Holiday Withdrawal Symptoms......Tell me where you're going?

rustyboy21

MasterPoo wrote: »

Sounds AMAZING!

Was amazing. Even though the Med has been overfished so much, where I did my course was a marine reserve.

Saw Grouper the size of dining room tables, Octopus about 8 feet wide, Loads of Barracuda, Sea bass,beautiful coloured fish which would look well in an aquarium and loads of Moray Eels, which TBH freaked me out a bit, they looked like the beast from Alien to me ! lol.

Water was 26 degrees even at 18 meters and sun was blazing at 104 deg f.

I acually cried after my last dive seeing Nature in its splendour. If you are nervous about doing it, dont be, it is truly an amzing experience.

Roll on September !

lovesgshp

Staying here in Italy. Weather has been between 30-40C over the past few weeks, so no need to go off anywhere else!!

Ames

I'm going to Southern Africa - flying in to Dar es Salaam and out of Cape Town six weeks later. Hoping for lots of long train journeys looking out at interesting landscapes and getting my head into a better place.

(Although I'm also hoping I'll have to cancel as I've applied for a mentoring/scholarship thing which I think will start while I'm due to be away).

Tentatively thinking of Cambodia/Vietnam for over Christmas. I need wherever to go to be cheap, and reckon I can do it for £10 a day plus flights.

enjoyyourshoes

Uganda- last Q this year

Conrad

We discovered KAS in Turkey 4 years ago and having done most of the Med this is by far our favourite place. We stay on the peninsular in property high up with a wide ocean view which is magical and other wordly. The town of KAS is a proper old fishing harbour town, unspoilt with twisting little shopping streets. We feel very safe there.

We did a boat trip with only Turks aboard and they were incredibly nice, sharing thier Turkish tea and talking with us around the lunch table the captain provided. Swam with Green Turtles which was awesome.

A few miles away is Kalcan, more commercial, but great at night with its twisting streets and dozens of bustling restaurants.
The most magical ,eal we've ever had was in a Shepard family restaurant off the main coast road perched atop a cliff. Incredibly family food and such a warm welcome, it bought tears to our eyes when we left and the family came out to do photos with us.

MasterPoo

Ames wrote: »

I'm going to Southern Africa - flying in to Dar es Salaam and out of Cape Town six weeks later. Hoping for lots of long train journeys looking out at interesting landscapes and getting my head into a better place.

(Although I'm also hoping I'll have to cancel as I've applied for a mentoring/scholarship thing which I think will start while I'm due to be away).

Tentatively thinking of Cambodia/Vietnam for over Christmas. I need wherever to go to be cheap, and reckon I can do it for £10 a day plus flights.

Stay say in Southern Africa, I've never done a train journey of that distance in Africa! When were you hoping to go? Please come back and tell us how it went if you do manage to go.

Cambodia and Vietnam are on my bucket list, how long do you plan on travelling for?

Good Luck with Scholarship!

enjoyyourshoes wrote: »

Uganda- last Q this year

If you'd said Uganda a few months ago I would've asked WTH is in Uganda......someone posted on here about Uganda and out of curiosity I googled it and read TA, it looks AMAZING! ENJOY! Come back to tell us all!

Conrad wrote: »

We discovered KAS in Turkey 4 years ago and having done most of the Med this is by far our favourite place. We stay on the peninsular in property high up with a wide ocean view which is magical and other wordly. The town of KAS is a proper old fishing harbour town, unspoilt with twisting little shopping streets. We feel very safe there.

We did a boat trip with only Turks aboard and they were incredibly nice, sharing thier Turkish tea and talking with us around the lunch table the captain provided. Swam with Green Turtles which was awesome.

A few miles away is Kalcan, more commercial, but great at night with its twisting streets and dozens of bustling restaurants.
The most magical ,eal we've ever had was in a Shepard family restaurant off the main coast road perched atop a cliff. Incredibly family food and such a warm welcome, it bought tears to our eyes when we left and the family came out to do photos with us.

WOW......and it is those hidden gems, off the beaten track that always make a trip worth while.

MasterPoo

rustyboy21 wrote: »

Was amazing. Even though the Med has been overfished so much, where I did my course was a marine reserve.

Saw Grouper the size of dining room tables, Octopus about 8 feet wide, Loads of Barracuda, Sea bass,beautiful coloured fish which would look well in an aquarium and loads of Moray Eels, which TBH freaked me out a bit, they looked like the beast from Alien to me ! lol.

Water was 26 degrees even at 18 meters and sun was blazing at 104 deg f.

I acually cried after my last dive seeing Nature in its splendour. If you are nervous about doing it, dont be, it is truly an amzing experience.

Roll on September !

Please can you share who you went with? I'd really like to do this on a solo holiday. Did you take underwater pix, I;d love to see?

I have a phobia of sharks and always have to psych myself up with snorkelling, so I want to overcome this fear and dive!

lovesgshp wrote: »

Staying here in Italy. Weather has been between 30-40C over the past few weeks, so no need to go off anywhere else!!

I have friends who live in Italy and they complain about the same thing! Which seaside town is your favourite in Italy, one that is not overrun by tourists but offers great food, great location and exclusivity? Any recommendations?

Doshwaster

Just got back from few days in Spain and now for the first time in longer than I can remember, I have no more holidays booked. Work and family have been so busy for the last few months that I really haven't had chance to plan anything.

I usually go to SE Asia for 2 weeks in October so I suppose I really should start planning it. I'm usually fully booked up my now. I think I need to have a chat with my boss next week...

Ames

MasterPoo wrote: »

Stay say in Southern Africa, I've never done a train journey of that distance in Africa! When were you hoping to go? Please come back and tell us how it went if you do manage to go.

Cambodia and Vietnam are on my bucket list, how long do you plan on travelling for?

Good Luck with Scholarship!



If you'd said Uganda a few months ago I would've asked WTH is in Uganda......someone posted on here about Uganda and out of curiosity I googled it and read TA, it looks AMAZING! ENJOY! Come back to tell us all!



WOW......and it is those hidden gems, off the beaten track that always make a trip worth while.

South Africa - mid August to the end of September. My rough itinerary is almost all travelling done on trains, there's just Bulaweyo to Johannesburg that's got to be by bus.

The whole point of the holiday is to travel overland. Hopefully I'll be well enough to do a few side trips (short game drives/boat trips/cultural village stays). I've been researching it for a few months.

I'm currently trying to decide whether to do Johannesburg, it seems it's not as dangerous as I thought. I need to do more research first though, I probably won't decide until I'm there and can talk to other travellers for first hand on the ground info.

Cambodia and Vietnam would be in the Uni Christmas holiday. I won't have any exams in January, so as long as I get my essays written before I go I'll be able to have six weeks away. Otherwise it'll just be the four weeks of the holiday. I know someone who's been to Cambodia, and someone who's been to Vietnam, so I'm currently picking their brains and reading Lonely Planet books.

Although I've thoroughly researched and planned two big holidays this year that I wasn't able to go on, so the Christmas jaunt could go the same way.

MasterPoo

Doshwaster wrote: »

Just got back from few days in Spain and now for the first time in longer than I can remember, I have no more holidays booked. Work and family have been so busy for the last few months that I really haven't had chance to plan anything.

I usually go to SE Asia for 2 weeks in October so I suppose I really should start planning it. I'm usually fully booked up my now. I think I need to have a chat with my boss next week...

......a chat about securing the 2 weeks? Did you go somewhere new in Spain or returned to somewhere old? You beat the school holidays, perfect timing!