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Post by outside cat @wino on Feb 1, 2014 21:50:14 GMT 2
Looking at Outer Hebrides in late August..........I Lurves Scotyland..
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Post by kuskiwi on Feb 1, 2014 22:36:31 GMT 2
Sounds great. Look forward to hearing more in due course.
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Post by OnlyMark on Feb 1, 2014 22:54:53 GMT 2
Unusually Mrs M and I will be able to spend the next three whole weeks together without one or the other of us popping off somewhere. But at the beginning of March I will be returning to the UK to finish off doing up my dad's old house. I'll then put it on the market and maybe, maybe, it will be the last time I'll be in the UK at all. I will have no roots or commitments there whatsoever.
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Post by outside cat @wino on Feb 2, 2014 23:48:33 GMT 2
I had a minor brain freeze the other day about buying a house as a reno project........hopefully it will pass
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Post by tiltedflipcurves on Feb 3, 2014 5:40:00 GMT 2
Hedonista, re New Orleans: I was there on a business-plus trip a few weeks ago, had a great time, and heartily recommend Cochon (border of the CBD/Lower Garden District, locavore tip-to-tail pig) for gourmands.
Next business-plus trip is to the Florida Keys. My business travel is more often to places like Indianapolis, so I'm not complaining.
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Post by Hedonista on Feb 4, 2014 22:25:22 GMT 2
In the meantime I have to go Asia on business at least twice and keep putting my trip off. I've really had enough of the solo travelling over the last two years and it is becoming a real chore. I should be going this month but trying to stretch it until March or even April if I can get away with it.
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Post by kuskiwi on Feb 6, 2014 21:58:34 GMT 2
London (well burbs around it) for the weekend. Catch up time with a close friend I met on my big OE 45 years ago. Have kept in touch and have been lucky enough to have their kids spend months in NZ using my place as their home from home, attended all the family weddings, significant 60th wedding anniversary of the parents, and one sad funeral. Ill health means I now go to them rather than them join me sometimes on one of my overseas jaunts. Will be nice but a bit bittersweet as this is likely to be my last 'biggie' due to possible forced retirement.
Will pack cheese, wine and as it is still raining - gumboots.
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Post by pepecura on Feb 8, 2014 11:04:57 GMT 2
try weisswuersten in the morning. Loved it, got some to home with us  |
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 8, 2014 19:11:50 GMT 2
yey!
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Post by kuskiwi on Feb 12, 2014 9:45:17 GMT 2
Next stop - home. At the moment all I want is my own bed. Got a stinker of a cold, 3am to the airport, 3 airports and 36 hours later I should be home. Off to the pharmacy for some 'kill me or cure me'
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Post by OnlyMark on Feb 14, 2014 18:50:42 GMT 2
I've just booked three nights in Benidorm for me and the lad!
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Post by sunshine on Feb 15, 2014 12:46:35 GMT 2
middle of March, four days in the mountains.
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Post by shrjeff on Feb 15, 2014 13:57:09 GMT 2
may in the galapagos... 3 weeks in june in northern california with a weekend hop up to seattle...
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 15, 2014 18:32:21 GMT 2
Enjoy Galapagos, Jeff. We had a week on a boat there exactly ten years ago.
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Post by shrjeff on Feb 15, 2014 19:07:51 GMT 2
thanks, baz... we're going to spend nearly 3 weeks divided between the 3 inhabited islands, doing day trips... we prefer air conditioning |
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Post by kuskiwi on Feb 15, 2014 20:04:59 GMT 2
ooooo Green with envy re the Galapogos. Been on my bucket list for a while. Enjoy every moment.
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Post by sophie on Feb 17, 2014 7:54:05 GMT 2
A few local trips coming up.. hopefully a few days in Seattle will be happening soon.
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Post by missalaska on Feb 17, 2014 22:01:10 GMT 2
Seems like Laos and Thailand are on the cards, Baz I'm going to be asking you more about My Dream etc.
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 18, 2014 14:49:35 GMT 2
My Dream gets a sort of mixed review from us. We arrived by boat and it all looked fine: lovely jungly setting on the river bank, immaculate huts. Go for one on the river so you can sit on your balcony and watch the river life. We didn't do any of the excursions, which seemed expensive. Unfortunately we weren't well (me in particular, as a hernia suddenly upset my life). We walked on dirt roads up and down the river so we saw a lot of local life.
The problem was really the owner (Nan, if I remember rightly). He had created it all from a patch of jungle his family owned and he did it well. But he has taken to drink and simply neglects to do things. Also he is a bore when he sees you and stops for a long chat.
One place we liked very much was Chiang Dao (north of Chiang Mai). Not the town itself which is nowheresville but Rainbow Cottages. We had a cottage right on a rice paddy with a fabulous mountain view. We had excellent Thai food there from a charming girl. The owner was in hospital so you'll need to do some research to see what the situation is. There are good walks or cycle rides round there. Just be careful using the map they give you as they have placed some villages on the wrong roads and that led us seriously astray. (We had to walk 19 kms one day in heat and humidity which certainly made us appreciate a drink when we got back.
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 18, 2014 14:51:24 GMT 2
Tomorrow we are off to Tangier for a couple of nights.
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Post by missalaska on Feb 19, 2014 10:26:23 GMT 2
Thanks Baz, once I've sorted our itinerary, I'm be back for more advice. Enjoy Tangier, just mind the glue heads!
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 26, 2014 10:40:00 GMT 2
Tomorrow we are off on the long drive home - 1,740 kilometres. Tomorrow's stage is short (260 km) so we can have time in Cordoba. Then Friday we drive to Mahora, just a staging post. Saturday we are in L'Escala on the Costa Brava. Then Sunday afternoon we get home - assuming all the kilometres have gone smoothly.
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Post by OnlyMark on Feb 26, 2014 11:22:50 GMT 2
baz, I'm sure you are aware there are tons of things to see in Cordoba and not a lot of time to see them. If though you are stuck for something to do, just on the outskirts to the west is Medina Azahara - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_AzaharaIt made a change as there were few tourists in comparison to the centre of the city. There is an impressive museum at the entrance and then as it is a restricted area you are bussed the kilometer or so to the main site. Just a thought. |
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 26, 2014 11:50:58 GMT 2
Medina Azahara does sound an interesting place to see. If we find ourselves at a loose end...
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 26, 2014 20:21:13 GMT 2
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Post by rikita on Mar 2, 2014 0:19:28 GMT 2
medina azahara is nice ...
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Post by OnlyMark on Mar 6, 2014 9:13:03 GMT 2
Off to the UK via Easyjet to Gatwick this afternoon. As mentioned before, fingers crossed, it may be the last time I 'need' to go to England. Any other trip there will be purely for pleasure.
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Post by rikita on Mar 6, 2014 10:13:18 GMT 2
my mom is planning to take me and a. on a trip for a few days in july - probably czech republic ...
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Post by shrjeff on Mar 6, 2014 10:58:47 GMT 2
my mom is planning to take me and a. on a trip for a few days in july - probably czech republic ... we missed the opportunity for her to take you here  |
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Post by lumi on Mar 6, 2014 16:38:57 GMT 2
I am off to Holland tomorrow morning for 4 days...
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