27-07-2018, 08:24 AM
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the advice to travel light with durable strong wear and buy when you get there suits me - then you can even discard anything you've gone off whilst there - but heh that's a mans view point mainly [ and a few notably intelligent women!!] and a lot of women just lose control!! same with sex!!27-07-2018, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Twink55
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You wouldn't have survived the first 2 days if that had been me! I hate shopping for clothes, so I have no intention of spending my holiday doing so.
Clothes shopping is very different in SE Asia Twink.
The night markets are great , vibrant, exciting and fantastic fun and food.
There is one in particular I love, a huge factory supplying Next is there, the prices are ridiculously cheap, about a tenth of what they are here and they will alter them to fit you in an hour.
There is a huge weekend market in Bangkok, 18,000 stalls.
They sell amazing shirts, straight from the factories.
The laugh is, you buy the shirt and then they offer you a range of labels to be sewn on.
In the north of Bangkok there is a market next to the Pandora factory.
Again, prices are a tenth of what we pay here.
I fly out with nothing, come back loaded.
My holidays are very cheap, sometimes even zero cost.
27-07-2018, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by orangutan2
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Only problem with that is coping the the NOISE that pervades Bangkok...
I love the place, but only in small doses.
It is a good base to travel from.
Kanchanaburi is only a £30 taxi ride away, Ko Samat is a doodle and Siam Reap is easy.
Hong Kong is a short hop away, easy place to meet my son who lives in Taiwan.
27-07-2018, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by orangutan2
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Agreed it's a good base for travel, SF. But think my days of Far Eastern travel are over now.
Never say never.
Last trip out I met an 84 year lady travelling on her own.
She was a blast, so much energy.
She even beat me at fishing.
27-07-2018, 10:27 AM
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Travelling back from The USA once, they made us open both our cases and transfer some items from the slightly overweight case to the slightly underweight case or face a charge. I did mention that they were both hopefully going on the same plane, so what difference did it make but they made us do it anyway.
27-07-2018, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Travelling back from The USA once, they made us open both our cases and transfer some items from the slightly overweight case to the slightly underweight case or face a charge. I did mention that they were both hopefully going on the same plane, so what difference did it make but they made us do it anyway.
27-07-2018, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiNever say never.
Last trip out I met an 84 year lady travelling on her own.
She was a blast, so much energy.
She even beat me at fishing.
And I very much doubt I will get anywhere near 84 years of age.
And I definitely won't be fishing...
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