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over 13 years ago

 I've done a fair bit of travel and seen some great places...    just wondering what destinations other YFers have been to and enjoyed?



Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
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over 13 years ago

 Victoria Falls.

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over 13 years ago


"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 13 years ago

 How good was it?

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 13 years ago

Leggy wrote:

 Victoria Falls.



How good was it?
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 13 years ago

Lunch Next to the river in the Grand Canyon , you do not appreciate the scale of it util you look up from down there!

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over 13 years ago

I am currently in the Philipines - it is hot

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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over 13 years ago

dairyflat wrote:

Leggy wrote:

 Victoria Falls.



How good was it?


Brilliant.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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over 13 years ago

Frankie Mac wrote:

I am currently in the Philipines - it is hot



Have been all over Asia but never to the Philippines. It has never really appealed, don't know why.

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over 13 years ago

dairyflat wrote:

 I've done a fair bit of travel and seen some great places...    just wondering what destinations other YFers have been to and enjoyed?



Ghana. Best place ever.

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over 13 years ago

 Great Wall of China.

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over 13 years ago

I went to Vegas once. It smelt like eggs. 


Allegedly

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over 13 years ago

I Still love Thailand.....The Food is cheap....the beer is cheap...and the women are cheap......but then I`m just a grubby bugger !!!!

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over 13 years ago

UK Kiwi wrote:

I Still love Thailand.....The Food is cheap....the beer is cheap...and the women are cheap......but then I`m just a grubby bugger !!!!



I agree with two of the three comments-- the women I have no idea.

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over 13 years ago

Probably one of my favourite destinations was Ljubljana in Slovenia. It's all pretty subjective though, so much depends on who you're with, what the weathers like at the time, and whether you get a nice hotel etc. E.g. I wouldn't be keen to go back to Sopron in Hungary... might be a perfectly nice place but I got pretty ill there so having nothing but bad memories of the place.

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over 13 years ago

 I loved Angkor Wat in Cambodia.I like old stuff.

Standing stones in Scotland also a favourite.Orkney and the Outer Hebrides are good for these.I like the peace of these places.

Temples in Thailand are also great UK Kiwi.Thailand is good generally once you get out of the cities.

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over 13 years ago

Wairoa. "How NZ used to be"


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over 13 years ago

Junior82 wrote:

Wairoa. "How NZ used to be"


Just like Onehunga in the 70`s.......Mongrel Mob and The Black Power clearing the dance floor at The William Jordan Centre....saw some pretty good kickings back then....those were the days

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over 13 years ago

UK Kiwi wrote:

Junior82 wrote:

Wairoa. "How NZ used to be"


Just like Onehunga in the 70`s.......Mongrel Mob and The Black Power clearing the dance floor at The William Jordan Centre....saw some pretty good kickings back then....those were the days


The way Wainui still is!
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over 13 years ago

UK Kiwi wrote:

Junior82 wrote:

Wairoa. "How NZ used to be"


Just like Onehunga in the 70`s.......Mongrel Mob and The Black Power clearing the dance floor at The William Jordan Centre....saw some pretty good kickings back then....those were the days



Yup, also the Trident Tavern.

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago · History

Fitzy wrote:

dairyflat wrote:

 I've done a fair bit of travel and seen some great places...    just wondering what destinations other YFers have been to and enjoyed?



Ghana. Best place ever.



When, and where, did you go? I was there early 90s. I get the impression big changes since.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 13 years ago

dairyflat wrote:

Fitzy wrote:

dairyflat wrote:

 I've done a fair bit of travel and seen some great places...    just wondering what destinations other YFers have been to and enjoyed?



Ghana. Best place ever.



When, and where, did you go? I was there early 90s. I get the impression big changes since.

What were you there for? What changes in particular? I had only just been born in the early 90s so wouldn't know! 
I was there two years ago for about three months.
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over 13 years ago


"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 13 years ago

 Watching that video Junior reminds me of my three month driving trip around NZ.Two months in the south island and one month in the north.

Highly recommended if you have the spare time and the money.So many beautiful places to see.

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Fitzy wrote:

What were you there for? What changes in particular? I had only just been born in the early 90s so wouldn't know! 
I was there two years ago for about three months.


It is a while back. The changes would be mostly economic and infrastructural.
Over the years I've been all over West and North Africa. Ghana was was just another stop along the way. That is, until my friend from Ghana, working with me in London, had called his family and friends and told them I was in Accra. They just turned up, with no warning,  and took me out.  His mum is the big time social butterfly so we went 'visiting'. Big Mayoral party that had about a thousand guests.  His friend was nearer my age and took me clubbing.  Very different to my usual 'back packer' experience....
Tell us about your trip.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 13 years ago

 Off the beaten track but a fascinating place, Zanzibar.

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over 13 years ago

 Bristol...........its a bit shit.

Salmon swim upstream

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over 13 years ago

Salmon07 wrote:

 Bristol...........its a bit shit.



Depends if it is Rovers or City.

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago · History

Probably the best places I have been to were the Ice Hotel in Sweden, and Cuba. Also went to St Louis earlier this year and it was amazingly fun 

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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over 13 years ago

dairyflat wrote:

Fitzy wrote:

What were you there for? What changes in particular? I had only just been born in the early 90s so wouldn't know! 
I was there two years ago for about three months.


It is a while back. The changes would be mostly economic and infrastructural.
Over the years I've been all over West and North Africa. Ghana was was just another stop along the way. That is, until my friend from Ghana, working with me in London, had called his family and friends and told them I was in Accra. They just turned up, with no warning,  and took me out.  His mum is the big time social butterfly so we went 'visiting'. Big Mayoral party that had about a thousand guests.  His friend was nearer my age and took me clubbing.  Very different to my usual 'back packer' experience....
Tell us about your trip.

What a great story! Those are the best travel experiences. I was there volunteering with a human rights ngo. Had been to a couple of developing countries before but it was a pretty eye opening experience. And the friendliest people. Everyone says that kiwis are friendly but most of the Ghanaians I met were just amazing. Great country.

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about 13 years ago

 Is there nobody else that has travelled?

Aden.

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about 13 years ago

I've been to South Korea.


Mums been to the North.



Three for me, and two for them.

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about 13 years ago


Brunei, locals friendly and helpful, trip on the river was fun

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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about 13 years ago

 Albufeira. A great place for a holiday, if you don't mind the hoard of Brits.

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about 13 years ago

Frankie Mac wrote:

I am currently in the Philipines - it is hot


I am still in the Philippines and it is not so hot anymore.  Tropical Storm "Quinta" is in full flow where we are so we woke this morning to everything being a bit upside down.  Supposed to be getting on a twin propeller plane to fly to another island this afternoon but I cannot see that happening.

This is the view from the cabana this morning - usually the sea in the background is flat, and there is a gentle breeze blowing through the trees (and the tree in the foreground is standing up)


All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 13 years ago

Frankie Mac wrote:

This is the view from the cabana this morning - usually the sea in the background is flat, and there is a gentle breeze blowing through the trees (and the tree in the foreground is standing up)


Any idea what strength the wind was?
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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about 13 years ago

dairyflat wrote:

Frankie Mac wrote:

This is the view from the cabana this morning - usually the sea in the background is flat, and there is a gentle breeze blowing through the trees (and the tree in the foreground is standing up)


Any idea what strength the wind was?


The concierge said the technical term for it was "fucking strong". Not sure if that makes sense to some of the eggheads on here

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 13 years ago

dairyflat wrote:

Frankie Mac wrote:

This is the view from the cabana this morning - usually the sea in the background is flat, and there is a gentle breeze blowing through the trees (and the tree in the foreground is standing up)


Any idea what strength the wind was?


The concierge said the technical term for it was "fucking strong". Not sure if that makes sense to some of the eggheads on here

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 13 years ago

Frankie Mac wrote:

dairyflat wrote:

[quote=Frankie Mac]

This is the view from the cabana this morning - usually the sea in the background is flat, and there is a gentle breeze blowing through the trees (and the tree in the foreground is standing up)


Any idea what strength the wind was?


The concierge said the technical term for it was "fucking strong". Not sure if that makes sense to some of the eggheads on here

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According to the met office the winds were 80/100 ks.

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about 13 years ago

Frankie Mac wrote:
The concierge said the technical term for it was "fucking strong". Not sure if that makes sense to some of the eggheads on here


Concierge clearly had good meteorological background.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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