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Son and Heir and I have been doing the maths and the geography of doing the drive to Morocco and back in two weeks instead of three (he can't get away for three weeks anymore, and truth to tell neither can I).

We've worked out that we'd be driving 4,500 miles, that 3,000 of that would be in England, France and Spain, and that we'd be paying around £700 for petrol and £200 for ferries, before we add on rooms, food, tolls etc. I reckon somewhere between £2k and £3k, and that we'll be driving for 7 or 8 hours, most days.

So, while we can still do that, we got to thinking about what we could do instead. Diving holidays were mentioned (we're both PADDI open water certified, although we'd need refreshers), outward bound in the UK (we're both fairly fit, but not marathon runners), safari, India (ruled out since we're leaving on the 15th, making it pretty hard to get visas) and SE Asia, or any combination thereof.

We're both used to independent travelling, and won't balk at getting a cheap flight and working out the rest as we go along. One of the advantages of going somewhere cheap would be able to get separate rooms, but it's not a huge deal.

So let me plunder the wisdom of the F-list - what would you recommend?

Date: 2009-07-30 07:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hano.livejournal.com
Personally I'd get the train. You can if you wish train it all the way from Glasgow via Eurostar all the way down to Algeciras, get the ferry across to Tangiers and again train your way around Morocco.I did this a few years back and thought it a great way to get to it. I don't know how you feel about trains though.

Date: 2009-07-30 07:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com
I don't have a huge problem with trains - I did Vegas to Chicago a while back. Not sure about SaH. I'll go have a noodle around seat61.com. Thanks!

Date: 2009-07-30 07:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com
This looks like fun...

http://www.seat61.com/Morocco.htm#Approximate%20fares

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