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Author anyone ever been on an extended holiday/short travelling trip?
baza31
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kind of fancied taking a month off work and going on an extended holiday from thailand to malaysia to singapore and to indonesia. then fly home. has anyone ever done it? due to work commitments i couldnt just go for 6months but i think id get a month off. Would probably get a flight to thailand and work my way down booking rooms as i went. anyone else done it?
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I went to Australia for 3 weeks. Would have loved to have gone for longer but we got absolutely loads in in the space of 3 weeks, including 2 nights in Hong Kong.
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what did that cost you?
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My daughter's going to Australia with a couple of stop overs in Singapore and IIRC Bali for 5 weeks in January
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How old is your daughter Joe, if you don't mind me asking?
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quote:
Originally posted by baza31
what did that cost you?


I think it was about £3k including flights.

Flights were £850 return with Cathay Pacific including a 2 night stopover in HK.

We did loads of excursions including a 3night sailing trip round the Whitsundays/Great Barrier Reef and a 2day offroading trip on Fraser Island.

We stayed in hostels which made it quite cheap.
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quote:
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How old is your daughter Joe, if you don't mind me asking?


This one is 4 and I've got another who's 7 months
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I thought she was young, that's why I was confused when you said she was going to Australia - at first I assumed she was on her own
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done two, 3 week trips to Oz over the last few years. Got loads done each time.
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i went travelling for 2 weeks through 5 places in europe not the same as what your planning on doing but soooo much fun.
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I plan to do a trip that's at least 3 weeks either every 2 years or every year. That way I get to do the whole travelling thing but can still have a job. Which means I can spend more while I'm on these trips....
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Has anyone ever had 4 weeks off work? LMAO.

I get 7-8 weeks off every summer, I can take unpaid sabaticals etc. I fucking love my job. Hell, I can even use my bonus to buy extra days off.

Plan on spending a minimum of a month rowing and climbing my way across France next year.
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Has anyone ever had 4 weeks off work? LMAO.


Yup, worked in a school. To be honest it's fairly common in the academic industry, know a few people that work in uni's and do a few long trips abroad every year.
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4 of my mates done a year with 3 months in thailand then dubai and australia. they done 8 months in australia covering 30,000 miles in a camper they bought over there

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quote:
Originally posted by Limecat
Hell, I can even use my bonus to buy extra days off.


Limecat
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Originally posted by a_j_mair
quote:
Originally posted by Limecat
Hell, I can even use my bonus to buy extra days off.






I love the 'haters'. I can understand it though, if I was a chav without a bean to scratch my arse with I wouldn't like some obnoxious, financially fluid individual either as I would probably be an envious hater in that situation.
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How much do you earn to call yourself financially fluid??
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I said financially fluid, I didn't say 'rich', 'millionaire' etc.
James
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I know I was just curious what you class as financially fluid.
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The guy is a blow hard. He drives a Metro and copies and pastes jokes on internet forums to make himself feel good.

He'll be sitting in a darkened room refreshing corsasport vociferously to see if his name is being mentioned with barely a pot to piss in.

Fucking bonus
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quote:
Originally posted by James
I know I was just curious what you class as financially fluid.


I couldn't envisage anything that I may experience that would wipe my cash reserves out.

To put it a better way, I was recently buying a house (already partially own one) that was only available to cash buyers as it was a right state, so you wouldn't get a mortgage against it. That wouldn't have wiped me out either.

I'm not even gracing that two bob Scottish ponce with a responce. I get bored of the deluded little scrote following my every post. Hopefully he will find something else to shower with his attention?
Hammer
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What happens when your metro needs another set of racing tyres?

Will you be able to afford them or will that dint your vast savings?
Limecat
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What, as I just replaced the fronts and have some Compomotives in the garage with another full set on?

What will happen when you next need a coat to keep you dry in the rain but the council haven't given you any binbags?
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I still live with my parents, I'd ask them to buy me one with their vast wealth.

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