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  1. 1. Travelling - Preferences

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Car, as it gives me the convenience of being able to plan the trip as I wish and stop whenever and wherever I want to. 

Train would be my second choice, because they are comfortable, have plenty of space, good views and a nice general vibe. 

Hate coaches for anything longer than 2-3 hours.

Planes are great for reaching your destination fast, but I swear I fucking hate flying. 

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45 minutes ago, Stan said:

Depends where the destination is?!

Not gonna take a plane to London from Bedford xD 

What if you won a prize and it was somewhere in the Caribbean and you had the choice of flying or going by an ocean liner? 

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7 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

What if you won a prize and it was somewhere in the Caribbean and you had the choice of flying or going by an ocean liner? 

Fly.

I'd get there and perhaps do a cruise around the islands once I'm there.

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39 minutes ago, nudge said:

Planes are great for reaching your destination fast, but I swear I fucking hate flying. 

I don't like the thought of flying nowadays but years ago it never bothered me, but that train journey I mentioned in the other thread from Edinburgh (train) to Hull and then to Rotterdam by ferry and then on a train all the way to Dortmund was brilliant.

Again as I mentioned in your Ships and Seafaring thread when we emigrated to Australia by ship, six weeks on the sea was the most enjoyable time in my life, I loved it and the memories are still there today.

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11 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

What if you won a prize and it was somewhere in the Caribbean and you had the choice of flying or going by an ocean liner? 

Do I have unlimited time? If yes, then go by an ocean liner because ships are cool. On the negative side, I would probably die of boredom though.

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11 minutes ago, nudge said:

Do I have unlimited time? If yes, then go by an ocean liner because ships are cool. On the negative side, I would probably die of boredom though.

You wouldn't die of boredom I guarantee you that, the ship's entertainment officer would always arrange dance nights and games days and nights plus landing in a port for 24 hours you would get to do a bit of sightseeing. :drunk:

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When to Croatia by car once with my parents when I was a kid. 23 hours it took us. By plane I'm there in about 90-100 minutes. So to reach another country, I'd definitely say plane. 

 

Of course road trips where you want to see multiple destinations are something different entirely. Trains are cool as well, if you want to reach something within 400-600 km's or so. 

 

And fuck boats if it's not a short ferry ride or along the shore. Big boat on big ocean = big scary. 

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13 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

You wouldn't die of boredom I guarantee you that, the ship's entertainment officer would always arrange dance nights and games days and nights plus landing in a port for 24 hours you would get to do a bit of sightseeing. :drunk:

I doubt they do a lot of ports of call while crossing the Atlantic ocean xD I'm sure I'd have a real blast playing bingo for 6 days in a row :ph34r: 

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2 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

I can just imagine you playing bingo xD

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I played it once, when our student housing arranged a bingo evening for the residents of a retirement home nearby. I did have a blast chatting to an elderly gentleman about how he made a living by selling pirated porn VHS tapes in the past, as well as other highlights of his life xD 

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I like driving places for the reasons already mentioned. Can stop wherever you want and do what you want when you want. 

Never been a fan of public transport because I can't stand being crowded and I hate flying.

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I don't like flying either and I'm always a bit anxious, but that doesn't mean that I avoid it all together. Because that would limit my possible destinations by a huge margin. 

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Any flight in economy class that is longer than 4-5 hours is a fucking torture. Flying business class makes the whole experience so much better and almost enjoyable, too bad you have to sell a kidney to be able to afford it these days. 

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56 minutes ago, nudge said:

 Flying business class makes the whole experience so much better and almost enjoyable

We aren't all as rich as you though Inga with your apartament that comes with a swimming pool. Business class to the rest of us is getting the front seat, with extra leg room, on a jet2 or easyjet flight :ph34r:.

 

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1 minute ago, Carnivore Chris said:

We aren't all as rich as you though Inga with your apartament that comes with a swimming pool. Business class to the rest of us is getting the front seat, with extra leg room, on a jet2 or easyjet flight :ph34r:.

As I said before, selling kidneys. 

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12 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

Actually like flying, only the security paranoia at airports is a pain in the ass.

Last time I went home from Croatia, they swabbed my hands. I thought it was some kind of drug test, but when I googled it later, I found out that they do that to find potential residue of explosives. Croatian Security straight out thought I could be a terrorist. xD

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The US is so big but I go by car when I can so that everything is on my schedule.  We drove to Yellowstone a couple years ago and it was 24 hours+ in the car, but I'd probably never drive that long again.

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Remembering my army days and flying in a plane with our troop for a tour of Northern Ireland we were seated backward or in other words our seats faced the opposite ways to the cockpit, strange when looking out the plane window. O.o

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