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| 05:01.19 | ptw23 | recently realised he has been attending the furthest LUG from London in the world. Going to be a long hike back. |
| 05:20.45 | ptw23 | Hello. |
| 05:23.43 | Leeds | wellington? |
| 05:24.15 | ptw23 | Pretty close :) Dunedin. IIRC it's pretty close though |
| 05:25.25 | Leeds | went to NZ a couple of years ago - only the northern half of North Island though |
| 05:25.54 | ptw23 | Using 'pretty close' in two different ways probably wasn't helpful, but you get the gist. |
| 05:26.18 | Leeds | yeah |
| 05:26.30 | ptw23 | Cool - travelling around or straight to NZ? |
| 05:26.51 | Leeds | just did a manic week there, stayed in 5 places over 6 nights |
| 05:30.16 | ptw23 | That does sound pretty manic - see much? |
| 05:30.31 | Leeds | sure, lots! |
| 05:30.42 | Leeds | got something similar planned for this Christmas in Japan :) |
| 05:32.41 | ptw23 | nice! straight there and back from UK or do you get to stop off a bit on the way? |
| 05:34.52 | Leeds | ah, I don't live in the UK... |
| 05:36.01 | Leeds | NZ and UK are both about the same distance away from Hong Kong... |
| 05:36.20 | ptw23 | thinks that given he isn't either, he could probably have guessed. |
| 05:37.06 | ptw23 | That would make more sense :) 12000 miles is a long way for 6 days... |
| 05:37.22 | Leeds | we tend to do mostly asia (and sometimes pac), with Europe trips every couple of years |
| 05:37.47 | Leeds | that is, *I* go back to the UK once or twice a year, but I go traveling with my local gf other times |
| 05:39.20 | Leeds | as I said, got a week in Japan booked for Christmas - 2 days in Tokyo, 2 days in and around Nagano, 2 days in Kyoto, with a lot of time on trains in between... and looking at maybe Malaysia for CNY in February |
| 05:40.06 | ptw23 | Imagine HK would be a good base for that distribution of travelling |
| 05:40.39 | Leeds | it is, but it's not that cheap - HK isn't a cheap airport |
| 05:43.42 | Leeds | one thing that's missing in Asia generally is the low-cost airline thing, and the competition which drives it - cheap flights on a cheap airline to Malaysia will still cost us almost 150 quid each |
| 05:44.30 | ptw23 | that's a shame - how do Tokyo / KL compare? I've only been to Hong Kong going through on AirNZ, which is probably more economical than most ways (once you write off the first 800GBP in AKL-LHR fares) compare? i have only been to Hong Kong |
| 05:45.34 | Leeds | KL has Air Asia, which is openly copying the Easyjet/Ryan Air thing, but is hampered by fuel and airport fees - that almost-150 quid was with them |
| 05:46.19 | ptw23 | (hmm... apparently I'm doomed to strange repetitions today) |
| 05:46.31 | ptw23 | Actually, they were flying right to Christchurch for a while |
| 05:46.33 | Leeds | Tokyo is also very expensive - I paid over 500 quid for two of us to get there for Christmas, and that was booking back in August |
| 05:46.43 | Leeds | yeah, they've canceled some of their longer-haul flights |
| 05:47.24 | Leeds | we flew via Singapore, on Singapore Air - who have some decent prices, and are a nice full-service airline |
| 05:47.56 | Leeds | it's also a nice place to stop over for a couple of hours (grab a shower and coffee in the airport) or even a day - we went to Universal Studios there on the way back to HK :) |
| 05:50.40 | ptw23 | Wow! How many hours in the air each way? Re Singapore Air - I've been consistently recommended Singapore, Emirates or NZ long-haul. When you're in that 30-40 hour window, the extra costs seems well worth it. |
| 05:52.23 | Leeds | we've done Emirates to Bangkok - nowhere further |
| 05:52.32 | Leeds | to Singapore from here is 4, 4.5 hours |
| 05:54.08 | Leeds | then another, oh, 10-11 hours |
| 05:55.08 | ptw23 | Sounds like fun :) Still have to visit Singapore - I agree that stopovers are a good way to get an extra holiday, often underrated as an option. That's quite a distance really - London to HK is about 12, if I remember right? |
| 05:56.18 | Leeds | yup |
| 05:57.12 | Leeds | Singapore is cool to visit, wouldn't want to live there - as my ex-flatmate did, and a mate's brother from the UK is about to do |
| 05:57.21 | Leeds | hotels can be pretty expensive, like HK and Japan |
| 05:58.22 | Leeds | I've got good at sniffing out travel deals over the past couple of years - like Accor (parent company of Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, etc.) regularly have 40% off, or buy 2 nights get 1 free sales |
| 06:01.18 | ptw23 | Good to know - that was something I noticed going to Hong Kong; difficult to find economical accommodation, so that would make a substantial difference to an overall trip cost I expect |
| 06:03.04 | ptw23 | Afraid I'll have to run, but good to chat - hope you have a good rest of afternoon :) |
| 06:03.07 | Leeds | it does, although flight deals tend to be a lot harder to find |
| 06:03.20 | Leeds | thanks, have a good whatever-time-of-day too :) |
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| 12:07.20 | dick_turpin | Antiphase has a wicked sense of humour |
| 12:55.39 | hali | really |
| 12:56.53 | dick_turpin | Yep https://twitter.com/dick_turpin/status/261765108768837632/photo/1 |
| 13:27.58 | ChoHag | Now that's a Real breakfast. |
| 14:07.34 | AndyMillar | :p |
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