Do lads ever safari overseas?

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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:41 am

If so, I've got the perfect location to recommend Twisted Evil

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Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Overseas in relation to where?

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:53 am

I guess in relation to where they are. Like from Africa to Europe/Asia/America.

I also know a few nice places where it's quite easy to get lost, especially because hardly anybody there speaks English...

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:20 am

SINGAPORE SAFARI

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:27 am

Intergalactic safaries are better then an overseas one

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:27 am

^^Juan beat me to it: Ed! The excellent bait of Psychedelia Smith, Eliza, Homer, Asiaguy, et al. That is the single bait that got me hooked! While I could see Mr Shiver doing it, this bait involved mere mortals!

**WARNING** Do not start that thread unless you have 6 hours to waste!

He is going to Bahamas soon, I hope! Twisted Evil

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:41 am

Let me narrow down my question:

Is it possible to get a lad to fly to Canada? If so, I have a very good location for the baiter skilled enough to plan such a safari.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:47 am

People in Canada tend to speak English, which might help the lad.
But for total desperation there are not many better places than some totally crappy place in China I'd say...
The lad could be equipped with some ready to use signs he just needs to show to people.
Some of them would be to help him to get where we want him, and the others say nasty things to get him a few slaps and other problems...

I just don't know how hard it'll be for a lad to get the China-visa.
It's easy to get a visa for 5 days when coming over the border from Hong Kong, takes maybe 20 minutes (when there's no long queue).

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:50 am

Just my little $0.02 worth here, but I would rather doubt it. Not because a baiter didn't have the skills, but because most lads won't have the resources or the ambition.

Most baiters have a hard enough time getting their mugu to get off his ass and actually go the WU outlet (hence all their whining about MTCN's). To get one to travel over 200km is an impressive enough feat. To get one to travel to another continent?

Hey I don't want to sound pessimistic here. Surely it's not impossible. I just doubt that it's ever been done. You'd need one seriously desperate mugu who could actually get himself on a trans-continental flight, and he would require a lot of convincing. Knowing the lads, you'd probably have to buy his airline ticket, luggage, taxi fare to the airport...

Ah there I go again, being all negative. Very Happy

EDIT: Some (more than a few) lads DO operate in Canada. Where exactly did you have in mind for them?

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

It could be done, I suppose.

Chances are the lad would just reach out to one of the many lads already in Canada, though.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:55 am

What is this mystery location in Canada?

A lot of lads operate there or have connections there. So I doubt an Africa or Europe based lad would actually go himself.

EDIT: Plus there is also the issue of visas. That is likely to throw a major wrench into your plans.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:05 am

ChainYanker wrote:

. . . Is it possible to get a lad to fly to Canada? . . . ..

Sure; It's possible.

However, highly improbable.
If you can get a scammer to fly to Canada as a result of a scambait, you'll definitely raise the bar to a new height.

Go for it.
You'll have a large audience eagerly waiting in anticipation of the result. Smile

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:24 pm

No one has mentioned this, but, I wouldn't want to give a lad(ette) a good excuse (or even assistance, if you write a letter of invitation to help secure a visa) to travel "overseas" and try overstaying his/her visa. If a lad got to Canada, I'm betting he wouldn't want to leave... Canada seems to have enough lads already.

Then again, as pointed out, most lads aren't even going to consider it unless you buy the airline ticket for them. Even then, they'll probably check to see if they can cash it in for a refund first.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:32 pm

Getting a lad to Europe, Asia or America is next to impossible. Trust me, I have tried. The problem is, as others mentioned, there are a surplus of lads already in these places. It would be much more fiscally reasonable for them to just get their compadre in Canada to do the meeting for him, then split the money. You have to realize the amount of time and money it would take for a lad to get a visa and an airline ticket to get over here. My jaw was on the ground when i saw the group who got the lad moving to Malaysia. To me, that is one of the best safaris ever.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:10 pm

dr stephen williams wrote:

**WARNING** Do not start that thread unless you have 6 hours to waste!

Wish I seen this before I started reading it Laughing

Not that its a bad thing

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:13 pm

Okay, then, I guess not.

thefife wrote:

What is this mystery location in Canada?

The Snake Dens of Narcisse, one of the most desolate tourist attractions on God's green earth.
I can tell you from experience, it's a pain in the neck to get there. First, you have to go to Winnipeg- I had to take two connecting flights, and I started out from the US. Then you have to rent a car, and drive through two hours of Canadian wilderness, including dirt roads and confusing signs.
Then, if you're hard-core reptile freak like me, you spend a few hours making personal acquaintance with the millions of snakes there, then turn around and make the harrowing journey back. If you don't like snakes- say, you've grown up in Africa amistd cobras, vipers, and mambas- then you're out of luck.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:27 pm

To be honest, if your lad is in Africa then you can make his life even more miserable by safariing him on that continent. Abroad means a boring flight, financial expenditure and, at the worst, extradition if he outstays his welcome. A simple Lagos to Accra trip means hours of hell on a bus and he very real possibility of being arrested and thrown into a hellhole of a prison at the boarder for any real or made up crime if he can't afford the bribe. The further you get him from home there, the more nightmarish life will become, far more then on a whistlestop trip to Canada. It's not the distance mate, it how utterly terrible you can make your lad's life.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:30 pm

Just get your lad to travel locally. That will be just as much a pain. Trust me. It is infinitely more likely that he will travel around Africa as opposed to Canada.

EDIT: Rodus said it bettwe than me.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:32 pm

As long as the lad soaked up your bullsh|t like a sponge, and you had a damn good reason for him to visit such a bizaro snake haven, then you could probably get a Canada-based lad over there.

I doubt seriously an Africa/Europe based lad would go thru all that trouble just to have a romp w/ millions of snakes. Like you said, there's plenty in his own backyard he can play with if he wants. Not everyone has the same appreciation for our reptile friends as you to hop on a transatlantic flight then go traipsing about the desolate wilderness. I don't think he would do it if you told him there was $100 Billion stashed over there & provided video footage to verify. At best, he'd dispatch a Canda lad.

And although the distance would get you a hat, you would have no way to confirm the safari. Just out of curiosity, how many cafe's did you pass on the way to the Snake Dens? Or maybe the lad could pick up a GPS tracking device before he heads out so you can track his every move. Hmmm...actually, that gives me another idea for something else.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:43 pm

Ok. I didn't think it would work, to be honest. (But the image of a lad arriving at the "big city" of Narcisse, only to find that it has about seven people and twenty million snakes, warms my heart). Twisted Evil

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:47 pm

Well find a likely Canada lad & see what you can do about getting him over there. Should be very amusing to watch the process unfold. Laughing

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:47 pm

No problem in asking. It's just that most lads don't have that kind of mobility. Or money. It's a great idea, but very hard. I was told by one lad that an application for a visa to Africa was a few thousand dollars. How true that is, I don't know.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:52 pm

^^ At any rate, it takes like 6 mos to get the visa approval for African applicants at the earliest depending on where you are & why you are coming. Something to consider. And there is no getting around the invitation letter. Which you really wouldn't want in the hands of a lad.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:04 pm

So there really are lads from Canada?

I haven't seen any scammers from the Americas so far.

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:21 pm

Chain - If you are ambitious, but want to stay on the African continent, the Qattara Depression in western Egypt is truly an unforgettable tourist destination. And, just a little ways north of there, near El Alamein, they have a fascinating collection of minefields just waiting to be explored by the enterprising tourist.

Bruin

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