I just wanted to say, what pleasure we have all got from your recent trip, to the middle east, it must have been amazing seeing some stuff, most of us can only dream of,after following all your posts, can i just say WELL DONE MATE!!
did you go by yourself ? did it cost much? im sure these are questions we are all asking !!
grey: hope this post is ok, a big thank you from all of us to scotty….
excellent, Jason
By: Tartan Pics - 21st November 2007 at 16:02
Cheers Tony
To answer your q… all really down to the Wonderful Wonderful Web!!
There are lots of great sites kicking around and awesome forums too, including right here on Key, got quite a bit of advice from members here, the Malaysian Wings forum is excellent for getting info in SE Asia and old favourites Airliners.net and JP.net-simply e-mailing potographers.Add all that to just having a sniff around the various airports… looking for free tourist maps that include the airports areas etc…
By: 'Umble T - 20th November 2007 at 18:53
Can I second Jason’s sentiments. I’ve really enjoyed the Asian stuff too. What I wondered was how you mamged to find all the good locations in foreign land.s
Not that I’ve spent much time at our local airports recently but I am on the look-out for the van so I can quiz you more. 😉
Well done again.
Tony
By: Tartan Pics - 18th November 2007 at 22:26
Thanks Jason, very kind of you to say so:o 😮
I tend to do a lot of travel by myself, just to avoid any arguing over where/when to go next etc… i like to be able to do what i want when i want hehe.
As for the cost, a breakdown looks like this
Flight GLA-HKG via DXB return with Emirates £520.
All the inter Asia flights were done on the various loco airlines, Cebu Pacific, Jetstar, Nok Air, One Two Go, Air asia etc…
Flights ranging from £21 to £85 all the Taiwan Domestic flights cost about £30 each, a flat fare system any route, any airline all the same price.
Had some difficulty booking some flights e.g Cebu Pacific do not accept non Phillippino credit cards!! (mental) a handy site for getting cheap fares is at http://www.alternative-airlines.com/ dearest flight was on Sri Lankan from BKK to HKG £103
I had initially booked hostels thru Hostelworld.com but some of the properties were not quite the ritz!! so, used www.hotelclub.com most hotels were about £20 per room per night for a 4 star hotel, and that was booking on the day of arrival, could probably be got cheaper booking in advance.
Day to day costs are stupidly low in most of SE Asia (Except the booze!!!:mad: ) you can easily get by on £10-15 a day, and transport around cities is extremely cheap too.
All in all i reckon i spent around £1500.
Thanks again for the kind comment, still a fair bit more shots to come when i can get round to it.
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November 18, 2007 at 7:54 pm