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

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Well, fares are dead cheap to Aus right now - and it's winter, so not stinger season. You could always dive on the reef, and then do a driving tour from Nth Qld down to Syd or Mel (I would recommend Melb ;) ). There's a great backpacker's network here if you want to keep costs down, and as a guide, you can generally cover 900 - 1000 km a day as a direct drive, so if you're sightseeing that should at least give you an idea of how far you could get. Actually, this is one time of the year you can dive in the tropics and ski on our snow fields in the same period.

No visas needed, and the language isn't too hard to work out.

:D

*flies flag for local tourism*

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Very, very tempted. Although it is somewhere I want to visit with unblinkered.

[unblinkered.livejournal.com]

Awwwww.....you say the nicest things. :D