Travel The Hangar Travel Thread

[Doss]

fodzilla, India hey...does this mean you're on the way back here?

I'm looking likely to be heading to Europe for around a month in August 2016, by the way. Rather exciting...

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Slowly but surely. In Berlin at the moment, but my contract in London runs out end of November, so we'll be meandering our way home after that. Looking like Sweden, Austria, Hungary, India, Burma, then maybe drop by some friends in HK and/or Singapore and be home just in time for footy season.

 

[monty1104]

Footy season which year?

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Slowly but surely. In Berlin at the moment, but my contract in London runs out end of November, so we'll be meandering our way home after that. Looking like Sweden, Austria, Hungary, India, Burma, then maybe drop by some friends in HK and/or Singapore and be home just in time for footy season.

...and we're off.

 

[Beerfish]

Godspeed fod. Enjoy.

Very efficient looking packing.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

15kg! Way too much. Will be doing a ruthless cull once we're back from the grim North.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Vienna.

 

[Beerfish]

Oooooooooooooooh Viennaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

efa

 

[Doss]

It would seem I'm firming on late July/early August for going to Europe next year.

 

[Howard Moon]

Tail end of summer , hopefully just missing peak if lucky!

 

[pepsi]

I'm off to Istanbul on Feb 1st and in Europe til early august. Suggestions that any here recommend as a must do or see?

 

[GUMBLETRON]

I loved Istanbul, though I went it was warm. If you enjoy history, just spend a few days wandering around the core of the old town - Haga Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Topkapi Palace.

As for elsewhere, the challenge is timing, figuring out what's still good before it warms up.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

The mosque in the Taj Mahal complex.

 

[Beerfish]

Wow. Awesome pic fodzilla.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

I'm learning to be a bit more patient with my photography.

 

[Doss]

I reckon a very decent proportion of the best 'structure' or 'building' photos I see are of mosques.

 

[Beerfish]

I can't wait to visit La Sagrada Familia.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

I can't wait to visit La Sagrada Familia.

It's rad, though a little spoiled when I was there by scaffolding everywhere. If you're into Gaudi though, you get a far more intimate look, albeit on a smaller scale, at the Gaudi Crypt (not actually a crypt) at Colonia Güell, half way out towards Montserrat.

 

[Howard Moon]

Dont think its ever been sans scaffolding in its life, it's like the part built death star

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Well, it's official. February 10th, 6:20am, Tullamarine, nothing to declare. It'll have been two years, five days and twenty four countries. I'm not quite sure how I feel.

 

[pepsi]

Well, it's official. February 10th, 6:20am, Tullamarine, nothing to declare. It'll have been two years, five days and twenty four countries. I'm not quite sure how I feel.

Good luck. At first you'll be excited to see everyone, feel like everything is new again. Then a couple of months in it will all be routine again and you'll miss the travel. Then after that you'll have to make the decision to stay or go again

 

[Beerfish]

Well, it's official. February 10th, 6:20am, Tullamarine, nothing to declare. It'll have been two years, five days and twenty four countries. I'm not quite sure how I feel.

Outstanding effort.

I suggest a full debrief from Howard Moon might be a good place to start. He has written extensively on the feels of coming home.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Final train of our time in India delayed by a cheeky 16 hours, 15 minutes.

Thankfully we budgeted a couple of nights grace before our flight out.

 

[Howard Moon]

Final train of our time in India delayed by a cheeky 16 hours, 15 minutes.

Thankfully we budgeted a couple of nights grace before our flight out.

Haha sounds eerily familiar

So was ours! 16 hours late into Kolkata

 

[Doss]

The last time I took a long distance train was The Overland, and it was actually about 20 minutes early into Adelaide; helped, I suppose, by not making the schedueld stops at either Nhill or Bordertown because no one had booked to get on or off at them.

But still, good for a train that's colloquial nickname is The Overdue.