flogger
Dec 8 2003, 4:27 pm
anyone have any mind-boggingly brilliant inside info as regards last minute hols so i can escape as far as poss whilst handing over as few scheckles as poss for said deal..?
where would you go?
any ideas?
the only criteria i have is that destination has to be reasonably warm..and looking to avoid the sq heeds & english 'upper' class in majorca/tenerife/gran can...not sure about torquay sorry turkey either given recent events.
sparty
Dec 8 2003, 4:30 pm
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turkey either given recent events
because of those recent events, Turkey should be cheap to go to tho...and what's the chance something like that happens again over there...?
Keydeck
Dec 8 2003, 4:32 pm
If I wanted to go somewhere now, I'd call up Michael at toytowngermany.com/service/?id=justtravel and ask about the possibility of cheapo flights to Capetown in SA. Once you get there you'll be amazed at how cheap everything is due to exchange rates and so forth. Fantastic country with loads to offer.
Malcolm Spudbury
Dec 8 2003, 4:36 pm
flogger
Dec 8 2003, 5:09 pm
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Capetown in SA.
@ keydeck.
cant go there. i am black.
Keydeck
Dec 8 2003, 5:39 pm
Don't see how that makes too much of a difference. Of course there are lots of people living in SA who are still completely racist (I've met a few of them in my travels there) but by and large I wouldn't completely shut the place out of possibility on that basis alone.
flogger
Dec 8 2003, 6:10 pm
no i know. agree totally. a poor attempt at humour.
am hoping to go over to sa next year in nov/dec for a couple of months to see some cricket and check out the scenery & fanny.
12 rand to the £. cant be bad.
MysteryMan
Dec 8 2003, 6:16 pm
A beer to the rand, box of ciggies for 3 is better! (That's what it was the last time I was there)
I spent a few months in Cape Town and before I went everybody told me it was racist and dangerous. Not that I came across. You can walk round at any time of night and noone says a thing to you. And everything is cheap as chips!!!
Uncle Jamal
Dec 10 2003, 10:17 am
But...
I've never met a nice South African and that's not bloody surprising...
michnic
Dec 10 2003, 12:36 pm
Every South African I've met has been extremely nice.
Mind's Eye
Dec 10 2003, 12:38 pm
I'd suggest Puerto Rico: Beautiful Caribbean beaches, sun, salsa/merengue dancing, and the people there are friendly and officially bilingual.
If you want quiet, stay somewhere away from San Juan, since the far corners of the island are much more restful than the big city.
My 2 cents..
mdfbayern
Dec 10 2003, 1:45 pm
Michnic - I think Uncle Jamal's comment slipped you by - and for any others who are thinking he's a racist bigot please check out this link
http://www.vinylsingles.co.uk/thechickensong.htmPS - he may well be a racist bigot regarding other countries

!!!
flogger
Dec 10 2003, 1:51 pm
respect.
what a great series that was..very close to the mark.
michnic
Dec 10 2003, 2:17 pm
Oh.
Well the remark didn't really lead me to think he was racist. I just wanted to pipe in that all the South Africans I've met seem to be good people.
michnic
Dec 10 2003, 2:19 pm
Though I'll say the number I've met is less than 10...
mdfbayern
Dec 10 2003, 2:25 pm
If that is in binary then that equates to the number 2 , and you've met less - so you're saying that the single SouthAfrican you met was actaully nice ?? Maybe they were just having an off day and just seemed that way !
michnic
Dec 10 2003, 2:32 pm
bwah!
No. I was friends with two sisters back in high school who were from South Africa. Loved their whole family. And I met a couple of South Africans in Hamburg at the language school I went to. Nice folk.
I can't afford to go around prejudging people based on where they're from. I can go back to the states for crap like that.
canuck
Dec 10 2003, 3:30 pm
A good site for last minute offers is:
Last minute site - start.deWe went to Greece this summer through them without any problems.
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