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Post by onlymark on Nov 3, 2010 20:18:53 GMT
There is a ferry now from Venice to Alexandria so you don't need to fly at all if it bothers you. Just get a train to Venice, get on the boat and you'll be here in a few days. It calls in to Syria as well on the way here but you needn't get off. www.visemarline.com/en/homepage.php
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Post by BigIain on Nov 5, 2010 7:54:40 GMT
Wouldlove to spend the rest of my life exploring the Americas. From Montana all the way to the Southern tip.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 15, 2011 18:48:25 GMT
Stop in for a visit before you set out, Iain, OK?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 20:16:08 GMT
I expect to go to Sao Paolo before the end of the year since my best friend is being transferred there for three years.
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Post by thill25 on Apr 19, 2011 16:25:13 GMT
Holy geez! I have a million places I want to go before I croak.
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Post by spindrift on Jun 19, 2011 22:01:38 GMT
I would like to return to Zanzibar to continue my explorations.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2011 0:59:27 GMT
Mexico, All of South America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, Some African countries, Ireland...... (shall I continue?) I think my real traveling days are yet to come.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2013 15:46:47 GMT
I expect to go to Sao Paolo before the end of the year since my best friend is being transferred there for three years. Damn, I still have not been there, and the trip is now rescheduled for September 2013. (One thing that delayed me was the bit about being terminated from my job.) Meanwhile, after 3 years my friend is required to transfer to another country. He has been saying very good things about Chile, where he has made several trips for work. That would also be fine with me for a new place to discover, but when he was in Paris two weeks ago, he mentioned that Ho Chi Minh City had also caught his eye. We made a trip there together in 1996, so I already know that he likes it. I have returned to Vietnam twice since then, and one reason that Vietnam holds a special place in my heart is because my very last trip when I was free to go anywhere without dealing with dying or dependent parents was in September 2004. It is really odd to think that I have been grounded for 9 years. I saw a photo of Saigon the other day and was in a state of shock. It is already starting to look like Bangkok with the skyscrapers and such. The fact that it didn't have that stuff was one of the things that most appealed to me. (However, I will never criticise a developing country for finally getting all of the things that we take for granted -- these places are not our private zoos to go and see the primitive natives.)
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Post by anshjain97 on May 5, 2013 17:17:41 GMT
My first main travel-goals are revisiting London, New York and LA. Others on my list are mainly cities: Berlin, Chicago, Istanbul, Prague. But, as for countries, Egypt is amongst the top (but also Indonesia and Vietnam)- and I would like to visit some places during special times, for ex Munich during Christmas.
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Post by Kimby on May 6, 2013 11:27:06 GMT
Bixa's house! Would love to revisit Oaxaca and retake the photos that were lost on the way to the film-processing lab...:-(
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Post by spindrift1 on May 26, 2013 20:32:41 GMT
I should soon make plans to visit St Helena island in the South Atlantic. I know a resident who tells me that the airport will be finished and open by 2015. This is dreadful news. I must arrive by sea.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2013 21:22:27 GMT
An airport? That is heresy! Nevertheless, there are places with airports and still having flights only once a week or every other week, which still make them acceptable.
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Post by bjd on May 27, 2013 7:04:32 GMT
My brother-in-law just went to visit his son who is studying in Beijing for a year. He says it was really interesting and it has revived my desire to visit China. I didn't go when my son was working in Shanghai and I really regret it, but that was when I seriously began to consider it. I had never particularly been interested in going to Asia before.
That is the best way to visit a place where street signs and language are more difficult -- with someone living there and knows how to get around. I really don't want to go on an organized trip.
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Post by bjd on Jun 2, 2013 7:09:27 GMT
I'm beginning to think I'm jinxed in my travel plans. We had planned to go to Syria in November of 2010 but put it off till spring because the embassy wanted my passport for a month for the visa, but I needed it elsewhere. Of course, in February the civil war started and that was the end of that.
I have been trying to go to Istanbul for a while now, and they are fighting in the streets -- water cannon and tear gas.
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Post by spindrift1 on Jun 2, 2013 8:24:09 GMT
Istanbul is such a riveting place. I read that rioting is taking place even in the tourist areas so you are right to be cautious. Give it a few weeks (or months) and things will change for the better.
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Post by questa on Aug 27, 2013 13:14:13 GMT
Thanks, K2, for re-directing me to this thread.
Spindrift...Most of the places I have been have been in periods of civil unrest at that time. Just keep away from the mobs and Govt buildings, universities and check with local people for what they think is safe. Avoid mosque areas on Fridays. In Muslim countries it pays for a woman to dress in covering clothes and a scarf over the head. This will earn you respect from the locals who have a long history of being hospitable to guests in their area. The upside is that tourists are staying away, so accommodation etc is cheaper.
NW Pakistan (Peshawar through Swat Valley) was having conflict when my friends and I were there, so we had a police escort and travelled in an old bus with curtains drawn.
Keep a low profile and enjoy your travels. Istanbul is marvellous.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2013 23:24:02 GMT
Socotra is appealing to me more and more.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 15, 2013 2:23:32 GMT
Though its name sounds like a catering company...
It is fascinating, though no, I don't really dream of going there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2013 4:47:53 GMT
Yes, it sounds like "Sonacotra," known in France for cheap housing for (im)migrant workers, emergency housing and the plumbing for gypsy camps.
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Post by questa on Oct 15, 2013 6:50:48 GMT
K2, I'd never heard of it but I've just spent time reading about it. I'd love to go there, I wonder what the security is like.
I'd probably fly Emirates to Dubai, then on to Aden...don't fancy San'aa at the moment. Yemen and another domestic airline then goes to Socotra
I should imagine there would be no Macdonald's there!
Another interesting part of the world my sons will shake their heads at.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2013 21:31:18 GMT
It would be nice to take a boat there if there were not all of those Somali pirates.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2013 20:25:42 GMT
My next big adventure is a toss up between exploring South America or Europe. I have a feeling it will be Europe, as it's just easier and more convenient.
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