The world is the mollusc of my choice... Help!

[f4f3]

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?

Comments

[rhade-rad.livejournal.com]

Well there is always B-Road Britain (did you see any of the Robbie Coltrane series/)including Isle of Man & Ireland. Not as exotic but you could explore some history/mythology and activities. Driving on A & B roads is more interesting and challenging that M-ways and usually less traffic.

For instance ruric took parthenia14 touring round sites in Wales mentioned in The Dark is Rising on a long day trip from Anglesey.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I do quite a bit of that already, although mostly in Scotland. Mikey and I had a four day road trip over Easter taking in Mull, Skye, Harris and Lewis. Which was enormous fun. Two weeks though? Hmm, not sure...