Perfect moments in travel

Perfect moments in travel

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anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Dog Star said:
contractor said:
Sitting in 1st on the daily commute when the grippers jump on at London Bridge and nab all the standard class blaggers trying it on in 1st.
What the hell did that mean? confused
It means watching a ticket inspector get on a train at London Bridge and catch all those scum-class travellers who've blagged a first class seat and think they've made it in to London, only to be caught at the last minute.
Funny idea of a "perfect moment"...going in to London...on public transport...
Weirdo.

StevieBee

12,795 posts

254 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Two years ago, was working in Belarus and the trip home required a connection in Vienna. Had a choice of a 60 minuite connection or a 6 hour one. I took the latter and caught the CAT train to the city centre to have a look round.

I arrived in the city at 6.30am on a late summer Saturday morning and just strolled round the place, watching Vienna wake up and come alive. It was quite possibly the most enjoyable Saturday morning I've ever had. Proper special and a beautiful city.

//j17

4,471 posts

222 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Sat in the Kitzloch in Ischgl with 2 beers and a shot of pear schnapps in front of me and a days skiing behind me.

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Feb 2014. Monument Valley Arizona. Just me and a bright orange 6.1 litre HEMI Dodge Challenger. See that silver strip down the middle? That's the road. Shortly after I took this I jumped in, put ACDC on the stereo, set the 0-60 timer on the dash, and punched that big orange motherfker down there at 130mph. One of the best days of my life.

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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God I loved that car. I had two weeks in it - Vegas to Alburquerque, to tour all the Breaking Bad locations, then back to LA. Best thing I've ever done.

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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krunchkin said:


Feb 2014. Monument Valley Arizona. Just me and a bright orange 6.1 litre HEMI Dodge Challenger. See that silver strip down the middle? That's the road. Shortly after I took this I jumped in, put ACDC on the stereo, set the 0-60 timer on the dash, and punched that big orange motherfker down there at 130mph. One of the best days of my life.
Already done in Post 3 whistle
And your photo is of the bit in Utah wink

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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my vehicle wins wink

and I bet you didn't get to eat a burger in Los Pollos Hermanos!



Edited by krunchkin on Wednesday 29th October 10:31

Adenauer

18,564 posts

235 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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krunchkin said:


God I loved that car. I had two weeks in it - Vegas to Alburquerque, to tour all the Breaking Bad locations, then back to LA. Best thing I've ever done.
Please tell us how you went about planning that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Foofing awesome thumbup

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Hire car from Hertz Adrenaline in Vegas. Pay a bit extra to drop in LA.

Find list of BB locations here - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/travel-tips-and-ar...

buy some maps and hit the road from Vegas and see what takes your fancy each day, stopping off at motels etc as and when you like.

I did Vegas, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Alburquerque, Gallup, Scottsdale, Palm Springs, LA.

Here we are stopping off at The Dog House for a hot dog and a bag of meth


Adenauer

18,564 posts

235 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Thank you very much thumbup

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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krunchkin said:
my vehicle wins wink
No it doesn't.

Matt Harper

6,613 posts

200 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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It's also a 5.7 R/T - not a 6.1 SRT-8 - so in reality something of a numb performer in comparison.

nitrodave

1,262 posts

137 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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My most perfect travel moment was earlier this year in Cambodia. We managed to get up to Preah Vihear temples on the Thai border.

Still a war zone and the foreign office advises against any travel there, but it is one of the most magical and incredible places on the planet.

Now it's a world heritage site there is a cease fire, but there is still a great army presence on both sides of the border. We were only able to get up there as we met a guide who knows the army and bribed our way in with noodles and cigarettes.


Thunderace

759 posts

244 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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August 1996, Pender Island, BC. Our first time in Canada and our first time in sea kayaks.

Went out for half a day with a small group to see what it was like. At the midpoint as we turned around to go back we were joined by a pod of 35-40 Killer Whales, bulls, mothers, babies. Between our boats and around us. Floated with them for about 5 minutes and then they were gone, will never forget the sound of their breathing.

Have been back to BC every year since.

TeeRev

1,637 posts

150 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Good thread!

I’ve had many good holiday moments but one of the best ever for my wife and I was when we were on what was only our third flotilla holiday and were sailing out of Split in Croatia in 2007.

We were sailing upwind en route from Hvar to Trogir to meet up with the rest of the flotilla but the Bora picked up a bit so as we were running a little late and rather than battle against it we thought it better to find somewhere to anchor for the night.

We found what looked like a quiet and sheltered bay with only a few other boats moored up to a small dock and at anchor so we motored in and dropped the hook, as it was our last night we decided to spend the evening on the boat to drink and eat up all our leftovers.

The wind was whistling through the rigging overhead and there were whitecaps in the gulf but we were comfortable and safe so we settled down to large vodka and tonics in the cockpit and watched the thunderstorms and lightning building up over the mountains way down past Split.

The bay wasn’t actually that quiet as there was a disco playing on the beach but it was far enough away to not be a nuisance, they were also playing mostly sixties and seventies music and it was good to watch people dancing and enjoying themselves.

We were feeling very chilled and at peace with the world when my wife said to me, what on earth is that? I looked over my shoulder and saw Maltese Falcon heading down the gulf with all sails rigged, she must have been doing close to twenty knots, it was just an awesome sight and we were both absolutely blown away by it.

(If you don’t know what it is then just google SY Maltese Falcon).

The next day we sailed down to Split and it was anchored off the town close to one of Roman Abramovitch’s superyachts. By coincidence the other day I had to take something to a friend working at Plumpton Place, it turned out that Tom Perkins owned it for years, what an amazing house, just like his boat.


TeeRev

1,637 posts

150 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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TeeRev

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150 months

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TeeRev

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Bill

52,485 posts

254 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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First night in Nepal, having driven there from the UK. We'd (two of us and a couple of guys on bikes we'd met) been eating from local markets for a week or so, so had only had veg. Dave was sick of it so at the next town he dove out into the market and returned a few minutes later with a twitching bag containing a fresh chicken. We drove on and found a dried river bed, turned off the road and followed a track to a raised section of bank.

We built a fire, plucked the chicken and speared it on the Ali pole we used as a boot prop, balancing it on a couple of empty jerry cans (eekhehe) to cook the bird. BBQ chicken, beer and another variation on cauli/potatoes and a glorious sunset. cloud9

The next morning some local fishermen sold Dave the blandest, boniest fish in the world for breakfast. hehe

Nuclearsquash

1,329 posts

261 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Driving a Dodge Challenger (what surprise smile) up the mt Washington auto road with my wife on our honeymoon, utterly brilliant, even if the dirt sections with sheer drops were sweaty palm inducing! Oh and staying in a proper road side Motel

315 by Nuclearsquash, on Flickr

316 by Nuclearsquash, on Flickr

hopefully this URL works, this is me driving back down Mt Washington: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nuclearsquash/150421...

Edited by Nuclearsquash on Wednesday 29th October 22:43