U75 Travel Records
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Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Furthest North: Flown over the north pole a couple of times.
Highest Altitude: 18,000m (in a plane)
Lowest Depth: -418m
Highest Altitude: 18,000m (in a plane)
Lowest Depth: -418m
Errol's son
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Qucikest/cheapest hitchike?
Sion in Switzerland to manchester in the UK on CHF10 in 22 hrs.
Sion in Switzerland to manchester in the UK on CHF10 in 22 hrs.
gaijingirl
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Longest overland journey? Northern Japan to London! 3 coaches, 2 boats (one for 3 days, one across the English channel - the most depressing journey I have ever made... 
), several minibuses, 2 trains (one for 7 days and another for 2 or 3 days (can't remember now)) - got picked up by car at Victoria coach station. 3 weeks in all.
Snowboarding and scuba diving in the same week - Hokkaido and Bali? (Just had to wait long enough for the whole altitude thing to wear off)
), several minibuses, 2 trains (one for 7 days and another for 2 or 3 days (can't remember now)) - got picked up by car at Victoria coach station. 3 weeks in all.Snowboarding and scuba diving in the same week - Hokkaido and Bali? (Just had to wait long enough for the whole altitude thing to wear off)
gaijingirl
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Errol's son said:
ooh that's good.. I did Nantes to Amsterdam in a similar time and slept overnight (with mate) in a truckers cab - with the trucker too...
T'was cosy!Errol's son
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I didn't sleep in case I got mugged/relieved of any possessions.
I was lucky, I got a ride in an English registered truck just north of Paris and the driver got on his CB and arranged me some drop offs/pick-ups which got me to the Knutsford services on the M6. I got a free ride across the Channel in another British truck but the driver did make me push several trollies around the Eastenders booze place in Calais and load up his truck single-handed whilst he had a few cigarettes. Fortunately I was able to change my CHF10 (£5) for free in the trucker's cafe on the ferry and get a much cheaper meal than I would have with the car passengers.
I was lucky, I got a ride in an English registered truck just north of Paris and the driver got on his CB and arranged me some drop offs/pick-ups which got me to the Knutsford services on the M6. I got a free ride across the Channel in another British truck but the driver did make me push several trollies around the Eastenders booze place in Calais and load up his truck single-handed whilst he had a few cigarettes. Fortunately I was able to change my CHF10 (£5) for free in the trucker's cafe on the ferry and get a much cheaper meal than I would have with the car passengers.
pseudonarcissus said:hmmm.....I did the Keswick to Barrow during Chernobyl's (sp?) nuclear rain years ago...that's 42 miles of unpretentious Cumbria
I´ve walked the Camino de Santiago, around 800km (500ish miles) from Pamplona, thru Santiago de compostela to Finsterre. Took about 30 days. Trump that, mofo
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
jigotai said:I´ve walked the Camino de Santiago, around 800km (500ish miles) from Pamplona, thru Santiago de compostela to Finsterre. Took about 30 days. Trump that, mofo
I've done further over the last 30 odd years
gaijingirl
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jigotai said:I´ve walked the Camino de Santiago, around 800km (500ish miles) from Pamplona, thru Santiago de compostela to Finsterre. Took about 30 days. Trump that, mofo
This is on my list - but to cycle - from France I want to do it. Was thinking about doing it this year but it's going to have to wait a bit longer I think. Got some great books and guides on it too.
Errol's son
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Errol's son
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Most incredible fuck up by an airline...
I once got on a plane with a ticket to take me to Manchester from Lima via Newark. Slightly drunk, I got on the wrong plane when changing and ended up in Paris. This is just after 9/11 and I changed planes in the US!
Years ago, a friend of mine got on the wrong plane in Lusaka when she was slighlty drunk and ended up in Frankfurt instead of LHR!
I once got on a plane with a ticket to take me to Manchester from Lima via Newark. Slightly drunk, I got on the wrong plane when changing and ended up in Paris. This is just after 9/11 and I changed planes in the US!
Years ago, a friend of mine got on the wrong plane in Lusaka when she was slighlty drunk and ended up in Frankfurt instead of LHR!
Errol's son
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I remember doinga little bit of hitching in Vermont actually; I had forgotten about it. Americans think hitchers are very strange.
Errol's son
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Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Errol's son said:
Wanting to go to Panama City FLORIDA, had tickets booked via Atlanta. At the last minute changed mind and had to go via Miami instead. New ticket bought to Panama City PANAMA instead. Met customs officer, "Hola Gringo..."
Bugger.
Errol's son said:
Or Biggest Unexpected Bonus From An Airline. I once got a free round trip ticket to Tokyo for volunteering to give up my seat on a transatlantic flight. And I've been bumped up to first class three times: once because it was my travel companion's 21st birthday, once because I was late, and once because I complained about the sound from the in-flight movie.
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Bahnhof Strasse said:
How!?
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
DrRingDing said:How!?
Concorde
Swimming in the Dead Sea
(not really that
)
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
Smallest bribe fucked off:
250 Indian Rupees - 3 quid - (no lights, insurance, license etc on moped)
Told coppers to get t' fuck and drove off. (They had no wheels )
250 Indian Rupees - 3 quid - (no lights, insurance, license etc on moped)
Told coppers to get t' fuck and drove off. (They had no wheels
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