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No I'm not 18.
This isn't about age, its about preference.
I'm an experienced traveller and am coming up to my 8th overseas trip in a few weeks. I'm just fussy about where I like to travel. I don't look for a cheap place, I look for a nice place.
No doubt that the pyramids would be interesting to see. But other than that Egypt wouldn't interest me, so it wouldn't be enough to get me there.
I love places like New York. Relatively safe, easy to get around and plenty to see.
Most of all I met some amazing people. I'd say nearly 50% of your holiday experience is meeting and sharing time with other backpackers, and what an amazing group of people they all are. This is something you never experience in cushy, 2 week holiday hotel trips. It's almost impossible to get the feel of a place and you never really get to know anything about the culture, you're just another gringo doing all the typical tourist things.
What!
Those are all the best places
Cheap piss / accomodation / food
Young people from all over the world after the same thing.
Pft why hold back
No I'm not 18.
This isn't about age, its about preference.
I'm an experienced traveller and am coming up to my 8th overseas trip in a few weeks. I'm just fussy about where I like to travel. I don't look for a cheap place, I look for a nice place.
i Think the place sucks. Dirty, full of auuustraaalians you would normally do your best to not meet or keep company with and the people are just disgusting and the food..meh if you like dishwater.
Yet so many people rave on about the place and think of you as weird for not liking it.
We're talking about Thailand, not Sydney
Says the guy who lives in exciting tasmania.
No need to get offended, just having a joke mate.
Tassie is an exciting place anyway. Plenty to do if you like the outdoors, beach, surfing etc.. I must admit I don't feel very safe whenever I go to Sydney, too many jocks and bogans looking for fights in the CBD. I like Sydney and would certainly like to spend some more time there, but it just doesn't feel particularly safe to me.
No major city is safe. There are hoods everywhere.
Define experience though. Spending 2+ months travelling around 4-5 different countries, seeing things you don't read about in the tourist magazines and spending a great deal of time getting to know local culture is an experience and gives you valuable experience for the next one.
Going to London, Paris or New York for a week or 2 doesn't really make you an experienced traveller IMO.
Can anyone recommend a place to stay in Phuket - preferably near Karon or Kata beaches?
I dont want to spend more than $25-35 Aus a night.
Fanks
Can anyone recommend a place to stay in Phuket - preferably near Karon or Kata beaches?
I dont want to spend more than $25-35 Aus a night.
Fanks
absolutely fantastic temples, beautiful beaches, friendly people, brilliant underwater life.
Lived there for 3.5 years, and you're all forgetting something guys:
The best fkg food on the planet.
Heaps better than Bali IMO. For starters the people are a lot more polite and friendlier and don't chase you down the street trying to sell you stuff. What amazes me about the Thais is they work their butts off for peanuts but still manage to smile and have a positive outlook on life. There's heaps of places there I would like to see away from the usual beaches (ABSOEFFINGLUTELY GREAT), markets, Bangkok traffic, very cheap and clean etc etc. Great Place IMO. I Can't wait to go back this Xmas hols again - 3rd time for me.
Thailand is awesome and i wanna go back soon! The food is top notch and cheap! I remember spending hours in one resturant and had everything from seafood to rice dishes with 6 or 7 beers and it cost me 20 bucks! The people are very friendly, there is heaps to see and do, awesome night life. The beaches are stunning. I was sitting on a chair on the beach and you could order food and drinks and they would deliver them to your seat, you didnt have to move! I still wanna see europe etc but you cant really fault thailand.
So I have to go to a third world country to be an experienced traveller? If it makes you feel better I had a stop over in Bombay India once. It was a ******** hole. I don't go for a life changing experience, I go for a holiday.
Anybody been to China of late? I went in 98 and although certain parts were very scenic and bautiful, it was a ********en hole overall. People spitting everywhere (including indoor places), filthy toilets, the pollution... Just an overwhelming sense of being in an un-hygienic place. I have been told it has come a long way since.
Not saying that you have to go to a third-world country to be classed as experienced, just saying that you may like to try broadening your horizons a tad more. Having a stop-over in Bombay isn't what's called 'getting the feel of a place'. You need to spend at least 2 weeks in a place to know if you're really going to like it. Sure it's a culture shock at first but once you settle into it, you start to appreciate the whole experience a whole lot more and those initial reservations you had about a place just disappear. It's very refreshing.