I have just got my first ever passport....how exciting!! So seeing as I have never been further than Wales & would probably be going on my ownsome please advise some places that are: 1. Cheapish 2. Full of culture & 3. I dont need any needles in my arm or my ass for.... Jaine :twisted:
Canary Islands are great - some nice naturist beaches too - and of course - SUN SHINE! Cheap(ish) to get there and cheap(ish) when you are there! I love it
Oh dear... I forgot to list "travel" in the hobbies thread. My favourite places in Europe are Maastricht and Oslo (or Norway in general). Going a little further, Australia (biased? me?), Easter Island, and Santiago. And then there's the rest of the world. Too many places, not enough time.
Indonesia was far too humid for me. Great place, LOTS of people (which is something I have a problem with), beautiful mountains and countryside. I believe they have the odd volcano or two as well. I still haven't seen a real volcano, except for the long-extinct ones on Easter Island.
Now that kids are independent we are just starting to travel! so far Portugal for the sun, very nice but recently went to Prague, I know it's not exotic but it has culture, it is very cheap for eating out and beer(40p a pint) is very nice. We are definately going back.
Prague is brilliant - stayed there a couple of years ago and had a great (cheap) time! No idea of the name of the hotel but it was bright pink, in the middle of an housing estate and was close to an underground which took you into the centre in about 10 mins. Dearest item to buy was fresh orange juice. Best place to be was The Castle - about 2 days of walking to get round it. Not so good art, too soviet, very cold, heated trams, great beer, rotten English, great German (guess who got popular?), Kafka rules, Goethe came too. Now look what you did!!
There's a lovely windmill near Brixton Prison - off the beaten track so not many know about it. Also worth thinking about in the one way system in South Croydon... I once spent a very interesting few hours there watching the clean up after a milk tanker spill... Hxx
Nothing sad about that..... If you enjoy driving - you do don't you?- then get your car to the other side of the channel and just follow your nose. I've done it lots of times. I don't plan in advance, apart from getting the ferry tickets. I just think of a direction and go. That way I've explored Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden. My ambitions are to try the balkand or the balti states next, but I'll need to get a job that allows longer holidays first... Whatever you do, take care and have fun. SBX
One of my goals (OK, I lied. I do have a few goals) is to spend a few months driving around Australia. I don't know when I'm going to be able to do it - having a job that gives me the money to afford a trip like that means I don't have the time. Having the time means I don't have the money. Perhaps when I marry that heiress... I've done a few holidays like SBox's suggestion. It's a good way of finding places that you'd never normally see. "I'm at the station in Cologne. Where does the next train go?"
Driving round Oz ? That's exactly what I was doing this time last year.... consults diary...... 27/02/03..... Canberra, 30 celsius 8) I bought a 20 year-old campervan in Sydney and spent six months driving a big loop via Melbourne, Alice, Darwin, and Cairns. Abso-bloody-lutely fantastic !!!! Spent about 7 grand altogether - a bargain in my book. I must say that your (ex?)countryfolk are the most friendly I've met DJohn, always helping out the single traveller like myself. I had to quit my job to go but I would do it all again. As you say: too many places to go and not enough time.
Ooops sorry bout hijacking your thread Moist. I would recommend New Zealand for tribes / culture etc, or how about Ireland (scenery, walks, and so on) ? Italy ? Send us a postcard won't you ?
Wow, you are all so cool. Just the thought of getting on a ferry scares the hell outta me...I know once I get my arse in gear I would love it & probably travel loads but just that first move...Bet money my passport sits in the drawer for the rest of my life...
There are loads of places to go.....I suppose one of the obvious places is America, though you might think it's not got too much culture if you go to the Southern States like Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, etc there are some fabulous places....its relatively cheap to get to and easy to get around. A bit closer to home is Amsterdam, obviously a party-town but also got loads of culture and history (Anne Frank's house for one). Egypt and Tunisia....incredible places to go but if I remember rightly you do need some shots for those places....but go check with the Doctor, I don't think it's too many so it shouldn't hurt too much!! And if all else fails....Paris.....close to get to and very very cheap but loads of culture. I definitely have the travel bug and have been lots of places so if you want some advice feel free to email me....
Jaine, It has to be Venice for me. I've been three times and I love it. Don't ever go in July and August though, it's hell! The last time I went was at the end of January. It was just after the Carnivale and St Mark's Square was strewn with confetti from the revels. It was very cold, but every morning after the mist had cleared the sky was a brilliant piercing blue and the sun shone on St Giorgio Maggiore making it sparkle. Most of the time the piazzas were deserted and it was the perfect time to explore the narrow streets where I'd come across superb Renaissance plaques set at the end of narrow alleyways, tiny shops full of masks and art works, and then I found the pasta market. Piles of fresh pasta in every colour from natural to black, in every shape imaginable. The restaurants were half empty, and the customers were Venetians enjoying seafood and wine. In the afternoons it was so pleasant sitting in the hazy sunshine, well wrapped, watching the world go by with a cappuchino. The vaporettos only get crowded first thing in the morning and were so cheap it was worth riding up and down the Grand Canale marvelling at the faded beauty that is Venice. Sadly a number of the museums were closed, but the churches hold the greatest artworks and are always open. Try Venice in the early Spring, it's marvellous. Sappho xxx
It all sounds so lovely....esp yours sappho. Just wish I had started when I was younger & braver. maybe take the car across to France to start ...who knows or just go back to Wales where I feel safe.
Rome is fabulous any time of the year, the culture is wonderful and the eating (a personal favourite) you can't beat. And the good thing if you intend to drive is that you will get your insurance claims into the double figures, Italian driving is appalling
Quote by Moist I know I am not a sun/sea/sand etc girl, wanna walk & explore, see volcanos, mountains, tribes loads of stuff....
So nice to hear that I'm not the only one who likes to see the place I'm visiting ! Funnily enough I was having exactly the same conversation last night with a certain person from on here - from the dozen or so countries I've visited my picks were:- For beauty, art and architecture it *has* to be Florence - such a wonderful city and every corner turns up something to see or do. One of my favourite cities ever - utterly captivating. For culture-shock enjoyment it must be Russia - spent a couple of weeks out there in -20 snow in October many years ago - half in Moscow and half in Leningrad with the Trans-Siberian in between. So much to see and do and just so different once you get into the backstreets (and the underground Russian bars !) From the Provodniks on the train trying to sell you rifles and black market champagne to trying to navigate the Moscow Metro - nothing like it elsewhere ! I know someone who can drop a line about Indonesia - I'll let them know the threads here ! Carpathian
Volcanos, mountains, glaciated valleys, unspoiled wilderness, tribes = New Zealand. Drop the volcanos requirement and you have North Wales again. Ahh, scrambling up Y Tryfan and looking down on the minute silver dot that is my car, parked 3,000 ft away. The next day scrambling up Snowdon and then walking back down via the old miner's path. I was told later it was around 12 miles and I think my feet knew it... :sad:
Respect Due NorthamptonMan the scramble at Broad stand is also pretty special. 8) You are right 'bout Wales though, I used to be in the army and was based in Pembroke - great place, great crack. Yos
There's a lovely windmill near Brixton Prison - off the beaten track so not many know about it.
You must have been in 'E' Block then H. Give me the British scenery any day, my tastes are more sedate than they used to be. There is nothing I like better than a stroll (yes - I mean stroll nowadays, not hike) across hill and vale. Scotland by choice, Wales a close second. Anywhere wild and windy. I got home sick on my last booze cruise to France
Stop it all of you or I shall definately be going back to Wales
We have room in the car in April, I am looking for someone to go up Tryfan with me, when I asked Kit the reply was a bit mumbled, but I am sure the second word was "OFF" lhk kat
Come on up here Moist, (have a look at your Hobbies thread) no jags needed, no passport (YET) remote, a few days of doing nothing :wink: that will relax you. Problem though, can't guarantee good weather :dunno: Slim
Quote by slimjim57 Come on up here Moist, (have a look at your Hobbies thread) no jags needed, no passport (YET) remote, a few days of doing nothing :wink: that will relax you. Problem though, can't guarantee good weather :dunno: Slim
Swinging Heaven automatic on line translation service Jags = Injections :wink: lhk
Quote by DJohn maybe they could stamp my passport at the toll bridge..... ha ha
At the troll bridge? LMFAO @ Djohn....& it is only in the morning & just got in from a hard nite shift so thank you for making me chortle so loudly I scared my dogs...
Quote by slimjim57 Come on up here Moist, (have a look at your Hobbies thread) no jags needed, no passport (YET) remote, a few days of doing nothing :wink: that will relax you. Problem though, can't guarantee good weather :dunno: Slim
Dont give a monkeys bout the weather or I would not spend loads of time in wales...only downside is I dont have a uniform or truncheon so does that mean I cant visit now then??
If you are coming to Wales remember its only open half day on Wednesday, Give us a shout if you are so many places to visit that the tourists dont even know about, lived here for 31 years (apart for 6 year break in the forces) and i am still finding new places all the time. Wales : great countryside, great people, great beer (Brains SA) Lots of Sheep ( Thought i would get that in before someone else did) Why do i get the feeling all the sheep jokes are going to start rolling in now. By the way if you are going abroad Hong Kong is great, the best place on the planet (after Wales)
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but recently went to Prague, I know it's not exotic but it has culture, it is very cheap for eating out and beer(40p a pint) is very nice. We are definately going back. 
:dunno: Slim
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