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lindsyjones: Wow Chris, I'm sure they are very memorable, specially at the Dead Sea
Thanks for sharing and you can also add more highlights if you want.
One of the odder things I've encountered while traveling is while I am sitting alone in a restaurant in Italy the waiters usually approach me and strike up a conversation in their native language but if I am with a group of people they speak broken english. Thanks for sharing and you can also add more highlights if you want.
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galrads: One of the odder things I've encountered while traveling is while I am sitting alone in a restaurant in Italy the waiters usually approach me and strike up a conversation in their native language but if I am with a group of people they speak broken english.
Maybe not so odd if you are the only one in the gruppo looking italian. 
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Grandsiozzie: ok, brief -
ferry from naxos to paros then waiting the one to Santorini where the aeroporto is.
So we sitt'n at the dock of the bay... at a streetside local terrazza and I said to the waiter guess we better go to stand wait for the ferry, can't be late. He replied no wait... I'll tell you when the right one is due.. you can have another cuppa"
Some 40min later he was like, "ok that boat there is yours, c.ya.lattore"
That's a memorable experience, I always wanted to go to Greece. ferry from naxos to paros then waiting the one to Santorini where the aeroporto is.
So we sitt'n at the dock of the bay... at a streetside local terrazza and I said to the waiter guess we better go to stand wait for the ferry, can't be late. He replied no wait... I'll tell you when the right one is due.. you can have another cuppa"
Some 40min later he was like, "ok that boat there is yours, c.ya.lattore"
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galrads: One of the odder things I've encountered while traveling is while I am sitting alone in a restaurant in Italy the waiters usually approach me and strike up a conversation in their native language but if I am with a group of people they speak broken english.
My friend and I dinednin some fancy restaurant in Italy Chris, I think the waitresses would always asked us in English because by then her and I have been conversing in English.------ This thread is Archived ------
My favourite place was Vegas I loved every moment of it and have great memories, it was top of my bucket list, I will definitely go back someday.
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I never traveled that far but had a great time in Nova Scotia a few years ago. Its kinda like Newfoundland but more polished.
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Butterflygirl1: My favourite place was Vegas I loved every moment of it and have great memories, it was top of my bucket list, I will definitely go back someday.
Except for all the sidewalk hoes pimping themselves, the strip is more fun in Vegas than downtown. I had a near collision with fbi on the Strip while i was taking a break from conference outside my hotel.------ This thread is Archived ------
Butterflygirl1: My favourite place was Vegas I loved every moment of it and have great memories, it was top of my bucket list, I will definitely go back someday.
Butter I'm glad you liked it. Let me know when you can come, we'll meet up. I normally stay at either Bellagiou ot Ceasars.------ This thread is Archived ------
Track16: I never traveled that far but had a great time in Nova Scotia a few years ago. Its kinda like Newfoundland but more polished.
Well at least you had a chance outside of your place Track.------ This thread is Archived ------
galrads: Except for all the sidewalk hoes pimping themselves, the strip is more fun in Vegas than downtown. I had a near collision with fbi on the Strip while i was taking a break from conference outside my hotel.
Ah Chris it's all part of the fun. I enjoyed and admired how so beautiful they were.------ This thread is Archived ------
lindsyjones: Ah Chris it's all part of the fun. I enjoyed and admired how so beautiful they were.
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Baja Daze
Baja was great fun in 2008, except for partially rupturing my achilles tendon whilst dancing on a remote beach by the Sea of Cortez with a crazed French lesbian who was on her honeymoon and dressed as a lion on Christmas eve. I had to crawl back to my tent and face the pain on Christmas morning.
Baja was great fun in 2008, except for partially rupturing my achilles tendon whilst dancing on a remote beach by the Sea of Cortez with a crazed French lesbian who was on her honeymoon and dressed as a lion on Christmas eve. I had to crawl back to my tent and face the pain on Christmas morning.
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bodleing2: Baja Daze
Baja was great fun in 2008, except for partially rupturing my achilles tendon whilst dancing on a remote beach by the Sea of Cortez with a crazed French lesbian who was on her honeymoon and dressed as a lion on Christmas eve. I had to crawl back to my tent and face the pain on Christmas morning.
Its so funny Bod. But the weather in Baja, I'm sure was worth it.Baja was great fun in 2008, except for partially rupturing my achilles tendon whilst dancing on a remote beach by the Sea of Cortez with a crazed French lesbian who was on her honeymoon and dressed as a lion on Christmas eve. I had to crawl back to my tent and face the pain on Christmas morning.
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lindsyjones: Its so funny Bod. But the weather in Baja, I'm sure was worth it.
It was great weather. We flew out of a cold and grey Manchester mid December to a cold and grey San Francisco, I was hoping for slightly warmer temperatures, it was California after all. But three days driving south day and night made all the difference. I did though end up having reconstructive surgery on my achilles tendon when I got home in mid January and in plaster for 13 weeks. I guess I should have got some treatment when I got the injury and not spent the following two weeks hobling around Baja and San Francisco, not to mention cycling arond La Paz over the New Year and swimming with sea lions in the Pacific with flippers on. Not ideal when your achilles tendon is hanging on by a thread.
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bodleing2: It was great weather. We flew out of a cold and grey Manchester mid December to a cold and grey San Francisco, I was hoping for slightly warmer temperatures, it was California after all. But three days driving south day and night made all the difference.
I did though end up having reconstructive surgery on my achilles tendon when I got home in mid January and in plaster for 13 weeks. I guess I should have got some treatment when I got the injury and not spent the following two weeks hobling around Baja and San Francisco, not to mention cycling arond La Paz over the New Year and swimming with sea lions in the Pacific with flippers on. Not ideal when your achilles tendon is hanging on by a thread.
Wow that was quite a memory. You drove on hey I? Or you took Freeway 580, pass Livermore to Hwy 5, I did though end up having reconstructive surgery on my achilles tendon when I got home in mid January and in plaster for 13 weeks. I guess I should have got some treatment when I got the injury and not spent the following two weeks hobling around Baja and San Francisco, not to mention cycling arond La Paz over the New Year and swimming with sea lions in the Pacific with flippers on. Not ideal when your achilles tendon is hanging on by a thread.
The scenic route which I normally take is, the Bay Bridge, down to 880, pass San Jose to Hwy 101, then down to Hwy 1. Pass Carmel, San Luis Obispo, Ojai, Malibu back to 404 down to San Diego.
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lindsyjones: Wow that was quite a memory. You drove on hey I? Or you took Freeway 580, pass Livermore to Hwy 5,
The scenic route which I normally take is, the Bay Bridge, down to 880, pass San Jose to Hwy 101, then down to Hwy 1. Pass Carmel, San Luis Obispo, Ojai, Malibu back to 404 down to San Diego.
We travelled with a company called Green Tortoise Tours based in San Francisco. Theyre an old hippie kind of company set up in the seventies. They do tours, all off the beaten track across the States and even down into Mexico including Baja.The scenic route which I normally take is, the Bay Bridge, down to 880, pass San Jose to Hwy 101, then down to Hwy 1. Pass Carmel, San Luis Obispo, Ojai, Malibu back to 404 down to San Diego.
There's usually two drivers and all the seats flatten down into beds sleeping around 30, hed to toe.
We certainly stopped at San Diego to pick a couple of people up, LA also. I think it took us a couple of days to get to Tijuana, then we stopped in Ensenada. From there it was another couple of days travel to a private bech by the Sea of Cortez. Very remote, in fact we had to walk the last 6 miles as the bus couldnt negotiate the dirt track down to the beach. We stayed there, camping on the beach for five days, it really was truly amazing, the Sea of Cortez is a very special place and in terms of ocianography hugely important.
We spent the New Year period in the capital, La Paz before returning up along the Pacific coast camping on beaches as we travelled.
At one point we visited what is claimed to be the original Hotel California (or at least a replica built next to where the original burnt down) in a really lovely small artists village, Todos Santos.
Green Tortoise Tours are still operating and doing great trips from San Francisco, if it's adventure you're after and dont mind roughing it a bit, they tick the boxes...
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bodleing2: We travelled with a company called Green Tortoise Tours based in San Francisco. Theyre an old hippie kind of company set up in the seventies. They do tours, all off the beaten track across the States and even down into Mexico including Baja.
There's usually two drivers and all the seats flatten down into beds sleeping around 30, hed to toe.
We certainly stopped at San Diego to pick a couple of people up, LA also. I think it took us a couple of days to get to Tijuana, then we stopped in Ensenada. From there it was another couple of days travel to a private bech by the Sea of Cortez. Very remote, in fact we had to walk the last 6 miles as the bus couldnt negotiate the dirt track down to the beach. We stayed there, camping on the beach for five days, it really was truly amazing, the Sea of Cortez is a very special place and in terms of ocianography hugely important.
We spent the New Year period in the capital, La Paz before returning up along the Pacific coast camping on beaches as we travelled.
At one point we visited what is claimed to be the original Hotel California (or at least a replica built next to where the original burnt down) in a really lovely small artists village, Todos Santos.
Green Tortoise Tours are still operating and doing great trips from San Francisco, if it's adventure you're after and dont mind roughing it a bit, they tick the boxes...
my Lord, lived here for so long and never heard of them. But I drive even going to Mexico. But nice to know.There's usually two drivers and all the seats flatten down into beds sleeping around 30, hed to toe.
We certainly stopped at San Diego to pick a couple of people up, LA also. I think it took us a couple of days to get to Tijuana, then we stopped in Ensenada. From there it was another couple of days travel to a private bech by the Sea of Cortez. Very remote, in fact we had to walk the last 6 miles as the bus couldnt negotiate the dirt track down to the beach. We stayed there, camping on the beach for five days, it really was truly amazing, the Sea of Cortez is a very special place and in terms of ocianography hugely important.
We spent the New Year period in the capital, La Paz before returning up along the Pacific coast camping on beaches as we travelled.
At one point we visited what is claimed to be the original Hotel California (or at least a replica built next to where the original burnt down) in a really lovely small artists village, Todos Santos.
Green Tortoise Tours are still operating and doing great trips from San Francisco, if it's adventure you're after and dont mind roughing it a bit, they tick the boxes...
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"Jinja the adventure capital of Uganda."
2013, I was ' holed up' in Kampala getting a bit bored when I read that. Ok, that's the place for me I thought and it just so happened that my friends were driving past Jinja in a couple of days to get to Tororo on the Uganda Kenya border. They dropped me off on the main road into Jinja and the adventure began.
2013, I was ' holed up' in Kampala getting a bit bored when I read that. Ok, that's the place for me I thought and it just so happened that my friends were driving past Jinja in a couple of days to get to Tororo on the Uganda Kenya border. They dropped me off on the main road into Jinja and the adventure began.
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Today I went to Llandudno the coast of north Wales. And the sea was absolutely freezing don't know why I went in there, I've been having headaches. Still it was nice to see a booming offshore wind power industry I think turbines belong in British waters.
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ferry from naxos to paros then waiting the one to Santorini where the aeroporto is.
So we sitt'n at the dock of the bay... at a streetside local terrazza and I said to the waiter guess we better go to stand wait for the ferry, can't be late. He replied no wait... I'll tell you when the right one is due.. you can have another cuppa"
Some 40min later he was like, "ok that boat there is yours, c.ya.lattore"