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    By Will 2 months ago Leave a comment on this post

    I have nothing to add about today’s play. I’m still recovering from watching every single ball of it.

    So, onto more important matters - my holiday this year. I’m going to take two or three weeks in September and haven’t decided where to go. India was top of the list, and is still well up there, but for various reasons it’s no longer No.1. I “did Europe” by train when I was a lad, which I’m keen to do again, or possibly could do something mad and expensive. Any ideas welcome, but nothing involving wasting a week in a hotel or a beach please!

    Naturally, if you’re working for a travel agency and have a deal you wish to offer, you know what to do.

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  • CR wrote:
    July 20th, 2008 at 5.41 pm

    if you do go to india, let me know, i can suggest some places .. as wild as you wish

  • marmarzet wrote:
    July 20th, 2008 at 9.19 pm

    Vietnam– amazing country. Not only are there stunning landscapes, but the cultural heritage is facinating and the history of the war prominent. Go and visit Ho Chi Minh’s embalmed body in the mauseleom (whacky experience) and the tunnels that the Vietcong hid in during the war. Well worth a three week trip.

  • Jrod wrote:
    July 21st, 2008 at 6.42 am

    Dandenong, magical things come from there.

  • Marcus wrote:
    July 21st, 2008 at 7.42 am

    Do you mean Dandenong, Victoria? Because I went there last year, and it was very nice but surely no more spectacular than plenty of places nearer England. I’ve never been there, but if money’s a consideration I understand that Argentina’s relatively cheap.

  • stuart wrote:
    July 21st, 2008 at 11.18 am

    You can revisit your interrail days and have a great trip in Europe and not fly. http://www.seat61.com is a great website for train travel. Anywhere in an arc from nothern Spain, south of France, northern Italy, Germany is easy to get to in one day from London. Book ahead and travel midweek.

    We recently spent a fantastic time in the Pyrenees and got there for £130 return from Manchester on the train, picnic on the banks of the Seine on the way out and sleeping in couchettes.

    Dandenong does a job if the weather’s right. Good roofs apparently. You could try Southampton, Ashington, Cardiff or the Yorkshire Moors instead.

  • Will wrote:
    July 21st, 2008 at 11.48 am

    Ripping ideas, ta for those. I know Seat61’s site - brilliant. More ideas welcome

  • Calli wrote:
    July 21st, 2008 at 12.44 pm

    You could try going north north and to Iceland?! Volcanoes and Glaciers, rather than Beaches and Hotels. And the blue lagoon hot springs are lovely… then across to Finland, Norway etcetc?

  • Wraye wrote:
    July 21st, 2008 at 1.58 pm

    Expanding on Stuart’s idea, go for Europe again. Try a river cruise, for example. The Rhine valley is gorgeous with loads of twee little places to stop off, good food and plenty of wines and beers and all the culture you can eat. Or the Rhône valley in France - same deal.
    And if you sail past Bonn and our pitch, we promise to wave :)

  • Steve wrote:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 11.06 am

    forget the Dandenongs, if you even vaguely entertained the idea. Twee pseudo-English villages set amongst European-style forests.

    Try north Africa for something different, though not Tunisia, unless you’re into roman ruins and mosaics.

  • pod wrote:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 11.10 am

    your could try Nepal as well - some very good treks (ranging from a couple of days to a week-long), stunning scenery, good weather in september, plenty of history (mostly relating to the erstwhile royal family and hinduism) and it’s very cheap compared to a number of other places..

  • JII wrote:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 5.34 am

    India…that too South India…with an emphasis on Kerala, God’s Own Country…As a son of Kerala, I owe it to the Kerala Tourism:-)…..but jokes apart, it is beautiful…especially the stay in a houseboat, the backwaters et al…

  • Sathnam Mann(JattPunjabi) wrote:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 3.59 pm

    South India??I went there from goa which was my main destination a few months ago.Very well-mannered people with the exception of sreesanth but even us north indians feel strange in south india,with their complex mannerisms,strange feaures, language & funny food items.
    The people are timid at times & you wonder why they’re so inimidated of any1 who looks different.
    Queenstown,New Zealand is where I like to go.Costs you a bomb, though.Northern parts of india including kashmir offer adventure tourism.Himachal at the foothills of the Himalayas is magnificent.
    Having said all that ,1 place I haven’t been to & have heard a lot about is Istanbul,Turkey.I hope to go ASAP.

  • The Atheist wrote:
    July 25th, 2008 at 9.26 am

    Funnily enough, I’ve just came back from a holiday in India. I can suggest a few places - and a few excellent and cheap hotels.

  • Will wrote:
    July 25th, 2008 at 9.48 pm

    Such as, Atheist?

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