Travel Experiences.

Good idea, whale. Hopefully a positive thread...?

Was done in the general thread area...ages ago.

Not surprised, long forgotten and I couldn't be bothered looking for it.You and AA seem to clash on everything, maybe one of you is pig headed and knows it all Wink

Declaration of Independence, signed after The Civil War. Trump said so.

Not wishy-washy, like the boys on here...

Desert War, Rain Lover, Latin Knight, Hay List, Mustard...my turf heroes...

Whale, I agree about Polish food. Love that kind of stuff and could happily live on it. Can I ask though were you one of those people like me who felt guilty paying so little (in aussie dollars) at cafes, restaurants etc in Eastern Europe? I've had friends who tell me it's ridiculous to feel bad about it because western tourists support the businesses etc, can leave big tips for staff etc, and I get that, but I still felt bad. I don't think I could be happy being a billionaire.

Some krill?

Declaration of Independence, signed after The Civil War. Trump said so.

There are no decent Polish restaurants in Melbourne IMO, maybe I have an unrealistic opinion because my mother was such a great cook. I don't think so, the little workers cafe in Poland made food that I thought was actually better than hers, so disloyal of me Ouch

Declaration of Independence, signed after The Civil War. Trump said so.

I read that Poland's economy is booming, the best in Europe, prices follow

Declaration of Independence, signed after The Civil War. Trump said so.

Whale wrote:

Didn't feel bad, I thought the price was fair in relation to their cost of living and wages. I have been told that prices in Poland have escalated now and it is more expensive thasn Australia. 3rd hand, someone who moved there because of cost of living, now finds himeslf paying more LOL

Wow. That's amazing if true re the prices. I was mainly in Slovakia but Poland was the same re prices back in the 90s/ 2000s. One thing I found sad about Eastern Europe in that time was how it was gradually becoming trashy-westernized. I actually had Slovakian/ Polish friends who preferred the "simpler" life under Communism in many ways. I guess you just had a rut you had to follow and it freed up some more appreciation for family, food, nature etc.

You could go and take your laptop on a bushwalk at least.

But then sometimes it's just nice to be in a different room to home, doing nothing.

Whale wrote:

Am in Noosa now. Find the usual activities, relaxing by pool, at beach, bush walks, ferry cruises really boring. Sit in apartment a lot looking at laptop. Paid a fortune for the privilege of doing what I do at home LOL

Hastings Street is okay, some good food at reasonable prices, but to pay a fortune for a holiday just to stroll around main strip and eat out doesn't make sense to me. And school holidays, Easter, very expensive. Anyway in this life you have to consider others, sometimes Confused

do the national park walk Whale - its brilliant. To sunshine beach and back is about 4 hours I think but time well spent. Also go to Bistro C. Go early and get table next to the beach, excellent food and not too expensive

Declaration of Independence, signed after The Civil War. Trump said so.

Whale wrote:

Am in Noosa now. Find the usual activities, relaxing by pool, at beach, bush walks, ferry cruises really boring. Sit in apartment a lot looking at laptop. Paid a fortune for the privilege of doing what I do at home LOL

Hastings Street is okay, some good food at reasonable prices, but to pay a fortune for a holiday just to stroll around main strip and eat out doesn't make sense to me. And school holidays, Easter, very expensive. Anyway in this life you have to consider others, sometimes Confused

The change will do you good. But beware of the sharks in Laguna Bay. Wink

Desert War, Rain Lover, Latin Knight, Hay List, Mustard...my turf heroes...

I might have mentioned this before?

My cousin and I planned a trip to see an Irish mate in the early 80’s who was working as a driller in Pagadian City, Mindanao, Philippines.

We booked all flights, Sydney - Manila, Manila - Zamboanga..

Pagadian City - Cebu, Cebu - Manila, Manila - Sydney.

We left out the Zamboanga - Pagadian leg, thinking we’d sort it out when we got to Zamboanga. It was only about 270km by road.

It was just after Marcos lifted martial law. No one would give us a plane ticket or ferry ticket without a military clearance which would take weeks to organise. It was too dangerous to go by road as the New People’s Army was continually ambushing (and killing) people.

At our mate’s suggestion, for US$50 and a carton of Benson and Hedges a taxi driver bribed our way onto the ferry, which took all night to get to Pagadian.

By the time the word got out on the ferry that 2 foreigners were aboard we were well into the trip.

We ended up in the wheelhouse smoking and drinking whiskey with the Captain 😀 And even had a go at steering the ferry!

Some months (years?) later the ferry, the “Red Rose” sank with 100’s drowning 😡

rusty nails wrote:

In my youth was doing Europe in a combi, and was at dinner one night, where the restaurant was 90% booked for a circumcision party.

Thank God I’d finished my meal before “festivities “ were commenced….

I went off the beaten track and rode, horse back, from the east coast to west coast of Scotland, over hills and dales, thru bogs and rivers, and ended up going over the Five Sisters Of Kintale, scrambling up on my hands and knees and towing a horse behind me. Going down the other side I sat down and let him tow me to the bottom. Tore the bum out of my jods. Cry

animals before people.