The road goes ever on and on - A Travel Thread
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Re: The road goes ever on and on - A Travel Thread
Beautiful pictures ! really loved the Church, mosaics, The Vatican !
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Lancebloke wrote:Chris - to do to Halfys comment... if you go there try and get up to Machu Picchu as early as you can. The crowds after about 8am ruin it!!!
That's a good point - hopefully you can find busses from below that will get you up that early. But if hiking in from the back you are woken up in an attempt to catch sunrise over Machu Picchu, and are so dragged out you can't enjoy it fully. I think an early bus from the town below (assuming it exists) coupled with an early night and good rest the night before would be the winning combination.
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I really liked the look of that beach and white sand, St Vito lo capo, was the town ok, would it be nice for a holiday or would you just go for the beach? Did you go to Taormina?
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We saw San Vito Lo Capo in off season, and so seemed like a dismal way to spend a weekend. But it got great reviews based on the high season, so I don't know what to tell you. I can say it's purely a beach town with little else going for it. It's got a decent array of restaurants, but no other form of life apart from the beach. I was expecting art galleries and the like, but no.
So in short, go for the beach, not the holidays. But I'm not sure what else is nearby for a holiday except Palermo. It's a 2-hour drive from there. Palermo is worth a couple nights and a day, then spend the next day driving to the beach and back.
So in short, go for the beach, not the holidays. But I'm not sure what else is nearby for a holiday except Palermo. It's a 2-hour drive from there. Palermo is worth a couple nights and a day, then spend the next day driving to the beach and back.
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Wow nice picture tour Halfwise. My sister went through Venice briefly on her honeymoon, and she has basically the exact same photograph of the Grand Canal. But the rest was new for me. Gorgeous trip, indeed.
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That photo of the Grand Canal is from the Rialto bridge: so count up the number of visitors to Venice and that's how many of those photos are out there.
Did she tell you how much time they spent getting lost? I'd like to compare notes.
Did she tell you how much time they spent getting lost? I'd like to compare notes.
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Lancebloke wrote:Chris - to do to Halfys comment... if you go there try and get up to Machu Picchu as early as you can. The crowds after about 8am ruin it!!!
Sounds like everyone but me has been there.
Sod it i'l go to Cleethorpes
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halfwise wrote:That photo of the Grand Canal is from the Rialto bridge: so count up the number of visitors to Venice and that's how many of those photos are out there.
Did she tell you how much time they spent getting lost? I'd like to compare notes.
I don't think very much time, but she was only in Venice for just a single day.
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{{Fantastic pics amd descriptions Halfy- must show the better half them, make her homesick probably! }}}
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Currently in India, but for secret agent work so not gonna be any pics!
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh !
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Lancebloke wrote:Currently in India, but for secret agent work so not gonna be any pics!
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{{{Not to worry Figg, what with it being top secret and no doubt lives hanging in the balance of no one seeing anything or working out where Lance is, with all that in mind, I hear the NotP are dispatching palantarazzi to hunt him down immediately and expose it all to the world! }}}
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Glad somebody's on the job!
(still waiting for that bucky report. )
(still waiting for that bucky report. )
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Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{{Not to worry Figg, what with it being top secret and no doubt lives hanging in the balance of no one seeing anything or working out where Lance is, with all that in mind, I hear the NotP are dispatching palantarazzi to hunt him down immediately and expose it all to the world! }}}
If I went to India I wouldn't be taking many photos either, I would spend most of my time on the bog.
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Only if you let the locals book your dinner venue and they choose a place called [Redacted].
Hmmm.... why can't I type [Redacted]
That's odd. And who is that behind me in the car? Is that a camera?
Hmmm.... why can't I type [Redacted]
That's odd. And who is that behind me in the car? Is that a camera?
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halfwise wrote:Glad somebody's on the job!
(still waiting for that bucky report. )
I wrote 20 words a week ago, and that was the week I thought I'd have time to write. Meh.
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And who is that behind me in the car? Is that a camera?- Lance
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{{Oh I'd just ignore that Lance, nothing to see there and certainly not NotP press following you about at a discreet drunken distance of that I am sure. }}
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Amarië wrote:halfwise wrote:Glad somebody's on the job!
(still waiting for that bucky report. )
I wrote 20 words a week ago, and that was the week I thought I'd have time to write. Meh.
Come one, need feedback. I'd like to go too, the east and west highland line has been high on my wish list for a while,but how can I contemplate it without having all the information. This scottishness, what if it is infective
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Lancebloke wrote:Only if you let the locals book your dinner venue and they choose a place called [Redacted].
Hmmm.... why can't I type [Redacted]
That's odd. And who is that behind me in the car? Is that a camera?
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btw, the young woman I was staying with in Rome travels extensiviely for her work with the UN, and said Scotland was her favorite country. Up until we visited Sicily and she suddenly loved it.
For some reason I completely neglected to ask her about buckie.
For some reason I completely neglected to ask her about buckie.
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Bluebottle wrote:Amarië wrote:halfwise wrote:Glad somebody's on the job!
(still waiting for that bucky report. )
I wrote 20 words a week ago, and that was the week I thought I'd have time to write. Meh.
Come one, need feedback. I'd like to go too, the east and west highland line has been high on my wish list for a while,but how can I contemplate it without having all the information. This scottishness, what if it is infective
Can't tell you if it's infective or not. I'm a Sunnmøring you know, it's pretty much the same symptoms.
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There are too many pretty places. I visited an area of Spain right by the Portugese border and the Duero river earlier in the spring called Fermoselle. Very pretty and special area, even if it rained a lot. Made the shortest of visits to Portugal, a couple of hours, and ate bacalao, while it rained constantly.
Fermoselle, Spain:
Next trip is going to the Basque country, and back to Catalonia, I think, and also visit southern France by the Basque and Catalan borders.
Fermoselle, Spain:
Next trip is going to the Basque country, and back to Catalonia, I think, and also visit southern France by the Basque and Catalan borders.
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Yikes, they are rather large, but I am to lazy to find out the frame rate and make them smaller
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Amarië wrote:Bluebottle wrote:Amarië wrote:halfwise wrote:Glad somebody's on the job!
(still waiting for that bucky report. )
I wrote 20 words a week ago, and that was the week I thought I'd have time to write. Meh.
Come one, need feedback. I'd like to go too, the east and west highland line has been high on my wish list for a while,but how can I contemplate it without having all the information. This scottishness, what if it is infective
Can't tell you if it's infective or not. I'm a Sunnmøring you know, it's pretty much the same symptoms.
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