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chunkychicken said:
Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands, England, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France :)
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I went a few years ago we did: England, France, Spain, Italy, Greece/Greek Islands, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Netherlands.

My absolute fav was the Greek Islands.
 
because **** it..

35 male, 2 kids who live in Adelaide, I live inner north melb. mad footy follower :)
 
Shell said:
Yeah just Contiki. Loved the tour but I would never do it again. Perhaps a combo of a tour and independent travel if I went over there again.
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ever travelled alone?

I'm looking at doing something next year OS and preparing for maybe doing it by myself. I don't do alone well so I'm hesitant on doing something like this by myself. is it something people would recommend?
 
Mr_Smooth said:
ever travelled alone?

I'm looking at doing something next year OS and preparing for maybe doing it by myself. I don't do alone well so I'm hesitant on doing something like this by myself. is it something people would recommend?
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For guys yeah go for your life I would say. As a woman I feel extremely reluctant to travel alone, unless I know the place really really well.

Perhaps a combo of a tour and alone could be good- best of both worlds. And you could end up making friends you could break away from the tour and travel with.
 
Mr_Smooth said:
ever travelled alone?

I'm looking at doing something next year OS and preparing for maybe doing it by myself. I don't do alone well so I'm hesitant on doing something like this by myself. is it something people would recommend?
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Love travelling alone. Even more so these days with everyone I know off doing their own thing so it's difficult to arrange a time where your mates have similar schedules or time off that you do. But that said I do well on my own to begin with. It's daunting at first when thinking about it but it eventually gets awesome and I would be happy to travel months on end alone if I could. I stay in hostels most of the time and even though I'm travelling and wandering around within the city alone there's always the communal room in the hostel that I can head back to if I'm wanting a bit of company.

If you're travelling in less touristy areas or cities then a bit of research definitely should be done to know which areas, activities or things to avoid. I do that in every city I travel to just to be safe though. But I've spent many months abroad and not once had I ever felt my life was in danger, and I do quite a lot of aimless wandering around.

I think travelling is a whole different experience when you're doing it alone.
 

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Shell said:
Where are you thinking of going Mr_Smooth ?
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somewhere like Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia to be honest. Places that are warm and have beaches and cheap drinks
 
Mr_Smooth said:
somewhere like Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia to be honest. Places that are warm and have beaches and cheap drinks
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Ah never been to that area at all. There would be others who could offer advice, maybe make a separate thread. (unless there is already one)

I'm thinking I may go to New Zealand for my next adventure. That'll be a while off tho probably.
 
Shell said:
Ah never been to that area at all. There would be others who could offer advice, maybe make a separate thread. (unless there is already one)

I'm thinking I may go to New Zealand for my next adventure. That'll be a while off tho probably.
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NZ's on my list too. Have heard nothing but good things
 
Mr_Smooth said:
somewhere like Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia to be honest. Places that are warm and have beaches and cheap drinks
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You'll be fine, pretty well worn tourist route these days. Still plenty of 'off the beaten track' type places though from what I hear, my gf and her friends have done different trips there and for the most loved it. I love traveling alone, especially as I do prefer the more rough and tumble countries. My partner unfortunately/maybe fortunately came to Nepal with me and wont do anything but western countries for our next trip.

It's a great way to meet girls/guys too, there'll always be an Aussie or ten in the countries you mentioned so it wouldn't be too daunting. Pick up a Lonely Planet book for SE Asia and have a read.
 
craigos said:
You'll be fine, pretty well worn tourist route these days. Still plenty of 'off the beaten track' type places though from what I hear, my gf and her friends have done different trips there and for the most loved it. I love traveling alone, especially as I do prefer the more rough and tumble countries. My partner unfortunately/maybe fortunately came to Nepal with me and wont do anything but western countries for our next trip.

It's a great way to meet girls/guys too, there'll always be an Aussie or ten in the countries you mentioned so it wouldn't be too daunting. Pick up a Lonely Planet book for SE Asia and have a read.
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What happened that was so bad?
 

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Shell said:
What happened that was so bad?
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A lot dirtier than she'd imagined and the hiking wasn't great for her (I loved it). A horrific bus ride to the mountains followed by altitude sickness about 200 metres from the pass we had to get over which resulted in us having to turn around and go back 4 days into the hike. I felt bad for her and was real worried about her health but we were so close to completing it. I will probably go back next year (she doesn't know yet). She did love all the architecture, the food and the people though so it's not like she didn't have a great time. Just not something she wants to do again.
 
craigos said:
A lot dirtier than she'd imagined and the hiking wasn't great for her (I loved it). A horrific bus ride to the mountains followed by altitude sickness about 200 metres from the pass we had to get over which resulted in us having to turn around and go back 4 days into the hike. I felt bad for her and was real worried about her health but we were so close to completing it. I will probably go back next year (she doesn't know yet). She did love all the architecture, the food and the people though so it's not like she didn't have a great time. Just not something she wants to do again.
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Yeah that sounds like me :D

I don't do hiking. Am lazy.

You should hook up with my ex bf he would love that shit.
 
Shell said:
Yeah that sounds like me :D

I don't do hiking. Am lazy.

You should hook up with my ex bf he would love that shit.
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I do love the beaches and stuff but would probably just drink myself silly if I did a beach holiday. I want to go to the UK but I'm a little hesitant that I'll be disappointed.
 
craigos said:
A lot dirtier than she'd imagined and the hiking wasn't great for her (I loved it). A horrific bus ride to the mountains followed by altitude sickness about 200 metres from the pass we had to get over which resulted in us having to turn around and go back 4 days into the hike. I felt bad for her and was real worried about her health but we were so close to completing it. I will probably go back next year (she doesn't know yet). She did love all the architecture, the food and the people though so it's not like she didn't have a great time. Just not something she wants to do again.
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The hiking is what has put me off Nepal so far. I'm just not fit enough, and my knees don't like hills. I did the cheat's version of Macchu Picchu, there was no way I could walk the Inca trail. Just the day at the ruins wrecked my knees for the next three days.

I love hill and mountain landscapes, Sa Pa was probably second to Hoi An in Viet Nam. I don't tend to do beaches though. The last time I sat on a beach was four years ago, and it was not exactly tropical sand. (See my av. That shot was taken a days' sail to the north.)
 
Mr_Smooth said:
ever travelled alone?

I'm looking at doing something next year OS and preparing for maybe doing it by myself. I don't do alone well so I'm hesitant on doing something like this by myself. is it something people would recommend?
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Depends on where you go, Europe alone can be a blast I was backpacking through hostels and made new friends every night and then joined a few smaller busabout and haggis tours to break things up a bit.

But I know Europe very well so I am comfortable doing that.

Howard Littlejohn said:
The hiking is what has put me off Nepal so far. I'm just not fit enough, and my knees don't like hills. I did the cheat's version of Macchu Picchu, there was no way I could walk the Inca trail. Just the day at the ruins wrecked my knees for the next three days.

I love hill and mountain landscapes, Sa Pa was probably second to Hoi An in Viet Nam. I don't tend to do beaches though. The last time I sat on a beach was four years ago, and it was not exactly tropical sand. (See my av. That shot was taken a days' sail to the north.)
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Nepal is hard work, I have had friends do Everest base camp and said that you need to do proper training before you go. And even then it doesn't really prepare you for the altitude hit you will take, along with the cold conditions. But absolutely worth it for the views and the new perspective of life you will get visiting the villages along the way.
 
Shell said:
Ah never been to that area at all. There would be others who could offer advice, maybe make a separate thread. (unless there is already one)

I'm thinking I may go to New Zealand for my next adventure. That'll be a while off tho probably.
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Thailand is wicked fun, you would love it.
 

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