THE TRAVEL THREAD

[Afroman]

 

Nice one,

How long did you go for and how much all in?

 

We payed close to £700 each due to half term (only time my mrs could travel)

 

23rd may 30th may

 

 

safe gunner!

sounds like you had a blast.

I am going next Tuesday for 8 nights. Cant wait.

Is it better to book your excursions, activities etc prior to getting there? Or you get a better deal whe out there?

I was gonna book the quad biking and camel riding via viator

 

We booked when we got there. 

 

However depending on who you come across different people told us they could have got us some of them for cheaper. 

 

Oh and everyone that we spoke to said that we should have done snorkling! We thought we had to be experienced swimmings but we were told you dont have to be. Snorkling is a must according to everyone else

 

bless.

 

Yeah I think I will book it from here.

 

its only £15 for quad biking + Tea drinking. 2hours +.  Mad cheap .

 

I was considering the snorkeling too. Reason why I resurrected the swimming thread

I think I will book it too man. Always wanted to use my gopro under water

[Rippy]

any pics rips?

 

They don't do a lot of justice though. Only carried one phone between us.

 

[The King]

S.E Asia >>
 

Thats the shit. Would go every year (except to Bali)

 

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Went Egypt 10 years ago. Thought it was deeeeaaaaad. Sounds like I need to revisit.

 

Full of smelly rude people after anything they can get. Hotels looked ok but fuck going away and jamming in some resort with hundreds of others. Private villa or apartment/condo is the only way. 

[local]

nice rips, looks decent

 

hows it compare to other places uve been in asia?

 

we've got a rough plan of thailand>cambodia>vietnam planned out from december

 

i fancy throwin china n japan into the mix aswell n jus wonderin about other places

 

seems like a bit of a ball ache gettin there

 

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what u sayin about bali shinji?

 

full of ozzie cunts?

[Rippy]

I've still not done that route yet! Should've done it this summer, but I've come back to London to job hunt. So Palawan's the only real beach spot I've reached in SE Asia. Boracay was still nice, just its small and we went during Chinese new year so it was overpacked with twats.  Otherwise I've just hit China, HK, South Korea and Japan, and Kuala Lumpur in Malay.

 

Some personal recommendations in China aside from Beijing and Shanghai- Zhangjiajie (Avatar mountains) and Guilin/Yangshuo, though I don't know how well the view will hold up around Dec, and I guess it may not work out if you're just doing a quick trip. 

 

Only met Aussies when I went to Japan Didn't help I traveled with one there tbh. She says Bali is full of them, plus Dec/Jan is their summer holidays as well I think?

[The King]

what u sayin about bali shinji?

full of ozzie cunts?

Exactly that

[local]

nice

 

na wont be quick

 

we'll be in thailand til late jan then movin on

 

xmas n new years in bangkok

 

the rest still up in the air

[The Infamous]

Looks amazing

[Mr. Martinez]

local checkout Philippines as well

my boy's out there now

looks amazing

[Pro]

Looks very good I'm impressed

[Lieutenant]

safe gunner!

sounds like you had a blast.

I am going next Tuesday for 8 nights. Cant wait.

Is it better to book your excursions, activities etc prior to getting there? Or you get a better deal whe out there?

I was gonna book the quad biking and camel riding via viator

Book when you're out there. 100% go and see the Bedouins, I found them so fascinating and they're mad friendly.

Quad biking through the desert is a must as well

[Lieutenant]

S.E Asia >>

Thats the sh*t. Would go every year (except to Bali.

wtf why not Bali?

[Lieutenant]

what u sayin about bali shinji?

full of ozzie cunts?

Exactly that

Oh

[The King]

Don't get me wrong it's a beautiful beautiful place and you probably could avoid them but I'd much rather go Vietnam and have a blaze at a home stay in Sapa then go find a quiet beach/cove rather than deal with Australians

Personal preference.

[Niall Ferguson]

Rippy, pics of you in a bikini?

[local]

Re travel cards

Halifax clarity credit card seems to be the one

No fees

Only thing is interest starts from the moment u take cash out (altho I hearin this is a standard for credit cards in general I ain't used a credit card before)

But if u go online n pay it off QuickTime them uv basically got no fees n a way better exchange rate than u could from the post office

So I'm goin for that

Eligibility test says on money saving expert im 90% to be accepted

Credit ratings r gay

Guessin no1 heard back from that supercard, I aint

[dub]

For cash withdrawal outside of Europe

 

Halifax Clarity = 19-26%APR interest = 0.05-0.07% per day

Metro = 1.9% one-off

 

So if you're outside of Europe and you can pay it off in the same month you're probably getting a better deal than Metro will give you.

But its free on Metro inside of Europe.

[Afroman]

I'll rather just withdraw at home and take it out there tbh

[dub]

Its cheaper to legally change your name and get a new passport than it is to get your name changed on a RyanAir ticket

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/jun/05/student-changes-name-by-deed-poll-to-avoid-220-ryanair-admin-fee?CMP=fb_gu

[O Fenomeno]

Ryanair tho

Dusty airline

[Badman]

Absolute worst 

[Heero Yuy]

 

Ryanair is known for tempting customers with cheap fares but demanding fees for anything from printing boarding passes at the airport to checking in additional bags. The airline’s boss, Michael O’Leary, once mooted charging passengers to use the toilet mid-flight but the plans never came to fruition.

 

 

fuck it, just strip out the seats and charge people extra if they want one.

[dub]

that was a plan too 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291103/Ryanair-sell-standing-room-tickets-4--funded-charging-passengers-use-toilet.html

[The Infamous]

I love ryan air gona take it down to london in a couple weeks

30 quid

They dont even check my luggage weight either