Adam_B
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Me and a friend were talking about this today at work, we would both love to do it, go and experience different cultures and people, would be amazing i think.
But where do you start? i mean like what do you need, visa? travelers cheques or a certain amount of cash in your account before certain contries will let you in? how does it work?
or do you just wake up pick a direction and go  theres a lot of places id want to go, mexico, asia, india, etc how do you go about organising it all?
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J da Silva
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I often work abroad and while I'm there, have time out after the jobs done and sealed up, it's good to see how other cultures operate etc.... Some are more stressy than Brits, some are very relaxed (as am I).
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stuyw
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my mate did this and went for about 12 months travelling around the world, spent about 3k, but was well worth it 
i think that u can buy round the world tickets and tailor make them to your needs.
I'll ask him if u want m8 
if u was serious about it, id be up for going, as its something that ive been wanting to do for ages
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J da Silva
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quote:
Originally posted by stuyw
my mate did this and went for about 12 months travelling around the world, spent about 3k, but was well worth it
i think that u can buy round the world tickets and tailor make them to your needs.
I'll ask him if u want m8
if u was serious about it, id be up for going, as its something that ive been wanting to do for ages
Yes, you can arrange all your flights to random destinations all in one booking.
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Adam_B
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sounds good stu
dont think id want to do it all pre booked really, 1 im not that organised and 2 its much more of an adventure when you dont know where your going to wake up tomorrow
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stuyw
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yeah, think we should organise something, coz i dont wanna look back when am older n think that ive done nowt with my life
i'll ask my mate n see how he did it
when u thinking about organising it for??
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Adam_B
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today, tomorrow, next week, next year, dunno mate!
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stuyw
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well we should get together n sort something out , u thinking about going away long term?
a lad i used to work with went backpacking in australia n he ended up getting a job making wetsuits
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Adam_B
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will go away for however long it takes
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Karen
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1 of my friends is doing this just now, hes done his professional divers course aswell. 1 place he was just staying in only costs £20 a week! He emails me every few weeks with pictures aswell! Looks like he is having an amazing time!
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Ian
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Apparently there's a business class ticket you can buy which gives unlimited stop offs, so you just stop in loads of places. Was on some holiday programme or something. I was talking to a guy in a cafe about it.
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Karen
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quote:
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Apparently there's a business class ticket you can buy which gives unlimited stop offs, so you just stop in loads of places. Was on some holiday programme or something. I was talking to a guy in a cafe about it.
Thats what my friend had, u need to go to the airport a few days before u want to leave for somewhere to get booked onto next flight to whereever u want to go
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Bennn
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depends where you go, oz and nz you get 3 months holiday or 12 months working visas. Should apply a couple of months before you go but mine was rushed through in 2 weeks. Most asian countries will give you a 4 week visiting permit on arrival, longer than that and youll have to cross a border to get your passport stamped then re enter. In terms of just getting tickets as you go - most countries wont let you enter without a return ticket eg for australia yu have to have a return booked. There is no such thing as an open ended ticket anymore either - you have an arranged date that you can then change for a nominal fee. Most people who get multi stop off tickets normally sell the last few locations as they are broke! Oz and NY require you to have a few grand in your bank acccount. Its not as cheap as you think but well worth it. Getting a job is not as easy as people say either in places like oz especially with no trade/ work experience.
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Tiger
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Australia, Singapore and Fiji, Canada and Scandinavia so far. Thailand, The Cook Islands, New Zealand and Australia again for 2 years next November.
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Adam_B
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just been looking on here-
http://www.bootsnall.com/
loads of info.
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Bennn
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try to get to Laos and Vietnam mate too
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Jamie
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Did it for 11 years
Went from Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, Canada, America, Netherlands, UK, Shetland and back
Well worth it
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stuyw
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
just been looking on here-
http://www.bootsnall.com/
loads of info.
looks good that fella, will have a read of it. id like to visit far east n down under n the americas
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Cybermonkey
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i did it, had the best time of my life
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