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f4f3Son 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?
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?
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Date: 2009-07-30 09:04 pm (UTC)Not that I'm biased or anything.
Diving heaven. The two of you can collect your pick up truck (usually included as part of the accommodation cost), fill the back with tanks, load your gear and head off the day - the whole west side of the island is one big shore dive. Lovely, bath temperature warm water. Great viz. No being bossed around by DMs or crowded onto cattle boats with 30 other people. The sheer luxury of this was brought home to us last December when we booked a few dives whilst in Sharm *shudder*. The island has great restaurants too. Obvs you can book a refresher course for your first dip back in.
Outward bound in the UK-wise, Jim has very good things to say about these people.
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Date: 2009-08-01 08:15 am (UTC)