Off Topic Holidays
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Did great enjoy it?
She did
Wore me out
Every time I go seems there’s even more bars opened up
yes but now you cant just travel with your other nation passport and visa (or meet the requirements) if you are a British Citizen you must have a British passport (or Entitlement Certificate) or an Airline could prevent you boarding if you have a known record as being a British Citizen.
is a good day / night out, always used to like Newcastle as a youngster but think i prefer Liverpool now.
When you get to Vietnam, stay away from revolvers.
Was planning to do similar India Agra etc. But my wife bagged it did not fancy it. Still interested since think it would be a great experience, anywhere in india you would avoid. i see you missed Delhi. Where you travelling from the UK or elsewhere.
85 quid for two nights hotel
Can’t go wrong
Cheap beer in most of the pubs
Acts on in them too
Love the place
I would avoid Leh. (Jammu and Kashmir)
My daughter went there in 2010 as part of her "elective" whilst in med school.
The plan was to trek into the Himalayas (organised) and set up up medical tents in remote villages that are often cut off for 8/9 months of the year and offer medical treatment for the villagers.
Enroute from Leh to the villages, horrendous storms hit the region. Mudslides everywhere. They were travelling in a convoy of Land R
....Rovers and the road was washed away in front and behind their convoy.
They had to be rescued by the Indian Army who had to build bridges to get them out.
255 confirmed deaths and 200 missing presumed dead. 9000 made homeless.
We heard all about this at the time through a brief news report but all lines of communication were down. We had to wait three days to get confirmation that our daughter was OK when she phoned us for 30 seconds on an Indian Army majors mobile phone.
So, on reflection, i would advise to avoid Leh.
Just general stuff from bad reviews - numerous strict security checks, pulling passengers aside for on the spot body searches, possessions being stolen from bags, the general cleanliness of the airport.
It wasn't a particularly nice airport, not helped by having guns pointed at you from reinforced bunkers as you drive towards it but didn't have any bother as such. You have to buy a visa from a kiosk just inside the terminal before you pass border control which was an extra admin thing (USD are best) but I don't recall any hassle additional to that.
We flew from Heathrow to Amritsar via Doha which was great. Internal flights around India were of Easyjet type standard and flying into and around Nepal requires prayer beads. We went to Delhi as that was were the flight to Kathmandu was from but only there a day. We went to see specific sites like the Golden Temple, Taj Mahal and River Ganges and found the tourist infrastructure in those places to be very good. The hotels were great. Avoid driving yourself; you'll either die, run over a cow or get arrested. There's plenty of taxis and tuctucs which aren't expensive to hire to get around. As to what to avoid, I think it's sensible to stick to tourist areas. India works hard to present a positive image of itself around the famous sites and on the whole they succeed. I suspect that off the beaten track it can be a different story.
How odd, I mean it sort of makes sense but what is it they are trying to stop or achieve.
I used to be able to get a new passport at a UK embassy, sometimes even the same day but now from most countries you have to send your old one to some central hub and then they send you a new one, that can take 3 weeks or more.
Not good to be without a passport in a foreign country so I can see why it appeals to come back to the UK and renew it here.
Obvious answer is to come back before it expires and renew it here.
I've renewed mine the last two times by online application and then posting it recorded delivery, and a new one has been sent out and received within two weeks. It's not an issue for me as I have dual citizenship, but can imagine it's not a too comfortable feeling if you have to send off your only ID in a less secure country, but what's the alternative.
It's getting harder and harder to do things in the UK whilst living in another country - a lot of banking is now restricted, pension issues, share ownership, taxes, exports, tolls etc
Strange that it's gone backwards since the 2000-2015 era, when things were made so much easier to do transactions cross border. All the new rules and regs do is make things harder for those that want to do things legally and officially, they won't affect those doing things unlawfully.
If we're doing holiday recommendations, we're recently back from Peru. It's a fantastic country with so many places to go and things to see that even multiple visits would barely scratch the surface. People are lovely as well.
I was in Lima for a week in January. I was pretty busy most of the time but got to look about a bit. Big city but clean, good food and as you say, friendly people. Got my morning coffee from what today has been listed as one of top 100 coffee shops in the world, so even better (also got it in 2025 see below). Got a bit of a taste for Pisco as well, too much of that stuff would be a rough night! Would love to return and see the rest of the country.
Puku Puku Coffee Shop, Lima.
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Came back from Gran Canaria to make sure North stand was a better atmosphere last night.
No need to thank me, you can buy me a pint sometime.
Great time with perfect weather.
Tbh I wasn’t really impressed with the resort (Puerto Rico) but the hotel (Marina Suites) was superb for just lounging around, reading and sunbathing (23-26 degrees all week)
Really nice deck next to the infinity pool, just looking straight out over the sea and the marina entrance (from 1st floor level as opposed to lots of hotels there that are up a hill)
Planned to go to Puerto Mogan for the day, but the ferry was further than the pool bar so never made it.
No need to thank me, you can buy me a pint sometime.
Great time with perfect weather.
Tbh I wasn’t really impressed with the resort (Puerto Rico) but the hotel (Marina Suites) was superb for just lounging around, reading and sunbathing (23-26 degrees all week)
Really nice deck next to the infinity pool, just looking straight out over the sea and the marina entrance (from 1st floor level as opposed to lots of hotels there that are up a hill)
Planned to go to Puerto Mogan for the day, but the ferry was further than the pool bar so never made it.
Well I don’t think our kids off to Dubai next week!!!
Spoke to someone earlier who’d booked a trip there yesterday, cancelled today and they had to pay a £200 admin fee!!! (Don’t know when they were planning to go)
Supposed to be off to Cyprus on Thursday....I keep humming 'should I stay or should I go' for some reason