Holiday

[JakartaToon]

I've just come back from an all inclusive in the Canaries, paid for by my mother-in-law so I'm grateful for that. But it was a family/kids holiday so lots of playing around by the pool whilst the adults just laid around on sun loungers. That's generally not really my cup of tea and the temptation to eat and drink all day is alarming. I had to rent a bike in the end and just get out on my own and go and explore.

Think I have a bit of 'the Piskie' in me from when I was a young lad. Trouble is now I am married to a woman who thinks that a holiday without Shopping is no holiday at all.

Just realised though that she has already got two holidays sorted for this year without me: Dubrovnik, Sarejevo, Venice and Milan with relatives in March and New York with friends in April.

Daughter has been pestering me to hike the Inca Trail with her so might see if we can get a spot on that while I am still fit enough to do it. Otherwise it might be another working holiday in Timor Leste - still got a few more rocks and oil seeps to collect.

Oh and I am going to Newcastle in May to watch them end Liverpool's title hopes, if they have not been ended already.

 

[Spurlock]

Nice one bro. You gunna get him a whore? It's not unheard of in the Netherlands for a Dad to get his son a whore for their 16th birthday.

Hmmm...I'm not sure Saff...might have to do a Poll...them birds are hot aswell

 

[Saf]

Hmmm...I'm not sure Saff...might have to do a Poll...them birds are hot aswell

Yeah, exactly. They're clean and professional, he'll get good sex. Sex is viewed differently over there. I was standing at the coffee shop near the red light district and a load of school kids went walking through with their teachers, the whores were still banging on the windows at all the men walking past. They hide nothing and teach their kids about sex and drugs, head on. I like the liberal approach to it all.

 

[Spurlock]

Yeah, exactly. They're clean and professional, he'll get good sex. Sex is viewed differently over there. I was standing at the coffee shop near the red light district and a load of school kids went walking through with their teachers, the whores were still banging on the windows at all the men walking past. They hide nothing and teach their kids about sex and drugs, head on. I like the liberal approach to it all.

Everyone is stoned and Chilled out...until you come across some knobhead on a Stag do. Was only time I heard some rukus

 

[Saf]

Everyone is stoned and Chilled out...until you come across some knobhead on a Stag do. Was only time I heard some rukus

It's always the piss heads everywhere you go. Take a train ride and spend a few hours in another city, you'll get a much better feel for the country then and prices are much cheaper on everything too, including the weed. You'll pay about 12 - 14 euro for a gram, in Amsterdam. In Arnhem, I can pick it up for 6 - 7 euro for a gram.

 

[Spurlock]

It's always the piss heads everywhere you go. Take a train ride and spend a few hours in another city, you'll get a much better feel for the country then and prices are much cheaper on everything too, including the weed. You'll pay about 12 - 14 euro for a gram, in Amsterdam. In Arnhem, I can pick it up for 6 - 7 euro for a gram.

Is Arnham far from Dam?

 

[Saf]

Is Arnham far from Dam?

It's about an hour and 10 minutes on the train. Nice little town, full of history. There's still bullet holes in some of the houses on the outskirts of the town centre, from when we were fighting door to door with the Nazi's. There's a little museum under the Arnhem bridge which is quite good, too. If there's a game on you'll pick up two tickets for about 25 - 30 euro.

 

[Spurlock]

It's about an hour and 10 minutes on the train. Nice little town, full of history. There's still bullet holes in some of the houses on the outskirts of the town centre, from when we were fighting door to door with the Nazi's. There's a little museum under the Arnhem bridge which is quite good, too. If there's a game on you'll pick up two tickets for about 25 - 30 euro.

I'll weigh it all up...sounds interesting actually. I don't mind visiting Museums...stuff like that is fun when stoned

Cheers Saff...no doubt I'll be talking about it closer to the time

 

[Saf]

I'll weigh it all up...sounds interesting actually. I don't mind visiting Museums...stuff like that is fun when stoned

Cheers Saff...no doubt I'll be talking about it closer to the time

Yeah of course bro, just drop me a message and I'll give you a list of loads of things you can do and you can decide if any of them sound alright, for you both.

The Dungeons in Amsterdam is really good, I'd highly recommend that. It teaches you a little bit about their history and is definitely worth visiting. There's also a place right next to that called Body World, if you're interested in the human anatomy, then I'd definitely recommend that.

 

[Milk not bear jizz]

Couldn't think of any worse than holidaying in a tent.

That's why I don't use a tent. I take a camping hammock instead. Packs down smaller than a tent so you can take luxuries along instead... Like toilet paper.

I've also got a bivy I sometimes uses instead of a tent if I'm going somewhere without strong trees... If I'm camping from the kayak I'll take both.

 

[PINKIE]

Been to Malta a few times, fantastic place. Did a Villa with the siblings and better halves last year. Had such a good time, we're doing it again this year. It's the only place I've visited more than once.

My self and the missus will be going to Japan next year for our 20th anniversary, really looking forward to that.

I'm really keen on a trip to Japan Where are you heading mate ? I'm not so bothered about the cities, although I'd like to see Tokyo. But I'd love to get out into the sticks and see some temples, meet some old school Japanese people etc.

 

[BobbyD]

Depends where you go mate. If it's sleeping in a cold damp tent with 50 other ****ers on some two bit camp site in Dorset with lads getting tanked up and listening to their tunes, then yeah **** that. But I've had the opportunity to go camping in some amazing off the beaten track places. Some of the best times of my life.

I normally hate ****ing camping. Cold, uncomfortable and damp.

Camped in the okavango delta in botswana though about 4 hours away from civilization. It was glorious with my fellow campmates and chilling out in the clear night sky

 

[PINKIE]

I normally hate ****ing camping. Cold, uncomfortable and damp.

Camped in the okavango delta in botswana though about 4 hours away from civilization. It was glorious with my fellow campmates and chilling out in the clear night sky

Where did you stay in Yosemite Bobs ?

 

[PINKIE]

Camped in the okavango delta in botswana though about 4 hours away from civilization. It was glorious with my fellow campmates and chilling out in the clear night sky

Bobby knows This is what I'm talking about. Camping isn't sharing a Dorset campsite with 100 other families all queuing up at the communal sink to do your washing up. It's about getting off the beaten track into those places that most people haven't got the balls to venture to.

 

[BobbyD]

No he won't be coming to that one.

And Budapest is the capital of Hungary bru.

trust hiag.

Im off to budapest for a stag do later this year too. Tbh i found it quite disappointing when i went last year. Might be cause i got ill though

 

[BobbyD]

Where did you stay in Yosemite Bobs ?

Yosemite west for a night then moved to yosemite valley for 2 more

 

[PINKIE]

Yosemite west for a night then moved to yosemite valley for 2 more

Camping ?

 

[BobbyD]

My 30th in November so will look to do something then, thinking maybe Malta or Croatia. Been Malta before for a long weekend, absolutely loved it but didn’t go to the north of the island so will do so if I go there. Not been Croatia but it’s somewhere I’ve really wanted to go of late. Dubrovnik has caught my eye, if I do go there I’ll probably venture into Montenegro and go to Budva which also looks great.

Other than that, I go down to East Devon fairly regularly, been a family tradition for donkeys years and some of the fam bought a restaurant down there a couple years back so I get free accommodation and food nowadays.

Depends what you like mate. I really liked croatia and did plitvice lake which is quite far away and woodlands (if thats your sort of thing). Dubrovniks a beautiful city but its got **** loads of tourists which really takes away from the feel of the place imo.

I really liked malta too.

 

[Stan]

That's why I don't use a tent. I take a camping hammock instead. Packs down smaller than a tent so you can take luxuries along instead... Like toilet paper.

I've also got a bivy I sometimes uses instead of a tent if I'm going somewhere without strong trees... If I'm camping from the kayak I'll take both.

I hate camping of any kind. If there isn’t a bed, en suite bathroom and the option of room service then I’m not going.

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

Bobby knows This is what I'm talking about. Camping isn't sharing a Dorset campsite with 100 other families all queuing up at the communal sink to do your washing up. It's about getting off the beaten track into those places that most people haven't got the balls to venture to.

Think I’ll just go to Dubai.