Seymour M Hersh Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 3 hours ago, been here before said: Sharleen Spiteri, Penny Mordaunt... Crap taste in birds but still . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 20 minutes ago, Ulysses said: I dunno why they got stuck together as a pair in my head. Weird. No, it makes sense, a short haul 45 mins or so flight over the Rio Plata. I mean if you've time, then its fine for a couple of nights, the beaches are decent and you can take a bus out to Colonia del Sacramento, oldest 'city' in Uruguay, it's pretty cool, and nearby is the only bullring in S America, although it's not used I don't think, wasn't when we were there. I'd describe Montevideo as an gritty port city! I'd go back but only to see a big match at the Centenario, a bucketlist stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Japan, Nepal for the Himalayas and Chile because I always like the wine from there. All out of my price range right now though ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 3 hours ago, That thing you do said: Antarctica isn't suffering over tourism, its just been blogged alot and so people think it is. Theres still only a few ships that do the voyage, with one out of punto arenas in Chile being made famous by Simon Wilson. Quite fancy one of these trips Bark EUROPA - ANT2 - 2024/25 but holy shit! The price has gone well up since I last looked. 3 hours ago, That thing you do said: Its still enormously expensive at around £8 to 10k a trip. Aye - looks out of reach £-wise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elljay Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 European cities - Vienna and Athens. Wildlife - Okavango delta or Madagascar. Tour - Argentina, Andes, Chile Island - Easter Island or Iceland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazzyy Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 6 hours ago, PortyJambo said: We stayed in a wee hilltop village in Tuscany about 10 years ago for a week before spending a few days in Florence, and it was tremendous. Spent time in San Gimignano and Volterra while we were there, but the wee village was the best bit. Only one restaurant but they did a four course daily menu for €15...with unlimited local wine Checked back a couple of years ago online though, and they'd stopped offering that.... 😢 We honeymooned in a wee village outside Florence called Cerbaia, loved it. Drove to lots of places like San Gimignano, Siena, Montepulciano, Lucca and my favourite Barga (little Scotland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 (edited) The Republic of Georgia would probably be top of my list (I should probably get my finger out before it gets reincorporated into Imperial Russia... ). I've read a lot about it and watched any documentaries I could find and it sounds like an absolutely fascinating country. If I went there, I'd probably try to get to Armenia as well, for similar reasons. Closer to home, Slovenia and Montenegro also both appeal. I'd also like to see much, much, more of Italy* (in particular, Sicily) than I've seen to date and continue to explore Spain and Portugal. Germany too: we were there in our motorhome last autumn and - whilst we saw a lot and I've been there on previous trips - there is an incredible amount to see and do there. (The beer's a bit special as well. 🍻) I've had a long-term fascination with India, but it's probably not now a goer as - due to a health condition - I've got to be really careful what I eat: it can be bad enough at home so I shudder to think what havoc the local bacteria could wreak. (*p.s. Greece too. ) Edited May 1 by Auld Reekin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Nepal only because I went there for work and it was a disaster so didn't get much chance to see the country. Would love to go back to Pokara - put it on your bucket list. Otherwise, Japan, Argentina (the alps) , Costa Rica and NZ. doing it next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 5 hours ago, ArcticJambo said: No, it makes sense, a short haul 45 mins or so flight over the Rio Plata. I mean if you've time, then its fine for a couple of nights, the beaches are decent and you can take a bus out to Colonia del Sacramento, oldest 'city' in Uruguay, it's pretty cool, and nearby is the only bullring in S America, although it's not used I don't think, wasn't when we were there. I'd describe Montevideo as an gritty port city! I'd go back but only to see a big match at the Centenario, a bucketlist stadium. I'll have to re-jig my fantasy plans, so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Town Loafer Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 11 hours ago, Auld Reekin' said: The Republic of Georgia would probably be top of my list (I should probably get my finger out before it gets reincorporated into Imperial Russia... ). I've read a lot about it and watched any documentaries I could find and it sounds like an absolutely fascinating country. If I went there, I'd probably try to get to Armenia as well, for similar reasons. Closer to home, Slovenia and Montenegro also both appeal. Gorgeous place. I'd also recommend Bosnia to people who are looking at that region. Beautiful place with a tragic history, and it's much cheaper than Croatia and Montenegro. Great food, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Georgia capital Tbilisi is a fascinating place as is Skopje in North Macedonia Barga is beautiful and the Scottish connection very interesting if you are lucky Paulo Nutini might be doing a wee gig as it's where his family originates from . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Town Loafer Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 37 minutes ago, Jim_Duncan said: Burek in Mostar is top notch. Ended up stuck in a little apartment watching Two and a Half Men dubbed into the local lingo while working through my own bodyweight in the cheese ones many years ago. Touché! I was rattling through the cevapi in Sarajevo like nobody’s business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ked Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Tell you what some impressive travellers on here. Feel like a peasant you tossers. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 1 hour ago, Jim_Duncan said: I was in Georgia back in February. Tbilisi is a bit hit and miss. Nice touristy parts, super friendly locals (I ended up sharing a table in a live jazz bar with a Georgian guy who’d lived and worked in Dublin and NY). Next day I went for a wander through the less touristy areas. Dog mess everywhere. Great wine, of course. Spent even less time in Batumi before crossing over to Turkey, but it seemed nice and again, everyone really friendly and welcoming. I’d go back. "This could be Rotterdam, or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome..." Or Gorgie Road. It's the same wherever you go these days, unfortunately, in my experience anyway. Unless it was really, REALLY, bad there...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 The moon, though after a quick check I currently don't see any package tour offers, gap in the market. I might have gone for Mars but I can't take the chance Elon Musk might turn up uninvited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 21 hours ago, Jim_Duncan said: Tahunanui Beach, NZ. I received a small calendar from a relative in NZ when I was a young teenager and had started dreaming of inter-railing, island hopping and travel in general. It was a tiny photo for one of the months and just looked amazing. It seemed like a dream destination to a kid bored in the suburbs of Edinburgh and I'd still love to go there. Or perhaps get scattered there when the time comes. No idea if it's actually nice or not. It's nice enough. Get a good view from up Paddys Knob. Abel Tasman National Park just up the road is absolutely stunning, though. Well worth a visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 1 hour ago, Jim_Duncan said: Spectacular quantities of it. Was like playing hopscotch on some streets as I tried dodging it. And it was DOG shit, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 3 hours ago, Ked said: Tell you what some impressive travellers on here. Feel like a peasant you tossers. 😄 You haven't lived until you're a Scotsman who's been topped by a Dubliner with a fake Georgian accent pretending he used to work in NYC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 3 minutes ago, Ulysses said: You haven't lived until you're a Scotsman who's been topped by a Dubliner with a fake Georgian accent pretending he used to work in NYC. I know a German guy from Stuttgart who has such a convincing Limerick accent (when speaking English ) that he's had Irish folk refusing to believe that he was actually German. He'd worked in a pub there for a year or two so that'd probably helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 5 minutes ago, Jim_Duncan said: There were some very hairy women in those Tbilisi nightclubs… They were WOMEN, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Auld Reekin' said: I know a German guy from Stuttgart who has such a convincing Limerick accent (when speaking English ) that he's had Irish folk refusing to believe that he was actually German. He'd worked in a pub there for a year or two so that'd probably helped. I'm not actually surprised. I met a fella working in a bar in Malta a few years ago who was born and raised in Bulgaria, but who had the most convincing Cork accent - in both English and Irish - I've ever heard from anyone not from the county. He'd worked in Cork for many years, and learned Irish in Kerry. Best part of our conversation, though, was when I asked him a question about being Bulgarian. He said "Stall de ball, boy. I yoooosed to be Bulgarian, but sure not dis lasht couple of years", and produced an Irish passport card from his wallet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 01/05/2024 at 14:36, Ulysses said: I dunno why they got stuck together as a pair in my head. Weird. Uruguay who should know better, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 9 minutes ago, Kalamazoo Jambo said: Uruguay who should know better, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robroy1874 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Would love to go back to UlaanBataar. Was there as guest of their government in 1989/90. Wonderful people. Hope it hasn't changed for the worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I'd love to spend time exploring the old battlefields and cemeteries of the Western Front in France/Belgium from WW1. I'd also like to visit Gallipoli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert. Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 01/05/2024 at 16:08, Morgan said: Bangkok. Best city in the world, I love Bangkok. The smells are pretty disgusting but it kind of adds to the charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert. Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 01/05/2024 at 23:30, Elljay said: European cities - Vienna and Athens. Wildlife - Okavango delta or Madagascar. Tour - Argentina, Andes, Chile Island - Easter Island or Iceland It's a bit shit, save yourself a fortune and head up north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 01/05/2024 at 13:53, Jim_Duncan said: HK itself is alright, but the most fun to be had there is by visiting the outlying islands by ferry. Peaceful, traditional, efficient and clean. They were my escape valve when I was working in HK for a month. This. Absolutely loved it. Some of the wee Islands are like going being back in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Would like to go to Kaliningrad (Konigsberg for our Prussian viewers). Been fascinated by the place after reading about the 7 bridges problem in maths. Got close once on a boat from Gdynia in Poland but turned out we were on a mental Polish booze cruise that wouldn't let us off at the other end, still tried to get off but hustled back on board by gun toting Russian soldiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 hours ago, Herbert. said: Best city in the world, I love Bangkok. The smells are pretty disgusting but it kind of adds to the charm. Agree the heat is intense though would only go Nov Dec and Jan - Feb at a pinch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 11 hours ago, Ulysses said: I'm not actually surprised. I met a fella working in a bar in Malta a few years ago who was born and raised in Bulgaria, but who had the most convincing Cork accent - in both English and Irish - I've ever heard from anyone not from the county. He'd worked in Cork for many years, and learned Irish in Kerry. Best part of our conversation, though, was when I asked him a question about being Bulgarian. He said "Stall de ball, boy. I yoooosed to be Bulgarian, but sure not dis lasht couple of years", and produced an Irish passport card from his wallet. Got chatting to a local at a bar in Cork who asked me where I was from. When I replied "Edinburgh", he genuinely asked me, "Where's that then?!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SE16 3LN Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Skara Brae or any other Prehistoric settlements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex +976 7012 0202 https://g.co/kgs/um6iqvV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert. Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 hours ago, manaliveits105 said: Agree the heat is intense though would only go Nov Dec and Jan - Feb at a pinch I find the heat a bit much even at the end of rainy season, but its a place everyone should see. The only bit I dont like is Ao Nang, I thought it was boring and didnt feel like Thailand. It was too clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 18 hours ago, Ulysses said: I'm not actually surprised. I met a fella working in a bar in Malta a few years ago who was born and raised in Bulgaria, but who had the most convincing Cork accent - in both English and Irish - I've ever heard from anyone not from the county. He'd worked in Cork for many years, and learned Irish in Kerry. Best part of our conversation, though, was when I asked him a question about being Bulgarian. He said "Stall de ball, boy. I yoooosed to be Bulgarian, but sure not dis lasht couple of years", and produced an Irish passport card from his wallet. All part of the Irish diaspora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 6 hours ago, Craig_ said: Got chatting to a local at a bar in Cork who asked me where I was from. When I replied "Edinburgh", he genuinely asked me, "Where's that then?!". Mind you, the Irish are widely noted for taking the pish (or at least trying to)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Town Loafer Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 10 hours ago, Herbert. said: Best city in the world, I love Bangkok. The smells are pretty disgusting but it kind of adds to the charm. Lived there 7 years - certainly wouldn’t say it’s the best city in the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 12 hours ago, Auld Reekin' said: Mind you, the Irish are widely noted for taking the pish (or at least trying to)... Don't think this lad would have been capable of taking the pish, bless him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the posh bit Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 On 02/05/2024 at 19:47, Jim_Duncan said: Had my fair share of trips to Burntisland etc, too. Burntisland is good enough but you I recommend you leaving the bright lights and exotic smells and heading further west to the secluded, charming seaside village of Kinghorn or back in an easterly direction until you reach the historic, tranquil Aberdour. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 28 minutes ago, the posh bit said: Burntisland is good enough but you I recommend you leaving the bright lights and exotic smells and heading further west to the secluded, charming seaside village of Kinghorn or back in an easterly direction until you reach the historic, tranquil Aberdour. 👍 Good memories to these place as a child and as a parent. Add St Andrews to that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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