Carnivore Chris

But you can make a new home in Jamaica since home to you is pretty much the planet itself anyway

In the end, we might just have to go to Jamaica since Colombia, Mexico and Thailand don't look to be "opening" anytime soon

This country really does take the piss doesn't it? "Pay-rises for people in the public sector" they say and then you find out that this doesn't include nursers, carers or supermarket workers(or anyone in the food sector in general), etc. The people who really kept the country going through shite times. Just a kick in the balls that. Police have been in the media for weeks for kneeling on people's heads, tazering innocent men at garages who are with their families, stopping people in nice cars because they are black, etc and they get a pay rise? Wow, what a country.

It'll probably be a while then I'd have thought considering how contagious the virus is. They won't want to take chances unfortunately. Have you paid for it all as well?

I was sure I saw it on a list last night along with Jamaica and Barbados .

@nudge I just noticed that Thailand is on the list of countries. Does this mean you're fine as it stands? You will have to put those photography skills of yours to use

To be honest, this even pisses me off as there are no s everywhere and they should use them. It's especially worse when it's tourists as you should always have respect for locals before anything else. I might even buy a day licence and go lure fishing on the canals for a few hours for Zander and Perch. I know where there is a huge fishing shop, or Hengelsport as you say over there. I just never got around to actually going there due to it being a bit out of the way. I'll see if they rent tackle out, as I don't want to take any with me and I might have a go. Urban fishing! I'll be stopping in Amsterdam so it would only be a day out to Haarlem or somewhere either way. But both look like nice chilled out spots which would be something different.

That'd be a good option aswell mate as Manchester's a decent city and as a Southerner it'd be something different.

I'd be surprised if I could go to where I'm planning even in 2021 as it's not just about covid but airlines, as many could go bust, making it more difficult to reach such destinations. As it stands I will take risks going to other European countries. Getting stuck there wouldn't be as much of a nightmare as being stuck in Bogotá or somewhere else on the other side of the world You actually have alot of options due to the size of Australia and also the likes of New Zealand, if they are allowing you in. One downer is that I twisted my ankle AGAIN today and was struggling to work all day after that. It's always me who gets injured

I honestly wouldn't mind catching a Zander out of I've of the canals thinking of it. I've never caught one before I bet you'd reel in a fair few bikes though! Yeah, that's where I was referring to but forgot where you said it was exactly. I will definitely have to go there mate, it looks nice and chilled.

Ahh, that's why I've never seen them then . I was thinking they were on the outskirts of the city or something. What is it like at the moment anyway? It is busy or is it quieter due to the whole covid? I usually love going in Feb-April type of time. Just the right amount of people.

Yeah I like it down that area mate. Thinking of it, I've seen the majority of the city. I haven't been to those windmills that @Lucas posted pictures of, so that is an idea.

I suppose most of the country will be quite chilled. Nice unique architecture as well and very walker and cycle friendly which isn't always the case with cities in some countries. Also your public transport is miles ahead than it is in this country. To be honest, there are parts of Amsterdam that I haven't even seen, so I will go on one of my explorations. I just shit myself then as I read something that Brits and Swedes still have to quarantine in the Netherlands for 14 days upon arrival, but it was from weeks ago and was changed 5 days ago. Thank god for that Lithuania: British nationals resident in the UK may travel to Lithuania without needing to self-isolate. You don't know what you're letting yourselves in for(and that's when there is no virus) @nudge

Yeah, it's simply just an expensive city, but then that's also why it's so safe, clean, etc(not sure what London's excuse is for not being either of the 2 ) with a strong economy(or was before covid atleast), but I honestly never spend enough time in a hotel room to warrant such money anyway. Anything does in Amsterdam as it's simply a case of somewhere to stash your belongings and sleep at night. I'd sleep in a tent in Vondelpark .

Yeah I will have to do that one day as I'm only going for 3 days(any longer in Amsterdam and you have no money ) but I will bare it in mind in the future. I was just thinking of somewhere to explore and chill out on one of the days to be honest. I'm not too arsed about the night life at the moment and just want to walk about and chill out. Well I say that, but things change once you land there

I love the way those cities are laid out, with all the canals. I will have to check one of the 2 out as they both look much better than Rotterdam. Also them being less crowded and touristy makes them more appealing as well. It would be nice to see the windmills also and it probably has more of a local feel to it.

There's actually spots I've never been in Amsterdam to be honest, so I will go on a mad explore. I've never been to the Windmills that Lucas went to for example. What about Haarlem and Utrecht? @Panflute @SirBalon 69 They aren't far and look quite nice with much less tourism than Amsterdam, although the locals may all run away scared when an Englishman appears given current events . I might check one of those instead as they are a very short train journey anyway.

Yeah I would actually be surprised now if you could fly to Thailand in September as it stands. It'll probably only be the destinations we can fly to now and that's it. Jamaica is open though I was going to go to south Spain but the rules are too strict and it'll be packed. I'll go there in October still if it's possible then once everything gets back to normal I can start properly planning Colombia. I'm all Dammed out myself and didn't plan on going there again for a long time(mainly because I have too many places and countries to visit) but there is nothing here for that week so I might as well go somewhere. Italy would have been itneresting, but I like to plan shit a bit more first, and get an idea of what you're going to do, etc, whereas it doesn't really matter in the likes of Amsterdam as you can just freestyle. I'm not sure if you can do literally everything that you could, but I know the rules there are some of the least strict and as it stands, you only need to wear masks on public transport. I'll have to fill out a medical form though, but that's nothing. I'll be staying very close to the Heineken Experience. I've actually stayed there before. Not the greatest of hotels, but the location is class and it's cheap enough. Most hotels in Amsterdam are shit though. Small and nothing to them, nowhere near as good as the Apartment I was planning on getting in Malaga.

How long are you staying out there for? A few weeks? I would definitely prefer to be going to a tropical country, it has to be said.

I've just booked Amsterdam for 2 weeks today, 3 days No over the top mask rules there like in Spain and I might as well have a day in Rotterdam while over there since it's only an hour train and I've never been to Rotterdam. I wasn't planning on going back there for a long time but there are little options right now and The Netherlands doesn't seem to really have many daily cases now, nor are they strict on bullshit like masks on the streets, etc. Besides, the option is this or sat at home all week that week doing nothing. Also the hotel and flight was cheap as fuck. Come @Stan, @Lucas, @nudge

Like I said, I had it in January. I thought it was a shit cold but completely losing my sense of smell and taste and getting out of breath doing tasks that are usually nothing wasn't what I'd experienced before, well apart from when suffering asthma when I was younger and used to have minor attacks. Losing my sense of smell and taste was horrible as my mother lost hers 10 years ago and hasn't regained it since, so I was shitting myself. A bunch of us who were working together all had it. One lad was off work for a few week. Also a scouser who I know who had it kept saying he thought he had bronchitis.

Mine was taking Morecambe to being treble winners from league 2. I know @JOSHBRFC used to do the same with Accy Stanley. I can never be arsed though these days due to the effort. But it's fun taking the smallest clubs to being the best in the world.

Ahh so they basically just want people to go over there and spend money then, which makes sense due to the recent crisis. Yeah it is actually quite expensive there as I've just been looking now. It wouldn't balance itself out well enough to be worth it. I knew you'd have looked into it also .

Lancaster mate, trust me. Well, that's if they have the courses you're looking for. Ask @RandoEFC Great Uni and it's always expanding, there are new buildings all the time being built. Not to mention, it's actually a nice town(well a small city) to live in. You aren't exactly far from Liverpool or Manchester for days out and such either, nor are you far from the lake district if you travel in the other direction. Anyway, I woke up this morning, put Good morning Britain on(as you do) and the Prime Minister of Barbados was on there offering British people to go over there working and they would be given a stamp which allows them to stay for a year. Does anyone know anything else about this? My eyes genuinely lit up when I heard her saying it. I did a bit of google searching and apparently she was referring to people working from home(i.e office) workers, going over there for months a time and doing their work from over there. But is there work going over there also? I'd definitely be up for that at the end of this year. If you earned enough to get by over there and had money in the bank already(which I do), you can treat yourself from time to time as well. Not to mention you're closer to countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Brazil, etc . Great excuse to explore some countries while you were out there if you have savings. Obviously you'd have to hold the travel off to other countries right now and stay in Barbados, but if this opportunity is still around later in the year/start of next year and boarders start opening up by then, you can go out there working for 6 months to a year and while out there, go on trips to a few other countries when you have time off from the work you're doing. Fucking sounds tempting if the opportunity is there. But it all depends on what she really was referring to and whether there is actually plenty of work out there, etc.

I actually have a t-shirt somewhere with the same picture on it. The perfect sitting at home type of t-shirt, but they'd fit together. Masks will become somewhat a fashion for a while now.