boyracer2002
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Anyone else apart from Brad been travelling for 6 months or a year?
How much money did you take with you? where did you go etc 
Cheers
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bradfincham
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il answer for you chap,
6 months in oz and 2 weeks in japan
best thing i ever did in my life
took about 3k with me, did diving, sailing, surf school, skydive, rafting, plane flights etc which took up about 1k id say
then i workd at jacobs creek for 4 weeks and earnt about 1k dollars after accomodation etc and that paid for japan and came home with a couple hundred quid
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boyracer2002
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Spot on Brad cheers for that, was thinking you would need more money but 3k seems cheap enough
wot were the flight prices then though etc?
accommodation did you just find random places while out there?
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bradfincham
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if going to oz, fly with japan airlines as a preference, its £450 return and they fly you into japan on the way back and you get 1 free night in a hotel. Then i selected that i wanted a return flight 2 weeks after that date so i got 2 weeks in japan!!
Accomadation just stay in youth hostels, some are really nice i can reccomend you a few in each town/city in oz as we moved about, meet people, cheap drinks and food its ace and expect to pay about $20-$30 dollars a night for a place to kip, remember the exchange rate is nearly $3 to £1, so its about £6-10 for a night!!
Basically all prices are relative i found in oz, same as uk but then with exchange rate we seem its cheap
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Adge
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really wana do this aswell! nt on ma own tho not brave enough! who did u go ith brad?
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dna23
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i'm going to california for 3 months to be a snowboard instructor, my brother did it to and he took 3k - said he got thru it easily especially after hiring vipers in las vegas and staying at the bellagio + doing grand canyon  and that was 1 weekend!
i intend to take 3k with me for expenses (accomodation nd food is covered already) and it costs bout 6k for the course
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boyracer2002
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antscorsa
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ive never wanted to but lately im startig to come around to the idea but i kow doing nufin all day would bore me so quite fancy doing what dna23 is.
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dna23
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quote:
Originally posted by antscorsa
ive never wanted to but lately im startig to come around to the idea but i kow doing nufin all day would bore me so quite fancy doing what dna23 is.
http://www.theinternationalacademy.com/
they're really helpful and have a great range of courses always great on the phone to but i think u'll have missed booking for this year
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bradfincham
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quote:
Originally posted by customcorsa
really wana do this aswell! nt on ma own tho not brave enough! who did u go ith brad?
i went by myself, by far the best choice as you do what you want when you want!!
I ended up with 6 guys and we travelled the east coast for 3 months togethor
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antscorsa
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ah thats great thanks mate
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bradfincham
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save 3k after flights ec, go alone and look up oz experience bus trip on the net, i bought the melbourne to cairns pass and was like a 18-30 bus trip plenty of cheap food drinks, easy women was ace and good to meet people!!
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antscorsa
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ah brad u got moe balls than me, dont think could do it alone.
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Icy
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id luv to do this but i dont have the money or the balls to
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J100RSA
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im off travelling soon singapore oz and tailand then off to north america and japan
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