Dom's Travelling thread!

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Hi Guys,

This is my going Travelling thread!

So here is some background Info.

My mum got diagnosed with MS in Sep 2011 and I decided to go travelling before he conditions worsens. (if it ever does)

So In September 2011, I asked the Mrs if she fancied going travelling with me and….she said no….so after 4 years it was time to part.

Done and Dusted…. So after coming back from Outlook Festival in September 2011, I decided to start saving money to leave for January 2013.

Problem is when your with the same girl for 4 years and you suddenly become single, I went on a wrecker every weekend and before I knew it was September 2012 and I saved NOTHING!

I have since been a little better with saving and booked my first flight to New Zealand for October the 14th.
Flight was £605.60 and needless to say due to the cheapness I got 2 stop overs. I don’t make it too Auckland until the 16th.

I have booked the “Kiwi Experience”, which takes you around NZ in a minimum of 26 days for £500.00 (which is usually around £1000).

I have made no other real plans or booked any other flights yet, as I don’t really want a plan.

I am thinking to go to Australia for a month after and visit my sister who is living out there since January and meet my friend in Thailand for New years eve.

Then Maybe go

Cambodia
Vietnam
Burma
Laos

Then it all depends on what I feel like and how much money I have left.

Stuff left to do before I go

Go to London on the 17th of May to renew my German Passport
I still need to get a New Camera bag for all my SLR stuff
A Travel backpack
Sell my PC/Motorbikes other Random worth money.
A laptop to edit photos on
And a portable hard drive.

I will keep this updated with stuff that changes and my experiences.

Please feel free to share places to visit and your own experiences with travelling.

Also Tips and Tricks on not getting blagged / robbed.

I would like to think myself as streetwise but different country, different rules.

Money wise I should have around £4/5K saved up and will sell around 7K worth of shares before I go
 
Cheers Rimblock

I should be staying about a Month at places at a time, I guess I better get my phone unlocked before I go. Can you remember how much you paid for the Sim in Thailand? Must be cheap.

I have a friend who lives somewhere in the North of Thailand, so if he is still in Thailand at the time of me visiting I hopefully can be more there….it’s the South that is really touristy right?

I’ll look into the Drop box account.

DARN just realised I better check out what countries need a Visiting Visa, as I am sure Australia does right?

YOUR GERMAN!




Enjoy your trip
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Yup...and I will be getting up at 5am every day too put my towel on the deck chair....and when I get too north Korea...i'll speak to Kim jong un about my plans to take over the world with the Fourth Reich....

His German what?

OP I have an old Samsonite camera bag, only big enough for 1 body and 2 lenses that you can have. I've not used it in years so someone might as well can make use of it, if you want to save a little money.
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Thank you for the offer Raymond, but I got 1 Body, 4 lenses, and one Flash and a Tripod...which I might have too buy little Travel one.....

Not sure if all that would fit....but thank you very much again for the offer. Taking my GoPro as well :)
 
CREATIVE!11 said:
Wow

OP you dumped your GF to gain life experience and enrich yourself as a human being?!

YOU CRAZY MAN!

*sarcasm

Good job first guy I've heard who is like yeah I'd rather live my life than remain in some comfort bubble with a girl who I can just replace.

Hope you enjoy your travels man.
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Haha there was other reasons but that just gave it the final straw :). If she really wanted to come then I would have happly let her come....since our break up she seems a lot more mature now. But still...loving single life and can't wait to Travel :D

TommyV said:
You will truly love the Kiwi Experience (or the big green **** bus as it's quite commonly known!), I did the same tour last September, my driver was 'dallas'. A hilarious bloke, If you have him, don't hide his hat, he is very precious about it :p

You will love Queenstown, it sucked me in for 9 days after having made a ton of friends on the bus beginning in Auckland!
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Good times, that is what I like to hear :) which "tour" did you take? I have booked the Funky Chicken but upgrading to a "The Whole Kit & Caboodle" for an extra $314.00
 
tres said:
Do you really need a laptop? Internet cafe's are found throughout the countries, usually with card readers etc for you to do your bits.
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I would only want to take a laptop for Lightroom photo editing.

I don't fancy coming back to the UK with 6 months worth of photos to edit :).





So Passport is sorted, just need to wait 5-6 weeks....as it gets Printed in Berlin. Then when I get an E-mail, I need to send my current passport away and wait for the London Embassy to send my new one.


Also created a Spec me a laptop thread.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=24314460#post24314460 feel free to SPEC away :P
 
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I go in 6 weeks sorry for the reply....and yes I am to lazy to spend 4 minutes filling out an online form haha :)

I leave work in 3 weeks today.....first time I will be unemployed since i was 18.
 
Leaving Tomorrow at 3am :). Nearly packed, ready to go :)

Flying Bristol to Amsterdam
5 hour wait
Amsterdam to Taipei (overnight stay as the moved one flight back)
Taipei to Auckland (will arrive on the 17th there)
 
Flight 1 done, I am in Amsterdam, but no time for a special coffee :(. Well i got time but I don't want to get tired and lazy and miss my flight. I have slept about 5 hours since friday.....god knows how i am still awake.
 
After 29 hours in Transit I made it to Taipei.

As China-air moved my flight from Taipei to Auckland back by 24 hours, I got a free 2 bedroom Room in the Novotel and 3 x Free food (2 x dinner 1 x lunch).

Took a Taxi ride to Taipei City and went up the 101 Tower. Stunning view at night, 2 bad that all the pictures show the reflection from the dirty window :(.

I didn't get much time to do anything other than that, Its about 21:20 and i am trying to stay up to fight the jet lag ( and the sleep deprivation I had since going out for 1 to many on Friday) :P

I will upload some photos later...... :)
 
Well......I woke up at 2:30 and missed dinner......not going to to much today but stay in the hotel and Relax and wait until my flight at 11pm later.

If you want to follow more of my stuff add my photography page on Facebook :)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dominik-Grzybowski-Photography/217427788400344

Here is the 101 Mall Taipei


101 Mall Taipei by domthecondom, on Flickr

A Busy street in Taipei


Taipei by domthecondom, on Flickr

and the View from the 90th floor from the 101 Mall


Taipei from 101 Tower by domthecondom, on Flickr
 
Anyone ever been in a hotel and they had a button in the bathroom called "Magic Glass"?

I pressed this and suddenly the frosted Glass inside my bathroom turned into a window and I could see into my room......I was speechless haha.

Just sat at the airport waiting for my flight to Auckland via Australia.
 
Well I got to Auckland and I went straight to Victoria Skatepark.

The first two Skateboarders I meet are funnily enough from Swindon who work in Auckland now.

After Talking for a few minutes we realized have meet about 5 years ago in Bristol haha.

Very Strange. Woke up at 5am this morning and went for a walk

This was around 6am


Auckland at 6am by domthecondom, on Flickr
 
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