We should send the Essendon boys there!Off to Nepal in a week to complete Everest Basecamp. Any last minute tips?l prefer the Annapurna sanctuary. l hikes there for 11 days in early 2000. It is awe inspiring and breath taking. l started out with a cold, but as l climbed higher, l could feel my lungs becoming more effecient. Best hiking in thw world.
In UK for our trip atm and loving everything so far, but our highlight has been that when we went to pick up the medium Hyundai that we had booked, we were given a free upgrade to a brand new Jaguar with only 2000 miles in the clock!!! â â â absolute luxury.
Sad to hear about Fletch, wish we could have sent him off in style
Off to Baguio next weekend for 2 weeks training. Then l have a week off for the National holiday. l am trying to wrangle a flight direct from Manila to London, to l can go visit my Sumatran friends who live in Cambridge and have invited me to pop over. These are the same friends l saw last week in Toba for 4 days. That wasnât long enough, so l want to go visit them. A long way to go, but work can pay for part of the flight, so it isnât too shabby. While there we will talk more about buying some land in Toba.
anyone got tips on best place for a family to stay in either noosa or byron? work is paying so happy to pay top dollar
Also doing Salzburg and Vienna, any tips on what to do? (Apart from Sound of Music tour)I loved both cities. Both are stunning to walk around. Salzburg has a fantastic old town with great market stalls and from there you can walk up to the Fortress. I didn't do a SofM tour, but the Mirabell Gardens from the movie are nice. The Mozart house is worth it too. If you like beer, the monks at St.Augustiner brew good ones and have a great beer hall setting. Vienna is very grand, stunning architecture. Walk around the city centre, Schoenbrunn Palace is marvellous, try to see an opera at the opera house, eat gigantic schnitzel. I went ten years ago, just checking TripAdvisor most of the top ranked Vienna attractions are grand buildings, all good if you like that sorta thing. I also enjoyed seeing art by Schiele and Klimt (can't remember where, maybe the Leopold).
Everest base camp trek is one of the greatest and most amazing adventures I have been in. If you are considering it then donât think twice just do it. Itâs safe and gosh it was awesome.
Everest base camp trek is one of the greatest and most amazing adventures I have been in. If you are considering it then don't think twice just do it. It's safe and gosh it was awesome.
Wish it was me but my better half had serious altitude issues last time we went over 3 thousand so weâre literally grounded in terms of travel options.
Nepal is wonderful and they must love tourists right now. Keep having a great time.
Everest base camp trek is one of the greatest and most amazing adventures I have been in. If you are considering it then don't think twice just do it. It's safe and gosh it was awesome.
How is the earthquake recovery going?
Everest base camp trek is one of the greatest and most amazing adventures I have been in. If you are considering it then don't think twice just do it. It's safe and gosh it was awesome.Wish it was me but my better half had serious altitude issues last time we went over 3 thousand so weâre literally grounded in terms of travel options.
Nepal is wonderful and they must love tourists right now. Keep having a great time.
Iâm really sorry to hear. Yeah, we had plenty of water and took diamox where we felt odd. Itâs one of this things you just canât prepare for. Hopefully you can do something soon!
Everest base camp trek is one of the greatest and most amazing adventures I have been in. If you are considering it then don't think twice just do it. It's safe and gosh it was awesome.How is the earthquake recovery going?
Youâd almost think there wasnât an earthquake with the amount theyâve already done. However, there are lots of areas being rebuilt along with many prominent landmarks damaged. Basecamp however is quiet eerie. Especially as it has been secluded to only a small section.
Everest base camp trek is one of the greatest and most amazing adventures I have been in. If you are considering it then don't think twice just do it. It's safe and gosh it was awesome.Glad to hear you enjoyed it...will you be posting any pics?
Cheers Frosty. Iâve booked internal flights from Oaxaca to Palenque (via Mexico City) which skips San Cristobal (not so good) & the epic bus journeys to / from (good). So, excluding travel days we now have 5 days Mex City (staying Centro) , 8 days Oaxaca, 1 day Mexico City (staying Roma Norte), 4 days Palenque, 1 day Campeche, 4 days Merida, 3 days Santa Elena, 1 day Valladolid, 4 days Puerto Morelos.
Seems a bit strange returning to Mexico City, but Roma Norte is hipsterville Mexico style & should give us a good contrast to Centro Historico.
4 days in Palenque is longer than most stay, but I reckon we can easily fill the time - Palenque ruins, day trip to waterfalls, day trip to Yaxchilan / Bonampak ruins, Aluxes ecopark (zoo / animal rehab) & some pool time. Where did you stay in Palenque? Iâm emailing the place GRR stayed (Chan Kah), but communication is a bit patchy & Iâm happy to shop around.
Interesting read, I thought, the article and the comments.
Everest base camp trek is one of the greatest and most amazing adventures I have been in. If you are considering it then don't think twice just do it. It's safe and gosh it was awesome.Glad to hear you enjoyed it...will you be posting any pics?
Sorry. Missed this post. Havenât had a chance to save all the pics since iâve been back but sure, Iâll sort something out this weekend.
Watching a documentary on Pamplona running of the Bulls last night. It brings back memories, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great experience. Hemingway was right.
Going here for a week in November. Really looking forward to seeing the remote parts of Palawan before its ruined by developers.
Whats dubai like in terms of prices for food and shopping?
Also doing Salzburg and Vienna, any tips on what to do? (Apart from Sound of Music tour)
Going here for a week in November. Really looking forward to seeing the remote parts of Palawan before its ruined by developers.
l really want to get to Palawan, and soon. l was in Baguio two weeks ago, before jetting off for a week in Cambridge. l wasnât expecting to get back to the Philippines again so soon, but maybe sent back there in another 2 - 3 weeks to conduct some training. l will see if l can get a few days tacked on the end for a little travel to Palawan. If that is possible, l will invite a new gf to join me from Sumatra. Long way to go for not much time, but from what l hear it is worth it.
To GRR, Frosty & others who have travelled Mexico, I'm agonising a bit over the itinerary & am interested in opinions on whether to:
- Travel overland by bus from Mex City to Merida via Oaxaca, San Crisobal & Palenque, or
- After Mex City & Oaxaca, fasttrack to Palenque or Merida using internal flights.
The latter option avoids a couple of gruelling bus journeys to / from San Cristobal and makes for a more relaxing itinerary overall, but we miss the Chiapas highlands & possibly Palenque. Considering we have 5 weeks & a 12 year old in tow, how (un)missable are these do you think?
FYI, after Merida we plan to hire a car to do a loop around the Yucatan for a week or so.
Sorry for the uselessly slow response, been so much to keep up with in the hanger!
I really liked San Cristobal de La Casas. Itâs a long bus ride from Oaxaca though, but if you can sleep on the bus itâs OK. (I can sleep on any form of transport anywhere).
The ruins at Palenque are about the best youâll see, and completely different in style to what youâd see at Teotihuacan or Chichen Itza or Monte Alban, with the jungle as the backdrop (and you can see how quickly the jungle could take over these sort of places and how they can have been âlostâ for so long). Thereâs not much else at Palenque though (or there wasnât when I was there), but that doesnât matter.
We skipped Campeche entirely and went Palenque->Merida, again on an overnighter (which had a bad rep at the time).
It entirely depends what you want to do and what sort of holiday you want. Donât stress it. Whatever you do will be a great experience.
(although if youâre into the ruins type thing, Palenque is pretty unmissable, although mostly for the settingâŚif youâre not so fussed, then thereâs lots of other opportunities to see piles of rocks! (although at Chichen Itza youâll be contending with Cruise ship day-trippers))
Going here for a week in November. Really looking forward to seeing the remote parts of Palawan before its ruined by developers.l really want to get to Palawan, and soon. l was in Baguio two weeks ago, before jetting off for a week in Cambridge. l wasnât expecting to get back to the Philippines again so soon, but maybe sent back there in another 2 - 3 weeks to conduct some training. l will see if l can get a few days tacked on the end for a little travel to Palawan. If that is possible, l will invite a new gf to join me from Sumatra. Long way to go for not much time, but from what l hear it is worth it.
Yeah, I agree, Palawan sooner than later.
From all reports, El Nido is becoming quite crowded. I was thinking of going to Coron instead, but we have limited travel time.
Cagnipa island looks perfect. No roads, only accessible by boat. Theres one track that crosses the island, looks like a decent walk through the rainforest, monkeys, snakes, scorpions,apart from the monkeys, kinda like home.
Itâs an adventure in itself getting there. Fly Manila to Puerto Princessa, two hour drive across the main island, one hour banca ride to Cagnipa island.
Mrs Bonzo is 14 weeks pregnant, so Iâm going to split it in 2 legs, ( the trip, not her), stay at PP overnight then head across land the next morning. That will give me a chance to visit this place also⌠http://www.palawenobrewery.com/