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Post by kuskiwi on Jan 19, 2018 20:31:07 GMT 2
Safe journey. Enjoy and please if the opportunity arises - more fab photos from Mrs. Faz.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 19, 2018 21:55:28 GMT 2
Same as above. Certainly.
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Post by auntieannie on Jan 20, 2018 0:16:07 GMT 2
safe journey, enjoy, be healthy, both of you.
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Post by sophie on Jan 20, 2018 3:52:15 GMT 2
Travel safe and have fun!
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Post by Baz Faz on Jan 20, 2018 10:06:18 GMT 2
Everything ready. Our little backpacks are standing by the door. I have checked the weather in Kuala Lumpur and tomorrow it is forecast to be a low of 24 and a high of 31 "with a thunderstorm in the area". I don't know why I bother with Accuweather. When we went to Ecuador in 2004 I checked the weather in Quito for a month before we went and every day it forecast rain. When we got there it was dry and somebody we queried said they had had no rain at all.
Anyway I'll be in touch via the little iPad from time to time. And I hope Mark has a good time in Sri Lanka.
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Post by slowcoach on Jan 20, 2018 10:52:24 GMT 2
Happy Travels
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Post by Voy on Jan 20, 2018 17:22:27 GMT 2
happy , healthy and safe travels - with lots of travelogues from you and Mrs Baz!
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 20, 2018 18:24:47 GMT 2
Bit too late now, but hope you have good weather and a good time.
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Post by Voy on Jan 20, 2018 19:13:07 GMT 2
you too ^ - when do you go?
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Post by OnlyMark on Jan 20, 2018 20:02:03 GMT 2
Feb 1st, return Feb 25th.
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Post by kuskiwi on Jan 22, 2018 4:59:45 GMT 2
Just booked a 25 day trip to Ubekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran. Trying to juggle airfares to get 10 days in the UK but not looking promising. Cheaper to return home and then go back later in the year after the silly season is over.
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Post by Voy on Jan 22, 2018 16:02:28 GMT 2
In Samarkand - TRY to get to the Registan "at dawn" - you will have it to yourself - and it is magical.
If you can, find Peter Fleming's "Eastern Approaches" - and read it - the whole thing is wonderful (with Stirling, founding the SAS - and in Libya ) , with Tito is Yugoslavia , but esp for the Russian piece. Which inspired my doing what I just recommended !
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Post by kuskiwi on Jan 22, 2018 19:29:52 GMT 2
^ Brilliant. Someone I can fire questions at and get answers that I can trust.
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Post by Voy on Jan 22, 2018 22:51:36 GMT 2
welll - it was a zillion years ago. before the Stans were independent etc. Still very Soviet - quite scary to hitchhike in a Russian army jeep back into Samarkand from a "underground" nightclub out in the country - hidden under blankets etc...( long story - we were with 2 members of the TAshkent football team, in Sam, for a big match - I had met them having tea after Registan at dawn..
When we got out of the jeep - about 2am - we ran into an Uzbek wedding taking the bride to her husband's house - all the guests dancing down the street to a band,and the girl sitting in a sort of sedan chair - we were roped right in and danced on - to the house and then until about 4:30...
amazing stuff !
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Post by kuskiwi on Jan 23, 2018 19:17:05 GMT 2
Sounds fabulous and such great memories.
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Post by Scrubb on Jan 28, 2018 0:04:22 GMT 2
We're having trouble finding a time we can get away this winter, but have decided to plan a big trip to Mozambique and Namibia in Oct-Nov.
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Post by rikita on Feb 3, 2018 3:37:22 GMT 2
in ten hours i'll already be sitting in the train ... going skiing for a week, near the austrian border ...
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Post by wikki on Feb 8, 2018 12:13:03 GMT 2
London next week for a few days. Visiting friends.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 9, 2018 18:22:47 GMT 2
Finally bought my ticket for Guatemala, although it won't happen until May. Not even really visiting the country -- just going to see a friend in a hellhole. I might see part of the country anyway, but I'm only going to be there for a week.
I got my ticket through Opodo for only about half of the normal fare. Can you imagine that the Paris-Atlanta-Guatemala ticket on Delta was only 170 euros? The return leg was 260 euros, but I think they must have a computer bug. Too bad for them!
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 10, 2018 3:14:53 GMT 2
Finally bought my ticket for Guatemala, although it won't happen until May. Not even really visiting the country -- just going to see a friend in a hellhole. I might see part of the country anyway, but I'm only going to be there for a week. I got my ticket through Opodo for only about half of the normal fare. Can you imagine that the Paris-Atlanta-Guatemala ticket on Delta was only 170 euros? The return leg was 260 euros, but I think they must have a computer bug. Too bad for them! That's a great price. I gave up on Opodo but maybe I should try them again. Guatemala is a place I want to visit. |
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Post by wikki on Feb 16, 2018 18:22:06 GMT 2
back from London.
In a week I will be on my way to Argentina.
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Post by rikita on Feb 27, 2018 2:49:57 GMT 2
booked a ticket on an overnight train from munich to zagreb for mid-july, today. and recently had booked a flight from dubrovnik home for end of july ... now i will see what to do in the two weeks in between ...
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Post by Voy on Mar 6, 2018 16:09:21 GMT 2
As mentioned elsewhere - Australia and New Guinea in August !
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Post by ninchursanga on Mar 11, 2018 17:29:28 GMT 2
Lots of interesting trips coming up here, as I read through all your posts!
2018 will be an easy year. For the spring vacation I just booked a few days in Amsterdam in April.
Summer vacation we will spend in the Swiss alps with friends and hopefully do lots of hiking. I'm quite looking forward though to spend 3 weeks in a remote alpine village.
The autumn vacation is booked also, with the annual 2-week stay in the Netherlands. This time again on my favourite North Sea island Ameland again.
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Post by ninchursanga on Mar 11, 2018 17:30:27 GMT 2
Just booked a 25 day trip to Ubekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran. Trying to juggle airfares to get 10 days in the UK but not looking promising. Cheaper to return home and then go back later in the year after the silly season is over. You have to post a trip report! This sounds really awesome. Central Asia has been on my wish list for ages.... |
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Post by kuskiwi on Mar 11, 2018 20:40:40 GMT 2
Just booked a 25 day trip to Ubekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran. Trying to juggle airfares to get 10 days in the UK but not looking promising. Cheaper to return home and then go back later in the year after the silly season is over. You have to post a trip report! This sounds really awesome. Central Asia has been on my wish list for ages.... Shall do. I leave in 3 weeks. Finally got all my visa. |
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 12, 2018 16:01:13 GMT 2
excellent! so you're not going to have to run around London. That's good.
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Post by kuskiwi on Mar 12, 2018 19:26:50 GMT 2
excellent! so you're not going to have to run around London. That's good. No thank goodness. The rules changed on the 28 Feb and those on my passport are able to do things differently and I have a form with a big blue stamp and screeds of indecipherable squiggles which says so. |
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Post by Voy on Mar 13, 2018 17:56:10 GMT 2
it's official.. I booked the ticket/s -- Boston/SFO/Sydney/Auckland/Brisbane/Boston !! Aug 1 -24.
and local tickets to be bought : Brisbane-Mt Hagen AND.... tah dah..... Auckland-Kuskiwi's ! a mini-potter-up will occur !!
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Post by kuskiwi on Mar 14, 2018 5:41:54 GMT 2
Can I like that all the way across the page please.  |
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