Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 11445280)

I'm in south London. Just forced a sandwich down me and it hasn't come back yet, which is good.

My first wife is called Nola......

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 11445304)

When we first arrived in North America in 1977 we flew London-JFK on the original no frills airline Laker Air (50 quid one way fair). We had bought an Amtrak rail-pass in the UK for even less than that and traveled all the way to LA via New Orleans by train.

I've always been pleased we did that because we immediately clued in to the vastness of the US.

Canada of course is even bigger.

Originally Posted by bats (Post 11445322)

Fare ffs.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 11445335)

:o Fare cop guv.

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 11445312)

Laker Air !

Did you have a Kerouac in your backpack too? It must have been a memorable trip.

Originally Posted by bats (Post 11445340)

I suppose 50 was a fair fare.

Originally Posted by bats (Post 11445320)

South London, vomit. It makes sense.
Get well soon.

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 11445457)

I'm trying FFS! Being ill is no fun at the best of times. Being ill when you are stuck in a hotel is a nightmare. I would pay anything to back home in my own bed with my missus and cat.

Originally Posted by bats (Post 11445320)

South London, vomit. It makes sense.

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 11445457)

I'm trying FFS! Being ill is no fun at the best of times. Being ill when you are stuck in a hotel is a nightmare. I would pay anything to back home in my own bed with my missus and cat.

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 11445032)

It's common to get generalised questions on Canada on this 'ere board from posters who don't appreciate just how bloody big the country is. I did something I've only done once before yesterday and flew from one side to t'other. It took 8hrs flying plus a 2 hr stopover in Toronna. To put it into perspective, living on the edge of the North Atlantic, it only take 4.5hrs to fly to London. Which is why you Vancouverites really do seem to be living in a different country to me.;)

As it happens the 10 hr cross Canada bit was merely the warm up for another 14.5hrs to Sydney. But thats worthy of another thread entitled "Australia - a long way from anywhere else. Except New Zealand." I'll probably post that somewhere else though.;)

Yours jetlaggedly,
AX

Originally Posted by Mikeypm (Post 11445925)

I feel your pain we a did a trip to Melbourne, to be precise Vancouver to Heathrow, Heathrow to Copenhagen, Copenhagen to Doha, Doha to Melbourne and then did it in reverse.

Originally Posted by Gozit (Post 11445935)

Methinks you went the wrong way round the world mate... :p

Originally Posted by bats (Post 11445909)

Tetchy i see. :p

I've been sick in hotels, awful. Never a south London, England (Gozit) hotel. Am surprised they have them

This big country lark. There's now a world map up on the wall in Emerge and it must be a super dooper Mercator projection as the UK is huge on it, you could only two of them into Australia.