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Rosscoe
Champion Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Brisbane Status: Offline Points: 6124 |
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4 weeks and counting down. Trip now sorted & preparations in place. It will be quite adventurous in more ways than one. |
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acacia alba
Champion Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Location: Hunter Valley Status: Offline Points: 41243 |
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Have a good one Rosscoe. Sounds interesting. Looking forward to hearing about the places when you get back.
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animals before people.
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Rosscoe
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Cheers AA, really looking forward to the adventure!
Visiting a county like Myanmar that has only been opened up for tourists since 2014 will be an eye-opener! "Get Away" on Channel 9 have just completed a 3 episode program on the country, hosted by Ray Martin. Looking forward to getting there, and then revisiting my favourite haunt Koh Samui in Thailand. |
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ExceedAndExcel
Champion Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Status: Offline Points: 16226 |
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Ok this is travel-related so will post. Probably should have posted a while back but better late than never I guess.
My tip for foreign currency is to obtain a Citibank Plus Bank Account. https://www.citibank.com.au/aus/banking/everyday_banking/citibank_plus.htm No account keeping fees but importantly from a travel point of view there are also no foreign exchange fees, no ATM fees and you will get an exchange rate very close to the market midpoint ie MUCH better than any Travelex or regular bank account will get you. The only fee you will pay will be whatever is charged by the ATM operator. Just transfer your A$ into the account and away you go. I used this in US last year and it was great. Saved plenty in fees and also with the much better rate. Definitely a no brainer IMO. Note that this is NOT a credit card. It's a regular bank account which comes with a visa debit card. |
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Rosscoe
Champion Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Brisbane Status: Offline Points: 6124 |
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Bangkok, 15 million people! Hopefully this will work!
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f324/trebles62/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-04/823C7742-7BB0-4EF0-9ABE-98E268FC9A1D_zps7dxm0ifq.jpg In that link & to the RHS you'll see 3 options, click the bottom one - IMG, it'll go yellow & say Copied then paste straight into here I had to log in to mine 1st so now I can do it for you Edited by Gay3 - 08 May 2017 at 2:55pm |
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acacia alba
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I made up my mind and have booked for South Africa in August. Will be away about 25 days all up.
Travelling from Victoria Falls/Zimbabwe, thru Zambia, Botswana ( Chobe ), Okavango Delta, Etosha, etc down thru Namibia to Cape Town. I think we have about 6 half day game drives, and 2 river sunset cruises, and a helicopter flight over Vic Fallls, as well as heaps of other stuff, so should be interesting.
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acacia alba
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You have mastered the photos Rosscoe. Looks interesting. Too big for me . All those people ! OMG !!
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Whale
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can i come ? |
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acacia alba
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I will ask my OH if he minds The more the merrier I say !
We are travelling in a group of 12 , so maybe you can be luggage porter ??
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Dr E
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Sounds sensational aa ... enjoy!
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In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!
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acacia alba
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Thanks.
I am a bit worried about Boko Haram catching me, but then I think I should be safe as I am too old for them
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ExceedAndExcel
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Enjoy your trip AA! But most of all, make sure you have your frequent flyer number attached to the booking!
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acacia alba
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Thanks. That should put a few points on the card
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Rosscoe
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Thats pretty impressive Rosscoe .
I much prefer out of city things, as just cant take to big cities and huge crowds. That looks to be out in the countryside ?
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Rosscoe
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Hi AA, been on the road for 11 hours. Have witnessed some of the most beautiful country in the world! This country is something else and I'm a very experienced traveller! We have ended up in Kalaw in the highlands about 400km north of Yangon. I'm travelling with a party of great friends. We booked a driver to get us out into the wilderness of Myanmar. Wow, what a country, absolutely spectacular in every way. Food, people and sites are just magnificent!! Will add photos when I get time. We are 3.5 hours behind OZ time here. Wifi good but not brilliant! We are motorbike riding tmw around this place of heaven! Thursday we jump onto a train to take in Lake Inle which is also very beautiful. 3.5 hour trip on the most scenic route covering the a highland route very high up! Looking forward to this immensely! I have been blown out of the water by Myanmar, totally unspoilt and unknown to foreigners! It's a place I will come back to again and explore further. I rate it with a near perfect score.
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Love the photos Rosscoe!
May post some of my own from last year in the US as well if I get around to it. |
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