DFW Wannabe and travelling the world!

Karmacat

If you've got Spanish, a lot of places in South America are fantastic.

There are different types of places to aim for everywhere, not just in South America - big sites like Macchu Picchu or the Taj Mahal, tourist spots that everyone knows about, like Florence, beach resorts with nothing but partying/surfing etc, and alternative/hippy trail type places - the trail east starts at the pudding shop in Istanbul and heads off from there, via ashrams in India. Maybe you want a mix, but if you go to the sort of place you *don't* like, it won't work. Except if you go to gawp at the crazy people!:rotfl:

sarah3891

Karmacat - that sounds amazing, India is certainly somewhere i'd like to explore.....do you know of any good links/resources I could use for route planning? Still a long way off but all very motivational for me! :-)

southernscouser

What about the pyramids of Giza? They are the only lasting Ancient Wonder of the World. An amazing site.


I'll try and dig out ms_london's thread. Your story is very similar to hers.

southernscouser

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=106589
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=141077

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=155648

And recently;

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=513825

Bestthingsinlifearefree

I quite enjoyed Great Yarmouth but if you have enough time I would also recommend Cromer and Skegness.

Best,

rog2

Bestthingsinlifearefree wrote: »

I quite enjoyed Great Yarmouth but if you have enough time I would also recommend Cromer and Skegness.

Best,

Brilliant Best - but what about Weston-super-Mare or even Cleethorpes? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Seriously though, I don't think that Sarah is knocking the UK - but she wants/needs to get the wanderlust out of her system whilst she is still young. Plenty of time to enjoy everything that Britain has to offer later on. :beer:

mjdh1957

My partner is taking a career break next year and is going around the world.

He plans a month in Australia, five weeks in New Zealand, then some time in Fiji, Tonga and Hawaii, finishing with a week in San Francisco.

I'm going with him to Australia. The plan is to fly into Perth, take the train east to Kalgoorlie, then Adelaide. Then do a camping trip up to Alice (taking in Uluru). Fly to Sydney for a week, maybe a couple of days in Canberra. Then I fly home and he goes on to New Zealand.

Being debt-free is wonderful... Oh, and I will be 50 next month, partner is 42, so travel is not only for the young!!!!

sarah3891

Bestthingsinlifearefree wrote: »

I quite enjoyed Great Yarmouth but if you have enough time I would also recommend Cromer and Skegness.

Ah best! You're bringing back many memories of a very happy childhood!!

There's nothing wrong with a good British beach!! :-) xx

sarah3891

mjdh1957 wrote: »

I'm going with him to Australia. The plan is to fly into Perth, take the train east to Kalgoorlie, then Adelaide. Then do a camping trip up to Alice (taking in Uluru).

Hey MJDH1957 - that sounds great! I took the train from Perth to Sydney via Adelaide and Kalgoorlie a few years ago and it was amazing - the landscape is incredible as it's so baron :-) Best of luck! Have a fab time! x :j

rog2

mjdh1957 wrote: »

Oh, and I will be 50 next month, partner is 42, so travel is not only for the young!!!!

Very true mjdh - I am a bit older than you, yet love travelling. I have been fortunate in that my career choice has allowed me to travel extensively, but I would still like to do the independent world tour (including Skegness of course ).