking to whom, they start using platitudes in order to keep a fragile peace, because everything seems to either be an unintended slight or a deliberate offense.. Letty and Victoire seemed to purposely go out of their way not to spend time in each other's presence unless around Robin and Ramy. And although he can't quite put a finger on why, Robin notices the interactions between Letty and Ramy have gotten much worse - that there now seems to be a heightened sense of hurt about them. It all sounds horrible to be honest, made worse by the fact that they have no one else to turn (I thought I spent way too much time with the other people in my year and major but at least there were about 50 of us).
Meanwhile, time and classwork go on. As the third soon-to-be Sinologist, Robin finds himself traveling around town with Professor Chakravarti to help maintain silver bars as part of his apprenticeship. It's pretty mind-numbing, and sometimes residents don't actually believe that the two of them are Babel scholars. 🙃 Robin still gets the chance to learn some interesting things, such as how resonance links allow Babel to use less silver to power bars in use around the country. As he goes about his apprenticeship, Robin notes to himself that oddly enough it would be much easier for him to steal things for Hermes now if asked and struggles to believe that the British empire could ever collapse in on itself as Griffin prophesized.
One day in mid-January, the cohort arrives at the tower only to find a peculiar situation. Professor Playfair informs them that Anthony is presumed dead, as he hasn't been seen or heard from since the night before he was due to set sail and return from a research expedition. All of the upperclassmen and graduate fellows are upset and wear black all week to symbolize their mourning. The faculty however, seem to be unaffected at all, and don't even hold a memorial service in his honor. This terrifies them all, especially Letty, as it speaks to just how expendable each of them is in the eyes of Babel. It's always been an unspoken understanding, but the lack of reaction to Anthony's death makes it real in a way it hasn't before. Robin is particularly concerned about Victoire, given her closeness with Anthony but he can never seem to broach the subject with her. Letty, on the other hand, brings up Anthony's death and life all of the time, to his dismay.
Griffin finally comes back around later that term. Robin would have missed the note if not for a patron magpie, but he gamely sets off for the Twisted Root the next day as instructed. Griffin shows up almost an hour late and he looks...rough. He's wheezing and out of breath, limping, has what appears to be a still open wound and smells a bit. Robin awkwardly tries to make small talk about their independent research projects while Griffin scarfs down his food. After he finishes his plate, Griffin hands Robin a list of texts to retrieve for him; Robin is infuriated that Griffin doesn't even seem to acknowledge that he had been shot during the last theft. Once he explains to Griffin why he's annoyed, Griffin waves it off, saying that it was a mistake that he'd correct going forward and giving him the location of a safehouse. He then directs Robin to tell him what's been going on in Babel, which Robin grudgingly obliges. At the end of his summary, Robin mentions that Anthony died. Griffin remarks that he and Anthony were in the same cohort, but otherwise seems unaffected by the news. This puzzles Robin - does no one really care at all that Anthony is dead? But Griffin explains to him that they're all assets to Babel until they fail, at which point they're no longer worth anything, and that, as far as Babel is concerned, death is the same as failure.
But it's still shaping up to be a very bad year. Even beyond Griffin's attitude and their coursework, Robins feels like everything he loved about Oxford has been ripped away. The older students try to reassure them that this is just the typical third-year slump, but it's more than that. The number of attempted thefts rises sharply, from two to three a year to once a week. One morning the cohort arrives to the Tower to find graffiti accusing them of witchcraft. And then one morning they arrive at the tower to find a furious mob shouting at students and professors going in and out of the tower. One of them started yelling at Victoire, and another man even threw an egg at her although Ramy managed to shield her. Ramy and Robin grab Victoire and Letty and pull them inside of the tower. In the lobby, Cathy O'Nell informs them that the crowd outside are former mill workers who are now unemployed; Babel has just signed a contract with mill owners in Northern England to install new silver bars. The bars will essentially do the work of all of those men combined and the company owners are willing to pay a pretty penny for it - enough to fund renovations of the east wing of the lobby. Of course, now all of these men need to find a way to support their families.
During class, Professor Lovell has a much more cruel and condescending opinion. In his opinion, the shouting mob are an example of the worst people, who, instead of finding a way to take advantage of the opportunities around them are content to complain to anyone who'll listen. According to Professor Lovell, the difference between the men outside and himself (and presumably, Babel as a whole) is that he has embraced science, technology, and used whatever advantages he had to better himself while the men outside are stubborn, sore losers that refuse to move forward. He predicts that the men will be gone by sunset, but that at that point they won't bother to come around again.
Except, the men do stick around. Their numbers dwindle over time, but on the whole the crowd shows up to protest several times a week. One morning the scholars even discover a bomb has been delivered to Professor Playfair's office, although fortunately rain soaking the passage eroded the fuse. As expected, security doubled; all of the post was inspected by clerks; new wards were put up. But the general unease and unrest wasn't just limited to Babel - the whole country was feeling the same effects. The silver bars produced by Babel were marketed as an industrial revolution that would yield greater gains and prosperity for everyone, but in reality the bulk of the riches flowed to the top while inequality became rampant. Robin and the rest of his cohort worked to remain unaware however, choosing to retreat inwards and focus on their studies to the extent possible.
The fourth years took their exams in the middle of the second term (Hilary term) and, after the exam period ended, everyone gathered inside of the tower one Friday to hear the results. Professor Playfair, who we know lives and breathes to create a spectacle, stands on a table and begins to read the results out loud. All of the fourth years pass except for one - Philip Wright, the upperclassman who had rudely snubbed Robin during a faculty dinner his freshman year. All of them watch as Professor Playfair dramatically breaks the vials containing Wright's blood and three graduate fellows literally throw him out of the tower.
With that lovely image in mind, Robin meets Griffin at a tavern a couple of days later. Griffin somehow looks worse than before, but he waves off Robin's concerns, instead trying to talk to him about the next theft. Babel is expecting a big shipment of silver to come in, and Griffin hopes that Hermes can steal a crate. He tells Robin that they'll need a large distraction, and so he'll likely need to store some explosives in Robin's room, which, predictably, freaks Robin out. Griffin tries to calm him down and reassure him, but Robin decides that he's done and no longer wants to help, not after seeing Wright be expelled and not after the last missing when he was shot. From Robin's perspective, Griffin has gotten sloppy and he hasn't done enough to reassure Robin that the risks are worth the reward. Although he doesn't want to, Griffin finally capitulates and explains that Britain is planning to move into Afghanistan and that presumably Hermes will use the silver to prevent that.
At that, Robin laughs in amazement. To him, it all seems so silly and pointless; the levers of power are firmly held by Babel and the Empire, and for all their work Hermes can do nothing. Griffin is furious and disappointed that Robin feels that way, and issues an ultimatum: is Robin in or out. Robin decides he's out. Griffin warns Robin to keep his mouth shut or he'll deal with him. But before he goes, Griffin tells Robin that he's lost, but that he won't find what he's looking for. He's free to make his own life, and he can do so much more than just survive.
Discussion questions are below. See you next week for the start of Book 3!

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My best friend (33F) and I (32F) have been through a lot together, and our friendship has always been important to me. When I had to move away for my dream job 6 months ago, it was a difficult decision and I knew it would be difficult to maintain our closeness.
Despite living in different states, we talk often and make an effort to see each other every few months. She calls me her best friend and her “sister” and I feel the same way about her. She always mentions how much she misses me and can’t wait to see me. I always let her know when I'm planning to visit at least a month in advance, and I make it clear that my main goal is to spend time with her. She always sounds excited to see me and tells me how much she is looking forward to it, counts down the days, etc.
My trips are short (2 nights). However, the last two times I visited, I found out that she had already made plans with other people. She would squeeze in a quick lunch or quick hang out in between brunch with work friends, book shopping with her college friends, or even going to the movies with her coworkers. It’s not that I expect her to spend every moment of my visit with me, but it left me feeling rushed and like I wasn't a priority as I was only there for 2 nights.
I understand that my friend has other friends and a life outside of our friendship, and I don't want to be controlling or force her to spend time with me. In the end, I don’t want anyone to spend time with me if they would rather be someplace else. But it still hurts when I make an effort to visit and only get to see her for a few hours in between her plans with others especially after she often says she really misses me and wants to see me.
When she visits me, I make sure to clear my schedule and plan activities to make the most of our time together. I host dinners, plan brunches, and find fun things to do in my city. I prioritize our friendship and her visit and make sure she feels welcomed and valued. She seems to really enjoy her visits and I am happy she does.
I don't expect her to do the same, but it would be nice to feel like I'm also a priority when I visit. I don't want to ruin our friendship or make her feel guilty, but I can't help feeling hurt by this. AIBTS?

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If you are on a tight budget, you may save money by not travelling during busy times. Just make sure that the museums, tours, and things you want to do are still open during the off-season. You should also remember that the weather may not be great during the off-season.

Step 5: Consolidate Travel Documents

Start early on the papers you need for your trip. One way to do this is to get a passport, a visa, or an International Driver's License.

Passport

If you want to move outside of the country, you must have a valid passport. Getting a passport can take a lot of time, so it's important to get all of your paperwork in order as soon as possible. The US Department of State says that you should apply for a new visa a few months before you need it.
The time it takes to get a passport depends on where you live and what time of year it is. In the US, for example, it takes 6–8 weeks to finish. For an extra $60, you can speed up the process and get your visa in two to three weeks or less. Some countries need visas to be good for at least three to six months after the date of entry. Check where you're going and, if necessary, get your visa renewed.

Visa

Before going to certain countries, some visitors may need visas. A visa is an official document that a country gives to people who want to go there officially.
Visas are sometimes needed for trips that last longer than 30–180 days, but each country has its own rules. For example, all foreign visitors to China need a visa, but people who stay in France for more than 90 days only need a visa. Check the rules of the country you want to visit to see if you need a visa before you start planning your trip.

License to drive internationally (IDP)

An International Driver's Permit, or IDP, may be needed by travellers who want to drive in another country. With this card, you can drive in more than 175 countries around the world. To get an IDP, you have to be 18 or older and have had a legal license from your home country for at least six months.
In the United States, IDPs can only be given by the American Automobile Association and the American Automobile Touring Alliance. (other outlets are considered illegal). Most of the time, the process of applying takes a few weeks. IDPs are only good for a year, so make sure your application fits with how long your trip will take.
To get an IDP, you don't have to take another written or driving test, but you should look up the driving rules of the place you're going to and make sure you follow them. Also, you should always have your legal driver's license with you because your IDP won't work without it.

Step 6: Check to see if you need any shots or vaccinations

Different countries may have different vaccine standards to get in. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that you should get vaccinated at least a month before your trip. This will give you time to get all of the needed doses, give your body time to build up immunity, and account for any delays that might come up.
Don't keep putting it off. Check the CDC's "Travelers' Health" page for your destination to see what shots you need. Make an appointment with your doctor as soon as possible, especially if you need a shot that your doctor's office doesn't normally have.

Step 7: Think about where you will stay

Now is a great time to decide where you want to stay when you go on vacation. Resorts, hotels, Airbnbs, and hostels are some of the most common places to stay around the world. Let's start by breaking each one down.

Hotel or resort

This is the choice for a traveller who wants a place to stay that includes everything. If a traveller is ready to pay a little more, they can enjoy a variety of amenities and be sure of their privacy and safety.
Hotels and resorts are usually more expensive and don't always give you the most authentic experience in a new city, but they often make sure you're comfy and at home in a strange place. Use sites like Trivago or Kayak to quickly check prices from different sites before you book.

Vacation home rental

Between hotels and hostels, vacation rentals are a good choice. They might be the best choice if you are traveling with a big group or if you plan to stay in one place for a long time.
Timeshares and Airbnbs give you your own space and let you cook your own food to save money. A rental is a great way to get a lot of people together under one roof to spend time with family or friends.
Hostels are by far the cheapest way to stay and a great way for tourists to meet other people. Even though there aren't as many amenities and private options, hostels can be a good option for budget travelers and social butterflies who don't mind dorm-style bedrooms and shared bathrooms. They can also be a good choice for people who plan to spend less time in their rooms and more time traveling.
Book through a trustworthy site like HostelWorld.com to make sure the hostel is real.

Step 8: Choose a way to get there

Plan your transportation to and from your place so that it takes as little time as possible. A CheapAir.com study of more than one million international trips found that, based on where you live, the best day to buy airline tickets for the lowest price is between 70 and 207 days before departure.
Follow these tips to save money when you book your flight:

• Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays are good days to travel.
• Look for cheap tickets during the week instead of the weekend.
• At least 21 days before your trip, buy your ticket.
• Think about other ways to get to your destination, like planes, cars, trains, and boats. Flying may be the easiest way to get from one country to another, but driving or taking the train may be less expensive.

Transportation in the area

Think about how you are going to get around once you get there. Book a rental car or look into the public transportation choices in your area. (A basic Google search of your destination followed by "public transportation" will almost certainly yield useful resources.) If the places you want to visit are close to each other, walking may be the best way to get there.

Step 9: Learn as much as you can about your location

Make a "to-do" list

The most fun part of planning a trip is learning about the places you want to go. Now is the time to make as many memories as you can while you're there.
Look up travel guides for your specific location and make a list of things you want to do there. Ask people you know who have been to your area for advice on what to see.
You can also use the "Travel Board" on Trip Advisor to get answers from locals and other tourists who have been to the place you want to go.

Pay Attention to the Culture

It's important to learn about the culture of the place you're going to so you can be ready for culture shock and avoid doing things that aren't acceptable. Tipping, welcoming, and even what to wear can be very different from one culture to the next, so it's best to do some research before you go to find out what's expected of you and what to wear.
You can learn about local cultures by looking at culture guides on websites like Commisceo-Global.com or by downloading apps.

Check out the Language

Knowing the language can help you get around in a new place, but you shouldn't let not being fluent stop you from getting where you want to go. Take the time to learn some simple phrases, like how to say hello and how to ask for directions, so that you can get where you want to go.
Install apps like Google Translate to help you read menus and signs and quickly translate words or phrases when you're in a hurry.

Step 10: Take care of the last-minute details first

There are a few things you need to do right before you leave on your trip. Make sure you have your credit cards and cell phone service in order before you leave.

Be careful about cell phone fees for international roaming

Check your cell phone plan to see if there are any fees for using your phone abroad. Use Wi-Fi most of the time to save money on these high costs. You can avoid using your service to find maps to places if you download them ahead of time.
If you don't want to pay those extra fees, you can buy a cheap phone when you get there. You can only pay for the service you use on your trip. When you get home, you can switch back to your original phone.
Contact your present provider to find out how much it will cost to use your phone abroad so you can make the best decision for yourself before you leave.

Tell your bank

Before you leave for your trip, call your bank. If you don't tell your bank about new transactions from abroad, your bank might think they are suspicious and freeze your account.
Also, find out if your bank charges any fees for foreign transfers. If you plan to spend a lot of time abroad, you might want to get a credit card with low fees and extra perks for foreign travel.
If not, watch out for the extra fees that come with ATM withdrawals and currency exchanges. Airports often have the biggest prices, so go a little further into the city to get a better deal.

Get health insurance for your international trip

If you cross a foreign border without enough insurance, you may have to pay a lot of money out of your own pocket. Don't assume that your health insurance covers medical costs in another country just because you already have it.
Find out if you need travel medical insurance to help cover the costs of an accident, illness, or other emergencies that you didn't plan for. A plan like Atlas Travel insurance can help pay for unexpected costs, like when the eggnog you got at a Christmas market in Vienna gives you severe food poisoning and you have to stay in the hospital.
You are walking along the beaches of a white-sand island in Indonesia when you trip and fall. You are taken to the nearest emergency medical center, but they can't give you the care you need to save your life. You have to be flown to the nearest hospital that can help you.
You just got to Japan when you heard the sad news that your mother had died. To get home as soon as possible, you need to book a new trip. Because of bad weather, your evening flight is delayed until the next morning, even though you got to the airport on time. You now have to pay for food and a place to stay that you didn't plan for.
Find out more about how visadone can help with these problems.

Step 11: Begin Packing

Now that you have all of your plans and reservations set, you can start packing your bags. Make a list of everything
Don't miss the chance to learn about different places and ways of life. What is stopping you? Start making plans now so that you can visit all of the places on your bucket list.

I’m currently trying to find drawstring bags that fit within the size requirements and are clear. Has anyone had any luck with that so far and could point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance

Hi guys.
I am beginner player, DIY guy. I bought this kit.
It is great (it is my 3rd this kit I have under my hands). There is one problem and that is that the bridge is not "centered" -> strings at 24th fret are 2.75 mm from fretboard edge (low E) and 1.25 mm (high E). High E string has tendency to sometimes fall off fretboard with my lousy playing. So I would need to shift my bridge like by 0.75 mm (or maybe just under 1 mm) in desired direction to center strings on fretboard. Nut itself is spaced perfectly, error is really in the bridge.
So I need to fill bridge holes with wood and redrill. Any hidden traps I can expect?

I'm a huge Planescape fan but coming up with adventures for it has always been something of a pain in the ass. So I decided to try to make a bunch of ideas for the setting, berk. If you have the time, feel free to add your own or give any feedback!

1. A young girl is kidnapped by a group of magically grafted individuals and the player characters are hired to get her back. They actually are from a world where psionics and artificers reign and are collecting her as "spare parts" for their artificial godlike being. The PCs note this may be the only actual world that needs a Power to take over and get them off their cargo cult. Either that or the planet get absorbed into Mechanus.
   
2. The player characters are approached by a Drow priestess who proceeds to explain that she wants the PCs to serve as guards for the smuggling of refugees into Sigil. They're enemies of Lolth and believes Sigil safe from her wrath. However, a bigger issue is the Harmonium does not want a large number of refugees from such an evil and chaotic race.
   
3. An Aasimar Paladin wants the PCs help to try to recover the soul of her friend in the Wall of the Faithless from Abeir-Toril. She's a member of the Athar and hates gods but still Lawful Good and powered by her righteousness. This seems fairly straightforward except she plans to free a "lot" more and use this as proof of the gods' evil.
   
4. The player characters inherit some property in Sigil and it is a extra-dimensional enhanced mansion that seems perfect to their needs but is given a wide birth and seemingly no one will speak of it. This is because the previous owner was Mazed and, worse, the mansion actually leads to the Maze.
   
5. See #4. Oddly, the PCs find that man inside the Maze figured out how to leave ages ago but finds its nice to live and makes him immortal. He offers the PCs use of his mansion if they can stop people seeking to "free" him.
   
6. See #4 The Lady of Pain actually wants the PCs to get the imprisoned man out because someone WANTING to be Mazed defeats the purpose.
   
7. A male PC is approached with an unusual offer: a chromatic dragon wishes to mate with them. Specifically, engage the various acts regarding (shapeshifting) coitus then collect their fluids as part of their "research."
   
8. See #8 The PCs end up as the father of a clutch of dragonborn after the experiment is concluded.
   
9. See #8, it was all to make their Gold Dragon ex-boyfriend jealous as he didn't want kids and she did. It's worked incredibly well and he's furious.
   
10. A PC is informed that they are actually the child of a god and that said gods progeny are being sent on a quest to murder each other in order to assemble their power into a new deity. A group of them are in a "gathering" here to do just that and killing each other off in ritualistic duels. This is all nonsense and someone is setting this up based on a Prime folk tale.
    
11. The PCs attend to Free League Bazaar and find Harmonium patrols engaged in police brutality. If they intervene, they find themselves in a court case over whether the former were there illegally or not. Shady lawyers and idealistic ones get involved.
    
12. See #12, this was all a set up by the Free League to get the Harmonium some bad publicity.
    
13. See #13, the same except it's a set up by the MERCYKILLERS because these Harmonium agents are THAT bad.
    
14. A group of Vistani from Ravenloft arrive and strangely claim they are able to pierce the Mists back and forth easily. Many would pay for an accurate map of this Demiplane and what the hell is going on inside it.
    
15. See #15, it's a set up by Strahd Von Zarovich to get some planars to torture and interrogate.
    
16. See #16, Strahd has bitten off a lot more than he can chew because the Lady of Pain moves Castle Ravenloft into Sigil as punishment for his crimes. The Dark Powers just replicate him like they did in The House on Gryphon Hill. This Strahd is fucked.
    
17. A Dustman is chasing after a man who got out of the mortuary and is getting killed repeatedly but always coming back from the dead. He's now immortal but that just means people want him for themselves.
    
18. See #18, It is in fact the Nameless One who is somehow back and very confused about this.
    
19. Factol Rowan Darkwood wants to hire the PCs to rescue the Princess of the Unicorns set to be the victim of a great hunt on the Prime Material Plane by an evil wyvern-riding Duke.
    
20. See #20, this is actually all an elaborate wager where the PCs are scryed and bet on the entire time by the Takers. They get rewards ala the Hunger Games if they overact or take challenges like a Twitch stream.
    
21. See #20, the evil wyvern-riding Duke is Rowan Darkwood in the past. This is actually an experiment in time travel.
    
22. See #21, the PCs probably end up killing the Duke and the past and return to find Sigilian history dramatically altered.
    
23. A serial called "The Midnight Slasher" is targeting victims throughout the city, leaving lovers with their loved ones dead in their arms. Weirdly, the perpetrator is invisible to scrying or divine answers and taunting the authorities of Sigil. Is the Revolutionary League at fault or something more sinister. The Free League presses are making bank publicizing it, though.
    
24. See #24, the serial killer is a paladin targeting demons, Alu-Fiends, Cambions, and Tieflings. The paladin still has his powers as long as he believes he's righteous.
    
25. See #24, the serial killer is a publicity stunt by the Free League to drum up newspaper business and make the Harmonium look week.
    
26. See #26, the serial killer didn't exist but rumors have caused one to emerge into existence from all the fear.
    
27. It's a nice day for a blood red wedding as the PCs are invited to a marriage and probably show just for the free food. It's only when they arrive that they find out it is wildly inappropriate (A Deva and Fiend, a Tanari and Baatezu, a Gold and Red Dragon, or a Fraternity of Order member with an Xaocist). What is going on here?
    
28. See #26, the wedding is at the behest of two feuding pantheons who have made it abundantly clear saying no isn't an option. The bride and groom disagree and Sigil is the best place to make a break for it.
    
29. See #27, the wedding is going to be hit by both factions of the bride and groom and it's actually a hit on their extremist members.
    
30. The Lady of Pain shows up at the player character's most frequent haunt and a Dabus says they need to acquire an object for them: the Key of Aoskar.
    
31. See #28, it's not the Lady of Pain but a gnomish illusionist who is FANTASTICALLY stupid.
    
32. See #30, It is the Lady of Pain but the Key of Aoskar was stolen by one of her Dabus who is attempting to revive the dead god over a lack of a promotion.
    
33. Factol Erin Montgomery commissioned a living statue of herself in the nude. However, the Golem came to life and is now running around Sigil getting into all manner of mischief. Erin wants the PCs to shut it down because she acts like a teenage brat. The sculptor and a sigilite with inappopriate fixations want it for their own reasons.
    
34. Factol Sarin's 16 year old daughter has run off with a Tiefling and he would very much like you to return her before she gets hurt.
    
35. See #32, the Tiefling intends to sell her into slavery to the Nine Hells.
    
36. See #33, the Tiefling is actually her prisoner and she intends to sell him into slavery for a position in Asmodeus' armies.
    
37. The Revolutionary League pays the players a great deal of money to nab an Ortho nobleman visiting from their home planet. They claim he is a genocidal war criminal who masterminded the extinction of the elves and gnomes on the world.
    
38. See #35, he actually did but came to Sigil to reveal all of the crimes of the Harmonium in public to discredit them.
    
39. See #36, the Revolutionary Leaguers are actually corrupt Harmonium guards there to stop him from doing so.
    
40. Factol Terrence is suffering a vote of No Confidence as his Athar Factorum have decided the Greater Unknown is, in fact, a real god and he's a traitor to the cause. He begs them to go to where he came up with the idea and prove, in fact, the Greaker Unknown isn't real but a metaphor for goodness and ineffability.
    
41. See #38, unfortunately for Factol Terrence, the Greater Unknown is, in fact, a god.
    
42. See #39, even worse, he's the ghost of Aoskar.
    
43. A barmy inmate claims that a demigod named Vecna took over Sigil, rewrote reality, and almost got away with it. Now no one remembers this happening and he wants your help finding the artifacts left in the city that prove it.
    
44. See #41, the inmate is, in fact, Vecna himself stripped of all of his magical knowledge and divine abilities. He is quite annoyed by this but the Lady doesn't like what he tried to pull.
    
45. See #41, the artifacts are the Head of Vecna that contains the deity's essence. The inmate wants to kill himself and put it on, which will restore Vecna (the Lady will consider the lesson learned).
    
46. The PCs have been given a watch that allows them to time travel. Unfortunately, this has put them in the sights of celestials who really hate time travelers.
    
47. See #44, the watch was actually used to reverse the Faction War.
    
48. See #46, the PCs can't un-reverse it because they died in the Faction War.
    
49. A man claiming to be Raistlin Majere says he was dumped out of his world of Krynn when he became too powerful (Note: This was an actual rule in the Dragonlance handbook). Now he needs to find his way back and doesn't know very much about Planes beyond the Abyss (and he thinks Tiamat lives there).
    
50. See #47, he will be quite annoyed to find out his world has been utterly trashed in his absence by what appears to be an exact copy of himself.
    
51. See #48, this Raistlin is actually a result of kender interfering with the timestream.
    
52. A young boy of the Sign of One is seemingly omnipotent and wrecking havoc like the Twilight Zone. He seems to have infinite Wish spells.
    
53. See #50, he's the king of a Feywild domain called Fantastica and is slowly losing his memories every time he does a Wish.
    
54. See #50, he's Asmodeus' son. The Lord of the Nine would appreciate his return until he can be educated into being a proper Archdevil.
    
55. See #50, the PCs can get the Lady of Pain to wipe him out just by praying to him. No gods allowed. This is a nasty way to resolve the issue, though.
    
56. The players are asked to help a demented old gnomish woman who just so happens to be living on a newly discovered portal the city is confiscating. Unfortunately, in her basement, is a monstrous aberration from her dalliance with Orcus during her days as a CE Warlock. She often forgets to feed it now.
    
57. A Mercykiller breakaway sect of costumed vigilantes (or maybe just one) have started punishing the guilty of Sigil despite this being very not lawful. The Harmonium is furious but the public loves them. What if this causes the Mercykiller creed to change?
    
58. The PCs meet their alternates and this is very confusing, especially if they're from a world like Athas or Krynn.
    
59. The player characters are willed a Tomb of Horrors. Yes, that Tomb of Horrors. Or at least an exact replica in its own pocket dimension. They're given an exact map of the thing with a listing of all the traps as well as a request to use it for good.
    
60. See #60, it's the actual tomb of horrors by an alternate Acherak and it was stolen from him as a prank by a god of trickery.
    
61. See #60, it's actually part of a horrifying amusement park by a deranged Archdemon, god, proxy, or Lich fanboy on the plane of Gehenna. He'd like to buy it back so he can complete it then open it to the public.
    
62. See #62, How he plans to get idiots to murder themselves in an amusement park of death? He'll put treasure in it. Voila! Instant endless stream of victims!
    
63. The PCs are invited to a funeral for a god by his last remaining worshipers. It's on the Astral Plane. On said god's corpse. The guests will include the avatars of gods, enemies come to gloat, and the curious.
    
64. See #64, the Githyanki attack and try to take everyone as slaves.
    
65. See #64, It's a mass suicide event by the worshipers.
    
66. See #64, all of the attention for the funeral in Sigil causes the god to wake up during the funeral.
    
67. See #64, there's a protest by the Athar present deliberately designed to start a fight and in very poor taste.
    
68. A man claims he's got a bomb built by the God of Evil of his world that can destroy an entire planet. He's trying to sell it.
    
69. See #69, he's wrong. It's a relic of the Primordial War and can destroy an entire divine domain or planar layer.
    
70. A race of cybernetic abominations created by a mad scientist on a planet called "Skarr-o" (or something) are some of the most feared killers in the multiverse. The PCs are asked by some Yugoloths to negotiate them to join the Blood War.
    
71. See #71, this is because the Yugoloth was hired by a Time Wizard to divert their race into an impossible war against invincible enemies. They've made a mess in his Prime Material plane.
    
72. See #71, the Yugoloths are actually hoping to harvest the atheistic LE pepper pots' souls (as much as they exist) to make serious bank for the Nine Hells or Acheron.
    
73. See #71, the Totally-Not Daleks actually arranged this themselves and the whole thing is subtly (by their standards) interrogate the PCs before invading the Outer Planes.
    
74. See #71, this is actually a horrible idea as the Baatezu LOVE these guys and will happily assume "perfect" Not-Dalek forms and introduce them to Asmodeus (who they perceive as the Dalek Emperor of Emperors) and support them in their galactic genocides. The PCs have to stop this from happening.
    
75. See #71, the PCs will be hired by demons or Devas to introduce the Not-Daleks to the Beholders instead and start another part of racially motivated pointless war.
    
76. The player characters end up getting teleported to a dark and terrifying dimension full of nightmares and hallucinatory monsters. It is a layer of the Abyss ruled by a fallen paladin who has absolute power but only over illusions. A group of Taan'ari offer to help kill him. Oddly, the fallen paladin might be persuaded to abandon the path of evil if you're silly enough to appeal to his goodness.
    
77. The PCs are invited to a flying citadel in the middle of the Outlands which the owner wishes to open as a hotel and casino to the discerning gambler. Unfortunately, there's a half-dozen Faction-based plots against him going on simultaneously because he didn't exactly acquire this location fairly.
    
78. The PCs are invited to the Church of Contrary Personalities which is a secular temple for fallen angels, tiefling paladins, Aasimar thieves, and risen devils. The Bleak Cabal, Free League, and Athar love it. The Harmonium and Fraternity of Order hate it. The PCs are hired to protect or destroy it or both.
    
79. An Athar member has a scroll with the true name of a deity, Archdemon, or Archmessenger on it. He planned to use it to murder the Power but is gutted in a bar. Now it is the hottest item in Sigil--and the PCs have access to it.
    
80. A prostitute and her boyfriend want to run away from a corrupt and vile gang running a brothel as casino in the Hive. The prostitute wants the PCs to help her escape.
    
81. See #80. Notably, the prostitute is a succubus and her boyfriend may or may not be charmed.
    
82. See #81. The casino/brothel boss actually has the title to her soul and that needs to be acquired first.
    
83. See #80. This is all a cover for the prostitute and her boyfriend carrying out a massive heist while the PCs are the fall guys.
    
84. A Dabus approaches the PCs and speaks in perfect Common rather than Rebus. A Dabus has switched souls with them and he's now terrified that the Lady of Pain will take offense. Can the player characters reacquire his body?
    
85. An auction of holy artifacts is being hosted by the Free League, an arcanoloth, and a fallen Deva. The player characters have been asked to acquire one piece, the Holy Scrolls of Grundark, by any means necessary. They are necessary to stopping a war back on their Prime Material World.
    
86. Blackmail! A high ranking member of the Bleak Cabal wants the PCs to clear up her secret past as a member of an evil cult before she became a notable proponent of charity work as well as NG humanitarianism. There's something fishy going on because she belongs to a faction that, by definition, would not care.
    
87. See #86, she's actually a member of the Revolutionary League and murdered her way into the Faction.
    
88. See #86, she's abandoned her old Revolutionary Ways and just wants to do good works now. So berks gotta die to keep her secret.
    
89. One of the PCs have been informed they are now Factol of the Sign of One. They all imagined it to be the case and now it is official. Clearly something weird is going on here and their protestations fall on deaf ears.
    
90. A Believer of the Source has ascended to godhood...in Sigil. Well sort of. He's inside his Bag of Holding that he leapt into as it happened. So, he's technically not violating the Lady of Pain's edict. He wants the PCs (who he contacts in dreams) to transport him to his divine domain that he envisions is in Arvandor. Because he believes he's trapped, he's trapped and quite a few people want to get a hand on this bag.
    
91. The player characters are informed a previous Factol of the Fraternity of Order is hiding out in a Gatetown (probably one linked to Carcei or other wretched hive). There's a massive bounty on his head that no one knows the reason for as he disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The player characters are contacted by people who want to deliver him to freedom instead.
    
92. The PCs are being followed by a big animal. Dog, cat, cappybarra, whatever. It's the size of a cart and intelligent. It is the loyal companion of a now-deceased god and isn't sure what to do with itself.
    
93. The player characters are invited to an extradimensional mansion for the reading of a will by a prominent Taker. Of course they find themselves trapped in the mansion when a murder takes place and they're all suspects.
    
94. See #93, it was the dead Taker himself who is disgusted his relatives and friends expected GIFTS post-death.
    
95. See #93, it's the mansion itself that has become a horrifying Dungeon trying to kill them.
    
96. The Harmonium is fired from the job as City Watch. This comes out of nowhere and not even other Sigilites are sure who is responsible or how. However, they've been replaced with a non-faction based replacement.
    
97. The player characters end up in the belly of a massive Illithid planar vessel under attack by the Githyanki or Githzerai. It becomes a mammoth escape attempt before you get stuck in whatever location you're in.
    
98. A Rogue Modrone has claimed to have mathematically mapped chaos and is kidnapping Xaocists, turning them LN whenever he's done with them. Is he just brainwashing them or does he have proof of his theories? The Fraternity of Order and Harmonium are interested either way.
    
99. A Dustmen Lich has decided he finally wants to experience the true death and plans to destroy his soul with a Wish spell. However, he kind of is out of luck on that because he entrusted his soul jar with a third party who very much doesn't want it to happen. The PCs need to get it back.
    
100. The first Sigil Mayorial election is being run! The candidates are limited to those people who think the Lady of Pain WON'T Maze whoever wins. However, the fear over that and low voter turnout means even the players might win.
     
101. Sigil's interior has started making contact with the rest of the Torus. It turns out it has an Underdark, massive sewer system, and other set of levels that reveals it is a far larger city than anyone expected.
     

I'm a huge Planescape fan but coming up with adventures for it has always been something of a pain in the ass. So I decided to try to make a bunch of ideas for the setting, berk. If you have the time, feel free to add your own or give any feedback!

1. A young girl is kidnapped by a group of magically grafted individuals and the player characters are hired to get her back. They actually are from a world where psionics and artificers reign and are collecting her as "spare parts" for their artificial godlike being. The PCs note this may be the only actual world that needs a Power to take over and get them off their cargo cult. Either that or the planet get absorbed into Mechanus.
   
2. The player characters are approached by a Drow priestess who proceeds to explain that she wants the PCs to serve as guards for the smuggling of refugees into Sigil. They're enemies of Lolth and believes Sigil safe from her wrath. However, a bigger issue is the Harmonium does not want a large number of refugees from such an evil and chaotic race.
   
3. An Aasimar Paladin wants the PCs help to try to recover the soul of her friend in the Wall of the Faithless from Abeir-Toril. She's a member of the Athar and hates gods but still Lawful Good and powered by her righteousness. This seems fairly straightforward except she plans to free a "lot" more and use this as proof of the gods' evil.
   
4. The player characters inherit some property in Sigil and it is a extra-dimensional enhanced mansion that seems perfect to their needs but is given a wide birth and seemingly no one will speak of it. This is because the previous owner was Mazed and, worse, the mansion actually leads to the Maze.
   
5. See #4. Oddly, the PCs find that man inside the Maze figured out how to leave ages ago but finds its nice to live and makes him immortal. He offers the PCs use of his mansion if they can stop people seeking to "free" him.
   
6. See #4 The Lady of Pain actually wants the PCs to get the imprisoned man out because someone WANTING to be Mazed defeats the purpose.
   
7. A male PC is approached with an unusual offer: a chromatic dragon wishes to mate with them. Specifically, engage the various acts regarding (shapeshifting) coitus then collect their fluids as part of their "research."
   
8. See #8 The PCs end up as the father of a clutch of dragonborn after the experiment is concluded.
   
9. See #8, it was all to make their Gold Dragon ex-boyfriend jealous as he didn't want kids and she did. It's worked incredibly well and he's furious.
   
10. A PC is informed that they are actually the child of a god and that said gods progeny are being sent on a quest to murder each other in order to assemble their power into a new deity. A group of them are in a "gathering" here to do just that and killing each other off in ritualistic duels. This is all nonsense and someone is setting this up based on a Prime folk tale.
    
11. The PCs attend to Free League Bazaar and find Harmonium patrols engaged in police brutality. If they intervene, they find themselves in a court case over whether the former were there illegally or not. Shady lawyers and idealistic ones get involved.
    
12. See #12, this was all a set up by the Free League to get the Harmonium some bad publicity.
    
13. See #13, the same except it's a set up by the MERCYKILLERS because these Harmonium agents are THAT bad.
    
14. A group of Vistani from Ravenloft arrive and strangely claim they are able to pierce the Mists back and forth easily. Many would pay for an accurate map of this Demiplane and what the hell is going on inside it.
    
15. See #15, it's a set up by Strahd Von Zarovich to get some planars to torture and interrogate.
    
16. See #16, Strahd has bitten off a lot more than he can chew because the Lady of Pain moves Castle Ravenloft into Sigil as punishment for his crimes. The Dark Powers just replicate him like they did in The House on Gryphon Hill. This Strahd is fucked.
    
17. A Dustman is chasing after a man who got out of the mortuary and is getting killed repeatedly but always coming back from the dead. He's now immortal but that just means people want him for themselves.
    
18. See #18, It is in fact the Nameless One who is somehow back and very confused about this.
    
19. Factol Rowan Darkwood wants to hire the PCs to rescue the Princess of the Unicorns set to be the victim of a great hunt on the Prime Material Plane by an evil wyvern-riding Duke.
    
20. See #20, this is actually all an elaborate wager where the PCs are scryed and bet on the entire time by the Takers. They get rewards ala the Hunger Games if they overact or take challenges like a Twitch stream.
    
21. See #20, the evil wyvern-riding Duke is Rowan Darkwood in the past. This is actually an experiment in time travel.
    
22. See #21, the PCs probably end up killing the Duke and the past and return to find Sigilian history dramatically altered.
    
23. A serial called "The Midnight Slasher" is targeting victims throughout the city, leaving lovers with their loved ones dead in their arms. Weirdly, the perpetrator is invisible to scrying or divine answers and taunting the authorities of Sigil. Is the Revolutionary League at fault or something more sinister. The Free League presses are making bank publicizing it, though.
    
24. See #24, the serial killer is a paladin targeting demons, Alu-Fiends, Cambions, and Tieflings. The paladin still has his powers as long as he believes he's righteous.
    
25. See #24, the serial killer is a publicity stunt by the Free League to drum up newspaper business and make the Harmonium look week.
    
26. See #26, the serial killer didn't exist but rumors have caused one to emerge into existence from all the fear.
    
27. It's a nice day for a blood red wedding as the PCs are invited to a marriage and probably show just for the free food. It's only when they arrive that they find out it is wildly inappropriate (A Deva and Fiend, a Tanari and Baatezu, a Gold and Red Dragon, or a Fraternity of Order member with an Xaocist). What is going on here?
    
28. See #26, the wedding is at the behest of two feuding pantheons who have made it abundantly clear saying no isn't an option. The bride and groom disagree and Sigil is the best place to make a break for it.
    
29. See #27, the wedding is going to be hit by both factions of the bride and groom and it's actually a hit on their extremist members.
    
30. The Lady of Pain shows up at the player character's most frequent haunt and a Dabus says they need to acquire an object for them: the Key of Aoskar.
    
31. See #30, it's not the Lady of Pain but a gnomish illusionist who is FANTASTICALLY stupid.
    
32. See #30, It is the Lady of Pain but the Key of Aoskar was stolen by one of her Dabus who is attempting to revive the dead god over a lack of a promotion.
    
33. Factol Erin Montgomery commissioned a living statue of herself in the nude. However, the Golem came to life and is now running around Sigil getting into all manner of mischief. Erin wants the PCs to shut it down because she acts like a teenage brat. The sculptor and a sigilite with inappopriate fixations want it for their own reasons.
    
34. Factol Sarin's 16 year old daughter has run off with a Tiefling and he would very much like you to return her before she gets hurt.
    
35. See #32, the Tiefling intends to sell her into slavery to the Nine Hells.
    
36. See #33, the Tiefling is actually her prisoner and she intends to sell him into slavery for a position in Asmodeus' armies.
    
37. The Revolutionary League pays the players a great deal of money to nab an Ortho nobleman visiting from their home planet. They claim he is a genocidal war criminal who masterminded the extinction of the elves and gnomes on the world.
    
38. See #35, he actually did but came to Sigil to reveal all of the crimes of the Harmonium in public to discredit them.
    
39. See #36, the Revolutionary Leaguers are actually corrupt Harmonium guards there to stop him from doing so.
    
40. Factol Terrence is suffering a vote of No Confidence as his Athar Factorum have decided the Greater Unknown is, in fact, a real god and he's a traitor to the cause. He begs them to go to where he came up with the idea and prove, in fact, the Greaker Unknown isn't real but a metaphor for goodness and ineffability.
    
41. See #38, unfortunately for Factol Terrence, the Greater Unknown is, in fact, a god.
    
42. See #39, even worse, he's the ghost of Aoskar.
    
43. A barmy inmate claims that a demigod named Vecna took over Sigil, rewrote reality, and almost got away with it. Now no one remembers this happening and he wants your help finding the artifacts left in the city that prove it.
    
44. See #41, the inmate is, in fact, Vecna himself stripped of all of his magical knowledge and divine abilities. He is quite annoyed by this but the Lady doesn't like what he tried to pull.
    
45. See #41, the artifacts are the Head of Vecna that contains the deity's essence. The inmate wants to kill himself and put it on, which will restore Vecna (the Lady will consider the lesson learned).
    
46. The PCs have been given a watch that allows them to time travel. Unfortunately, this has put them in the sights of celestials who really hate time travelers.
    
47. See #44, the watch was actually used to reverse the Faction War.
    
48. See #46, the PCs can't un-reverse it because they died in the Faction War.
    
49. A man claiming to be Raistlin Majere says he was dumped out of his world of Krynn when he became too powerful (Note: This was an actual rule in the Dragonlance handbook). Now he needs to find his way back and doesn't know very much about Planes beyond the Abyss (and he thinks Tiamat lives there).
    
50. See #47, he will be quite annoyed to find out his world has been utterly trashed in his absence by what appears to be an exact copy of himself.
    
51. See #48, this Raistlin is actually a result of kender interfering with the timestream.
    
52. A young boy of the Sign of One is seemingly omnipotent and wrecking havoc like the Twilight Zone. He seems to have infinite Wish spells.
    
53. See #50, he's the king of a Feywild domain called Fantastica and is slowly losing his memories every time he does a Wish.
    
54. See #50, he's Asmodeus' son. The Lord of the Nine would appreciate his return until he can be educated into being a proper Archdevil.
    
55. See #50, the PCs can get the Lady of Pain to wipe him out just by praying to him. No gods allowed. This is a nasty way to resolve the issue, though.
    
56. The players are asked to help a demented old gnomish woman who just so happens to be living on a newly discovered portal the city is confiscating. Unfortunately, in her basement, is a monstrous aberration from her dalliance with Orcus during her days as a CE Warlock. She often forgets to feed it now.
    
57. A Mercykiller breakaway sect of costumed vigilantes (or maybe just one) have started punishing the guilty of Sigil despite this being very not lawful. The Harmonium is furious but the public loves them. What if this causes the Mercykiller creed to change?
    
58. The PCs meet their alternates and this is very confusing, especially if they're from a world like Athas or Krynn.
    
59. The player characters are willed a Tomb of Horrors. Yes, that Tomb of Horrors. Or at least an exact replica in its own pocket dimension. They're given an exact map of the thing with a listing of all the traps as well as a request to use it for good.
    
60. See #60, it's the actual tomb of horrors by an alternate Acherak and it was stolen from him as a prank by a god of trickery.
    
61. See #60, it's actually part of a horrifying amusement park by a deranged Archdemon, god, proxy, or Lich fanboy on the plane of Gehenna. He'd like to buy it back so he can complete it then open it to the public.
    
62. See #62, How he plans to get idiots to murder themselves in an amusement park of death? He'll put treasure in it. Voila! Instant endless stream of victims!
    
63. The PCs are invited to a funeral for a god by his last remaining worshipers. It's on the Astral Plane. On said god's corpse. The guests will include the avatars of gods, enemies come to gloat, and the curious.
    
64. See #64, the Githyanki attack and try to take everyone as slaves.
    
65. See #64, It's a mass suicide event by the worshipers.
    
66. See #64, all of the attention for the funeral in Sigil causes the god to wake up during the funeral.
    
67. See #64, there's a protest by the Athar present deliberately designed to start a fight and in very poor taste.
    
68. A man claims he's got a bomb built by the God of Evil of his world that can destroy an entire planet. He's trying to sell it.
    
69. See #69, he's wrong. It's a relic of the Primordial War and can destroy an entire divine domain or planar layer.
    
70. A race of cybernetic abominations created by a mad scientist on a planet called "Skarr-o" (or something) are some of the most feared killers in the multiverse. The PCs are asked by some Yugoloths to negotiate them to join the Blood War.
    
71. See #71, this is because the Yugoloth was hired by a Time Wizard to divert their race into an impossible war against invincible enemies. They've made a mess in his Prime Material plane.
    
72. See #71, the Yugoloths are actually hoping to harvest the atheistic LE pepper pots' souls (as much as they exist) to make serious bank for the Nine Hells or Acheron.
    
73. See #71, the Totally-Not Daleks actually arranged this themselves and the whole thing is subtly (by their standards) interrogate the PCs before invading the Outer Planes.
    
74. See #71, this is actually a horrible idea as the Baatezu LOVE these guys and will happily assume "perfect" Not-Dalek forms and introduce them to Asmodeus (who they perceive as the Dalek Emperor of Emperors) and support them in their galactic genocides. The PCs have to stop this from happening.
    
75. See #71, the PCs will be hired by demons or Devas to introduce the Not-Daleks to the Beholders instead and start another part of racially motivated pointless war.
    
76. The player characters end up getting teleported to a dark and terrifying dimension full of nightmares and hallucinatory monsters. It is a layer of the Abyss ruled by a fallen paladin who has absolute power but only over illusions. A group of Taan'ari offer to help kill him. Oddly, the fallen paladin might be persuaded to abandon the path of evil if you're silly enough to appeal to his goodness.
    
77. The PCs are invited to a flying citadel in the middle of the Outlands which the owner wishes to open as a hotel and casino to the discerning gambler. Unfortunately, there's a half-dozen Faction-based plots against him going on simultaneously because he didn't exactly acquire this location fairly.
    
78. The PCs are invited to the Church of Contrary Personalities which is a secular temple for fallen angels, tiefling paladins, Aasimar thieves, and risen devils. The Bleak Cabal, Free League, and Athar love it. The Harmonium and Fraternity of Order hate it. The PCs are hired to protect or destroy it or both.
    
79. An Athar member has a scroll with the true name of a deity, Archdemon, or Archmessenger on it. He planned to use it to murder the Power but is gutted in a bar. Now it is the hottest item in Sigil--and the PCs have access to it.
    
80. A prostitute and her boyfriend want to run away from a corrupt and vile gang running a brothel as casino in the Hive. The prostitute wants the PCs to help her escape.
    
81. See #80. Notably, the prostitute is a succubus and her boyfriend may or may not be charmed.
    
82. See #81. The casino/brothel boss actually has the title to her soul and that needs to be acquired first.
    
83. See #80. This is all a cover for the prostitute and her boyfriend carrying out a massive heist while the PCs are the fall guys.
    
84. A Dabus approaches the PCs and speaks in perfect Common rather than Rebus. A Dabus has switched souls with them and he's now terrified that the Lady of Pain will take offense. Can the player characters reacquire his body?
    
85. An auction of holy artifacts is being hosted by the Free League, an arcanoloth, and a fallen Deva. The player characters have been asked to acquire one piece, the Holy Scrolls of Grundark, by any means necessary. They are necessary to stopping a war back on their Prime Material World.
    
86. Blackmail! A high ranking member of the Bleak Cabal wants the PCs to clear up her secret past as a member of an evil cult before she became a notable proponent of charity work as well as NG humanitarianism. There's something fishy going on because she belongs to a faction that, by definition, would not care.
    
87. See #86, she's actually a member of the Revolutionary League and murdered her way into the Faction.
    
88. See #86, she's abandoned her old Revolutionary Ways and just wants to do good works now. So berks gotta die to keep her secret.
    
89. One of the PCs have been informed they are now Factol of the Sign of One. They all imagined it to be the case and now it is official. Clearly something weird is going on here and their protestations fall on deaf ears.
    
90. A Believer of the Source has ascended to godhood...in Sigil. Well sort of. He's inside his Bag of Holding that he leapt into as it happened. So, he's technically not violating the Lady of Pain's edict. He wants the PCs (who he contacts in dreams) to transport him to his divine domain that he envisions is in Arvandor. Because he believes he's trapped, he's trapped and quite a few people want to get a hand on this bag.
    
91. The player characters are informed a previous Factol of the Fraternity of Order is hiding out in a Gatetown (probably one linked to Carcei or other wretched hive). There's a massive bounty on his head that no one knows the reason for as he disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The player characters are contacted by people who want to deliver him to freedom instead.
    
92. The PCs are being followed by a big animal. Dog, cat, cappybarra, whatever. It's the size of a cart and intelligent. It is the loyal companion of a now-deceased god and isn't sure what to do with itself.
    
93. The player characters are invited to an extradimensional mansion for the reading of a will by a prominent Taker. Of course they find themselves trapped in the mansion when a murder takes place and they're all suspects.
    
94. See #93, it was the dead Taker himself who is disgusted his relatives and friends expected GIFTS post-death.
    
95. See #93, it's the mansion itself that has become a horrifying Dungeon trying to kill them.
    
96. The Harmonium is fired from the job as City Watch. This comes out of nowhere and not even other Sigilites are sure who is responsible or how. However, they've been replaced with a non-faction based replacement.
    
97. The player characters end up in the belly of a massive Illithid planar vessel under attack by the Githyanki or Githzerai. It becomes a mammoth escape attempt before you get stuck in whatever location you're in.
    
98. A Rogue Modrone has claimed to have mathematically mapped chaos and is kidnapping Xaocists, turning them LN whenever he's done with them. Is he just brainwashing them or does he have proof of his theories? The Fraternity of Order and Harmonium are interested either way.
    
99. A Dustmen Lich has decided he finally wants to experience the true death and plans to destroy his soul with a Wish spell. However, he kind of is out of luck on that because he entrusted his soul jar with a third party who very much doesn't want it to happen. The PCs need to get it back.
    
100. The first Sigil Mayorial election is being run! The candidates are limited to those people who think the Lady of Pain WON'T Maze whoever wins. However, the fear over that and low voter turnout means even the players might win.
     
101. Sigil's interior has started making contact with the rest of the Torus. It turns out it has an Underdark, massive sewer system, and other set of levels that reveals it is a far larger city than anyone expected.
     

at the Malabar coast of India, few food will compare to the experience you’ll have at a ‘Toddy shop.’
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In Kerala, India, you’re in an excellent location to eat a number of the arena’s richest (and most highly spiced) ingredients.
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you've got mountains, you have got seashores, you have got the best nice dry spice growing regions on the complete planet (read extra blow) – and if evidently food existence can’t get any higher, its our personal opinion that the unique beverage you’ll drink at toddy shops may also also be really worth the experience here on its own.
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Scroll down now, and permit me display you exactly what a ‘Toddy shop’ meal involves.
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Kerala backwaters and the city of Alaphuzza are domestic to Kerala's Toddy store cuisine.
THE BACKWATERS OF ALAPHUZZA ARE home TO KERALA’S TODDY keep cuisine.
In this newsletter you’ll learn the dishes, and get all the information you need, for an terrific day of eating at a Toddy store in Kerala.
Kerala’s Toddy keep cuisine
Alaphuzza is the name of this coastal metropolis in India, and its one vicinity you need to visit for the maximum true Kerala Toddy keep cuisine.
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within the coronary heart of splendid nearby backwaters of India, that is a meal in Kerala you don’t want to overlook.
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Get a full video enjoy right right here, with Mark Wiens (on YouTube) and revel in seeing what I effortlessly remember one of the pleasant food of our entire journey to Kerala.
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subsequent, continue analyzing this article for all the names, details, and dishes you’ll want to attempt while you come to have a meal at one in all Kerala’s exceptional toddy shops.
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‘Coconut Toddy’ is Palm Wine
Toddy comes from palm bushes, and in lots of places humans truely call it ‘palm wine.’
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that is something human beings are accumulating from many exceptional species of hands everywhere in the international, and although it contains the name ‘wine,’ the quantity of alcohol varies extensively.
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Of all of the international’s palm wines, not anything compares to that which Keralites are taking from their local coconut bushes – that is the most effective drink you’ll want to go along with the spicy Toddy store food in Kerala.
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full information on Toddy below, First, we could see the meal!
Coconut toddy is an top notch beverage, and i’m certain it may be a whole article on its personal.
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these days though, we're in particular wanting to enjoy all the food, and the Toddy store culture as a whole. Toddy stores are a beautiful micro-cuisine of tradition and flavor in Kerala, and the drink of palm wine toddy is simply one in all its many components.
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Toddy shops during Alaphuzza, India are frequently simplest handy by way of boat.
MANY restaurants IN ALAPHUZZA ARE best on hand via BOAT (LIKE THIS ONE)
Alaphuzza, in Kerala nation (India)
a little introduction can be useful here, as there is lots of recent vocabulary for this day.
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Alaphuzza is the city name, and its inside the Indian state of Kerala. The language they talk right here is Malayalam, and the meals names will typically be in Malayalam as properly.
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“Ah-Lah-Pooh-Ra” is how you may pronounce the call of this metropolis, however ‘Alleppey’ is a not unusual spelling in English. “Taadi Shaap” may be another manner to spell ‘Toddy shop,’ but these also are one and the equal.
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And Now, You’re here!
You’re in the backwaters of the Malabar coast location – an inland community of rivers, canals, and wetlands in Kerala. You’re no longer a ways from the Arabian Sea, but there’s a great deal greater than just seafood to be located right here.
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The Western Ghats are mountains, a land of heavy and abundant rains. They’re additionally a super climate for Kerala’s farmers to grow some of our global’s maximum qualities of dry spice (greater below).
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remaining but not least, ‘Kallu’ (sounds like ‘Kah-Ler’) is the coconut drink from which toddy shops get their name. It has not anything to do with coconut fruit, and yet it's miles simply one of the most super natural liquids in the world.
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finally, it's far this fresh Kallu that serves as your perfect pairing for one in every of Kerala’s spiciest meals – so let’s eat!
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coconut toddy Kerala neighborhood palm wine is the most effective beverage you'll need when you're eating the spiciest of foods in Kerala
THE simplest BEVERAGE YOU’LL need while you’RE consuming THE SPICIEST OF meals IN KERALA
What to reserve
there are numerous ingredients at the menu today, even several versions of the coconut toddy itself.
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you'll love the variety here, so permit’s get to the meals – here’s what you want at Rajapuram Toddy store.
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Kallu Shappu Meen Curry
Meen Curry is the most conventional dish to devour with toddy, and i like how the chefs in Kerala simply bump up each flavor just that one notch extra. whilst pairing this fiery dish with candy toddy, fish is absolutely the choice local recipe.
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Kerala’s toddy shop chefs generally prefer Trevally or Mullet fish (but Kingfish and shark are also commonplace). You’re going to understand that thicker ocean fish meat for this sluggish-cooking Kerala curry recipe.
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Simmering in a darkish purple wealthy coconut-milk curry broth, the fish will usually prepare dinner on low warmth for numerous hours. Its full of dry spices, the key of which is Kashmiri chili powder, and additionally fresh elements as well. There’s certain to be hundreds of dry fenugreek, a important fistful of clean curry leaves, garlic, and chilies, and ultimately, a completely unique factor called ‘Fish Tamarind,’ including a backing of bitter taste.
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There’s only One degree suited
i like to watch how tons of the dry spices chefs in Kerala are heaping at once into their pans – five or 6 tablespoons of every component is normal.
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The ensuing taste of path displays this massive love for spice, and that is the only flavor level robust enough for locals in Kerala to accept whilst pairing food like this with candy toddy.
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i'm able to consider human beings as a long way back as 1000 years, playing recipes much like these, wait until you notice it for yourself – this dining environment simply cannot get any better!
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Tapioca is the carbohydrate that commonly accompanies a deep pink Kerala-fashion fish curry.
CASSAVA IS THE CARBOHYDRATE THAT normally ACCOMPANIES YOUR KERALA-style FISH CURRY.
the store we’re journeying nowadays is Rajapuram Kayal Shaap. on this small dining area, beside lovely Alaphuzza backwaters, you’re in a middle of Kerala relaxation.
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If no longer for the exhilaration of the meal to come, you would possibly nearly agree with the serenity here is installation for a meditation retreat as an alternative.
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Fish Curry and Cassava – a classic Kerala combination
chefs at Rajapuram will begin with steaming cassava, and they’ll cowl it with the fish and curry sauce earlier than serving. Yucca (or manioc), in India its ‘cassava,’ is a totally crucial starch to the entire vicinity of Kerala, and the choice staple for the fish curry right here today.
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some of the most traditional foods you’ll have in Kerala include roots and tubers rather than rice. i really like it, and that i’m positive you may as well, the texture these roots give to the meal is so specific!
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Coconut Toddy in Kerala comes with many flavors, besides unique, today there may be additionally grape flavor, and even chili taste, its awesome the things they are able to do with coconut toddy
COCONUT TODDY right here COMES in many FLAVORS, or even hues
Serving the Coconut ‘Kallu’ Toddy
A lunch of Kerala’s exceptional nearby food is on its manner, you may pay attention the sizzle of frying pans from the open kitchen beside you.
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before the meals arrives even though, you need to pattern the coconut toddy. This restaurant offers now not one, but three flavors – authentic Coconut, Grape taste, and Chili with Ginger!
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So special than Coconut Water
obviously, you’ll want the original flavor first, so search for a container of toddy with a smooth and milky white color, probably a thin foam on top as well.
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Pouring out the primary spherical from a hefty clay jar, the taste is SO clean, but so especially not like the coconut water taste you might be watching for.
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the first glass goes down so without problems, its without a doubt an awful lot thicker than i was awaiting, and the fresh feeling is just on some other degree of herbal goodness.
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observe: The serving and drinking vessels are essential as hygiene is a key to nice toddy. You’ll keep your own glass for the complete meal (especially as you’re probably to be right here awhile).
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Coconut toddy with ginger and chili, Its without a doubt improbable... you need to attempt it for yourself
they also SERVE fresh TODDY INFUSED WITH FLAVORS, LIKE GRAPE, GINGER, or even spicy CHILI!
The Powers of the Coconut Tree
clean coconut toddy already has a critical quantity of carbonation, even if tapping it proper from the tree.
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some thing I immediately love approximately ingesting toddy right right here is knowing which you’re having it actually hours once they accumulate it… or maybe much less!
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The taste, or even the feeling of it inside the mouth, strikes a chord in my memory more of kombucha than coconut water. in case you aren’t acquainted with kombucha, then maybe a home-brew bottle of low alcohol beer with a 2d fermentation with dry fruit.
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That acquainted clean feeling of a herbal beverage or juice is there, along with a pleasing fizziness, after which only a tiny bit tart which accompanies a fruity and mouth-warming sweetness.
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To all people who already considers themselves a lover of coconut milk and/or coconut water, get prepared for amazement with this tree all over again – it in reality is one in every of our world’s maximum exquisite plant life…
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…and simply look forward to spherical 2, as the amazement best continues!
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Its nearly beyond description the remarkable flavors that genius cooks of India are developing... do this coconut toddy, it may be well worth the whole trip on its own
as though herbal TODDY WASN’T superb enough – attempt to consider THIS DRINK WITH CHILI PEPPER!
Ginger with Chili taste Coconut Toddy
allow me first remind you that this is most effective a beverage… and yet the taste profile of such genius tiers right here simply may additionally make this drink well worth a whole visit to Alaphuzza on its very own.
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depart it to India to experience the natural flavor first, after which take that imaginitive next breakthrough, maximizing taste via including chili peppers into the whole lot, sure which include fresh coconut toddy!
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Rajapuram toddy save serves all their variations fresh, however a number of them may additionally already be fermenting (even just four-6 hours vintage), and so the coconut toddy can be reaching an alcohol content material of 3-4% ABV.
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best the meals Genius of India…
relying on the local source, some toddy can be hours vintage, some up to half of an afternoon (and consequently higher in alcohol) – I endorse you strive all of them.
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If only a sip of every one at the least, you need to revel in the extraordinary form of flavors. nowadays they are serving us grape (evidently crimson in colour), and ginger on its personal, however the winner just must be Ginger and Chili taste Toddy.
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if you’re like us, this in reality is a brand new level of food happiness, and a flavor that simplest the food genius of India may want to create.
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The chili-ginger combination toddy hits each sense a tongue can sense. I assume we have been all sitting there grinning, and clearly stunned after our personal first sips. In a second of glad silence, I nonetheless keep in mind it now, what I wouldn’t do for another round of toddy and meal in Alaphuzza…
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If any dish can rival the flavors of a Kallu Shapp Meen Curry, its this duck proper right here
IF whatever CAN RIVAL THE FISH CURRY, ITS THIS DUCK (EVEN greater spicy THAN THE FISH FOR sure!)
Duck (Tharav) Curry
If there’s one greater dish synonymous with coconut toddy, its duck, and this must be your next order for lunch nowadays.
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The chef blesses us with 3 complete plates of duck, so splendidly retaining with his big Kerala-fashion ratios of spice, and your mouth, or even your arms, may by no means be happier for lunch.
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every chunk complete to overload, just the manner Kerala recipes like to be. This small mountain of tasty duck meat is full of both dry spice and crispy fresh components, this duck is yet every other motive to journey for meals in India.
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seasoned Tip: knowing the way to consume along with your palms will help here, its the conventional manner, but additionally simply amusing.
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consuming with arms all through meals at a Kerala Toddy store, is the traditional way with each Appam, and Cassava.
eating WITH hands IS THE traditional manner WITH both APPAM, AND CASSAVA.
you'll be licking each smear of this duck from every finger, and most effective pausing your consuming movement to take small sips of any nearby glasses of toddy nectar.
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that is where the flavor ranges genuinely get out of control, it is a visit to Kerala, laying out in single plate shape, please don’t forget about to allow us to recognize approximately your very own revel in whilst you go to a toddy keep like this for your self.
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clean coconut chutney which comes with each meal of highly spiced Toddy save meals
sparkling COCONUT CHUTNEY WHICH COMES WITH every PLATE OF CASSAVA
Ayurvedic substances for fitness
As with a few of the food you’ll find in India, there additives to every meal which recognition on fitness in addition to flavor. In this case, sparkling coconut chutney comes with each plate of cassava, a dish full of Ayurvedic fitness subculture.
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Ayurvedic diets and ingesting practices are determined at some point of India, and the food of Kerala may be more healthy than most (sure, even at a toddy keep, see an example of a recipe proper here (hyperlink)).
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Avial (or ‘Aviyal) is every other healthful addition for your meal at Rajapuram Toddy store (a sort of spicy salad). every small serving includes cilantro, cumin seeds, and chili peppers, and is more thick from fresh coconut meat shavings. There’s coconut milk in the recipe as well, which makes it nice and creamy to go together with super finger-fuls of that steaming cassava.
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Toddy keep menu, One conventional plate that never, ever gets vintage - Steaming Roots and Coconut Chutney.
ONE traditional PLATE THAT in no way, EVER receives antique – STEAMING ROOTS AND COCONUT CHUTNEY.
The Malabar Coast – Spice Paradise
For a touch records now, we can discover just a chunk greater of coconuts and toddy.
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test out every other video right here, of a touring a conventional village high within the Western Ghats (Mark Wiens traveling Ponmudi, India) – this will without problems assist you imagine all of the methods that a coconut tree simply flourishes in this type of herbal situation.
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one of the motives this location is so bountiful is due to a completely unique geography – the Malabar Coast, a long strip of fertile land present between the Western Ghats (mountains), and the Arabian sea to the East, is the wettest vicinity in all of India.
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With so much rain, its an ideal home for diversity amongst plant life, fruits (and animals), and consequently of path humans! human beings dwelling right here for heaps of years, and all of that time growing home recipes which depend on coconuts (and about 1,000,000 other clean elements), its no accident that Kerala loves coconuts.
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Coconut toddy is implausible... you have to strive it for yourself, mainly drinking it even as ingesting some of Kerala's spiciest food
THE FISH CURRY IS first-class when the usage of THE whole FISH HEAD (SMALL yet FLAVORFUL, TASTY BITES)
what's ‘Toddy?’
shifting on now mainly to the toddy, allow’s examine a piece extra about this excellent beverage.
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you will be as amazed as i used to be to research while gaining knowledge of for this newsletter, in fact many countries around the world make slight to fairly alcoholic drinks from coconut fruit (however this coconut toddy nectar is actually one of the most delicious of them all).
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you may examine a splendid description of coconut toddy and palm wines right here (hyperlink), a whole neighborhood enterprise in Southwestern India. despite the fact that totally herbal, its so sparkling that it may be hard to modify, and consequently hygienic situations are of essential importance to those who have experience in making this their livelihood.
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word: Coconut toddy is low in alcohol, but it genuinely nevertheless does have energy (even as averaging 3-four% ABV, and after 6% it turns to vinegar, you never want to fear that it will be any stronger than say, an average glass of beer).
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The toddy technique is completely herbal, and consequently hygiene is very crucial at Toddy stores
THE TODDY IS completely herbal, AND consequently HYGIENE is very critical AT TODDY stores
amassing Coconut Nectar
An amazing bonus to any day right here in Alaphuzza, is looking small-farm owners accumulating the sparkling toddy from their personal timber.
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Its a variety of work, for all the info you can fast watch the video of our day (it suggests precisely how people in Kerala harvest coconut nectar for sale in Toddy shops).
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gaining knowledge of about this manner first-hand, you could see its difficult, its time-ingesting, but wow if the stop end result isn’t one of the maximum tasty drinks on this planet.
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an amazing method how people in Kerala collect the clean toddy!
ITS AN amazing process HOW humans IN KERALA collect THE clean COCONUT TODDY!
This drink is completely natural, you could even drink it instantly from the amassing vessel. be careful for ants that can be nevertheless inner, this drink actually is quality whilst sparkling! Toddy incorporates huge amounts of healthful bacteria, and drastically boosts digestive health for those who drink (slight quantities) on a everyday foundation.
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watching it there with my personal eyes, i'm able to’t agree with that I in no way knew about this earlier than – Its really an extraordinary method how people in Kerala gather the clean toddy!
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Coconut Toddy requires excessive levels of cleanliness and hygiene to make sure its no longer infected before consuming
HYGIENIC storage situations ARE OF crucial significance TO THE hottest COCONUT TODDY
other makes use of for Palm Toddy
A type of appam makes use of coconut toddy within the recipe (for its yeast factor), developing a similar effect to sourdough for Western-fashion bakers and their bread.
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Order this appam as a aspect dish at Rajapuram toddy store, asthe sour flavors are certainly fantastic. If no longer these days, then at the same time as you are right here in Alaphuzza, maybe try it on one of the first rate house-boat tours (Video right here), which with the aid of the manner is genuinely one of the exceptional activities in Kerala, India.
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you could have eaten coconut toddy earlier than, and now not even recognised it!
you could HAVE EATEN COCONUT TODDY before, AND not EVEN regarded IT!
In conclusion
Keralites themselves simply like to eat highly spiced food, and if you ask for a neighborhood advice, I’m positive that a toddy save will pinnacle the list.
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right here, you may see a super website detailing all the great stores within the complete place – kudos to KeralaToddyShop for this top notch website – and now examine on to analyze greater about some precise dishes you need to attempt.
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The Spice mystery starts with Rain, and Soil
Its no accident that all of the nice food in Kerala consists of a few part of the super coconut tree, whether or not its fruit, its leaves, coconut milk, or all three!
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while this situation exists in a rustic which is likewise so loopy approximately food – it is a lovely situation certainly.
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Spice and flavor in Kerala
You’re going to discover awesome food of fish and nearby seafood here in Kerala, but allow me tell you it best gets higher when you see the encompassing environment and general revel in that locals love to proportion.
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that is the meal you need when you visit the state of Kerala, so ensure to plot a stop in Alaphuzza, visit a toddy store, and please tell us about your experience as well (we like to listen from you!), use the remarks section down beneath.