Alternatives to flying ??
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Re: Alternatives to flying ??
There's a lad in the UK that rode an Oz postie motorbike from Oz to UK...good book to read...can't see the title it's on my Kindle that has a flat battery
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There are some really good books about people doing that kind of trek aren't there, I love them, specially how they cope going across the wilder bits of Asia.
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Yes that young lad went through some really troubled countries to get back to the UK. He gave a talk at my old UK M/C club after I had got here...damn
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I travelled to Auckland from Europe via the Panama canal in 2004 and back again in 2005. The people I used were http://www.strandtravelltd.co.uk/
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I travelled to Auckland from Europe via the Panama canal in 2004 and back again in 2005. The people I used were http://www.strandtravelltd.co.uk/
Tilbury (UK) Dunkirk (France) Le Havre (France) New York (USA) Savannah, Georgia (USA) Kingston (Jamaica) Cartagena (Colombia) Panama Canal (Panama) Papeete (Tahiti) Nouméa (New Caledonia) Sydney (Australia) Melbourne (Australia)
Going straight on my bucket list.
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Re: Alternatives to flying ??
He's in his late 70's
He's in his late 70's
He's in his late 70's
I looked in to this option but from his back garden it would bring him out in the middle
of the Southern Ocean
http://www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-t...-the-earth.htm
I looked in to this option but from his back garden it would bring him out in the middle
of the Southern Ocean
http://www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-t...-the-earth.htm
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Re: Alternatives to flying ??
Spent today salmon fishing with a young 89 year old ! after 5 hours I was too tired and left him there to carry on!
Late 70's.....jog back!
Late 70's.....jog back!
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Dont know yet, he's away on his jollies until the end of the month so I cant contact him.
The sea routes look like the only real options but I dont know if I want him stuck on a container
ship for for weeks on end and its pretty expensive, it'd be around 16 to 20 thousand pounds just for the journey !!
The sea routes look like the only real options but I dont know if I want him stuck on a container
ship for for weeks on end and its pretty expensive, it'd be around 16 to 20 thousand pounds just for the journey !!
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Dont know yet, he's away on his jollies until the end of the month so I cant contact him.
The sea routes look like the only real options but I dont know if I want him stuck on a container
ship for for weeks on end and its pretty expensive, it'd be around 16 to 20 thousand pounds just for the journey !!
The sea routes look like the only real options but I dont know if I want him stuck on a container
ship for for weeks on end and its pretty expensive, it'd be around 16 to 20 thousand pounds just for the journey !!
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Dont know yet, he's away on his jollies until the end of the month so I cant contact him.
The sea routes look like the only real options but I dont know if I want him stuck on a container
ship for for weeks on end and its pretty expensive, it'd be around 16 to 20 thousand pounds just for the journey !!
The sea routes look like the only real options but I dont know if I want him stuck on a container
ship for for weeks on end and its pretty expensive, it'd be around 16 to 20 thousand pounds just for the journey !!
Certainly cheaper than the freight option.
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Re: Alternatives to flying ??
It looked like the sort of travel older folks enjoy - and he wouldn't be alone. It didn't look anywhere as near as rough as I expected.
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I met a couple of travellers in Malaysia who were from Denmark. They had travelled over land to Malaysia and planned to boat it to Aceh then into Darwin and down through OZ to Melbourne with the view to freighting it Argentina, whether they made it or not ill never know.
If money is no object then you could have a lot of fun, although saying that things can be done on a shoestring if your willing to rough it a little
Might not be your old mans cup of tea though.
Id love to have a go though
If money is no object then you could have a lot of fun, although saying that things can be done on a shoestring if your willing to rough it a little
Might not be your old mans cup of tea though.
Id love to have a go though
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Thanks to all for the help, things dont look very good for getting him down here but I've got some options to look into