rico Posted 5 June 2011 Posted 5 June 2011 Going for a week in October to Sao Rafael,Albufeira in Portugal
Alexikokopops Posted 5 June 2011 Posted 5 June 2011 Going away in a couple of days, but everytime i go on a plane and its about to land my ears seriously hurt me. I've tried just about everything chewing gum, yawning, earplugs. Does anyone else have this problem? Have you tried sucking a hard boiled sweet?
ajthefox Posted 5 June 2011 Posted 5 June 2011 Going for a week in October to Sao Rafael,Albufeira in Portugal I went to Albufeira a couple years back, got a boat tour out along the coast and probably went past that very beach. I was on a lads holiday so wasn't really that bothered about the place, but it is really nice there mate.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 5 June 2011 Posted 5 June 2011 Going away in a couple of days, but everytime i go on a plane and its about to land my ears seriously hurt me. I've tried just about everything chewing gum, yawning, earplugs. Does anyone else have this problem? I've got the same problem it's improved heaps as i've flown about 25 + times in the last 12 months and they have improved greatly. The best thing and the only thing that work are the ear plugs that are like wax that you mold in to you ear and are reuseable.
Gav_LCFC Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 I've got the same problem it's improved heaps as i've flown about 25 + times in the last 12 months and they have improved greatly. The best thing and the only thing that work are the ear plugs that are like wax that you mold in to you ear and are reuseable. Thanks for the heads up i'll get some from work and try it when i go. It feels like someone is stabbing my ear really does hurt. Last time i went away i went deaf in my right ear for ages. Tried popping them but it didnt work for awhile.
MikeyT Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 June = 4 days in Venice July = week in egypt August = coach trip to rome, florence etc. Sept = back to OZ Oct = back to reality Greedy sod!
ozleicester Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 Greedy sod! Too right, feel that way myself, but then having spent 32 years in the work force ive decided this whole trip was either my "gap year" (they didnt have them in my day), or my long service leave (probably wont have that in the future), either way, the 15-18 months in england have cost me a fortune and set my career back a few steps but i dont give a rats ar$e, i learnt and experienced more than i couldve hoped and by sneaking in these final trips before the return to Oz i should be set for the next 20 years of working life AND... I watched City play beautiful football. A lot of people say "live every day like its your last", i think thats an impossibility, but im living life as much as i can, who knows what tomorrow will bring, markets may crash, health will come and go... but I will always have my memories (well, until oldtimers disease takes them) and they will be my greatest investment dividend. Love. Perhaps the most important. Fall in love, if you aren't already. If you have, fall in love with your partner all over again. Abandon caution and let your heart be broken. Or love family members, friends, anyone -- it doesn't have to be romantic love. Love all of humanity, one person at a time. Get outside. Don't let yourself be shut indoors. Go out when it's raining. Walk on the beach. Hike through the woods. Swim in a freezing lake. Bask in the sun. Play sports, or walk barefoot through grass. Pay close attention to nature. Take chances. We often live our lives too cautiously, worried about what might go wrong. Be bold, risk it all. Quit your job and go to business for yourself (plan it out first!), or go up to that girl you've liked for a long time and ask her out. What do you have to lose? Follow excitement. Try to find the things in life that excite you, and then go after them. Make life one exciting adventure after another (with perhaps some quiet times in between). Find your passion. Similar to the above tip, this one asks you to find your calling. Make your living by doing the thing you love to do. First, think about what you really love to do. There may be many things. Find out how you can make a living doing it. It may be difficult, but you only live once. Get out of your cubicle. Do you sit all day in front of computer, shuffling papers and taking phone calls and chatting on the Internet? Don't waste your days like this. Break free from the cubicle environment, and do your work on a laptop, in a coffee shop, or on a boat, or in a log cabin. This may require a change of jobs, or becoming a freelancer. It's worth it. Turn off the TV. How many hours will we waste away in front of the boob tube? How many hours do we have to live? Do the math, then unplug the TV. Only plug it back in when you have a DVD of a movie you love. Otherwise, keep it off and find other stuff to do. Don't know what to do? Read further. Pull away from Internet. You're reading something on the Internet right now. And, with the exception of this article, it is just more wasting away of your precious time. You cannot get these minutes back. Unplug the Internet, then get out of your office or house. Right now! And go and do something. Travel. Sure, you want to travel some day. When you have vacation time, or when you're older. Well, what are you waiting for? Find a way to take a trip, if not this month, then sometime soon. You may need to sell your car or stop your cable bill and stop eating out to do it, but make it happen. You are too young to not see the world. If need be, find a way to make a living by freelancing, then work while you travel. Only work an hour or two a day. Don't check email but once a week. Then use the rest of the time to see the world. Rediscover what's important. Take an hour and make a list of everything that's important to you. Add to it everything that you want to do in life. Now cut that list down to 4-5 things. Just the most important things in your life. This is your core list. This is what matters. Focus your life on these things. Make time for them. Eliminate everything else. What's going on in your life that's not on that short list? All that stuff is wasting your time, pulling your attention from what's important. As much as possible, simplify your life by eliminating the stuff that's not on your short list, or minimizing it. Exercise. Get off the couch and go for a walk. Eventually try running. Or do some push ups and crunches. Or swim or bike or row. Or go for a hike. Whatever you do, get active, and you'll love it. And life will be more alive. Be positive. Learn to recognize the negative thoughts you have. These are the self-doubts, the criticisms of others, the complaints, the reasons you can't do something. Then stop yourself when you have these thoughts, and replace them with positive thoughts. Solutions. You can do this! Kiss in the rain. Seize the moment and be romantic. Raining outside? Grab your lover and give her a passionate kiss. Driving home? Stop the car and pick some wildflowers. Send her a love note. Dress sexy for him. Face your fears. What are you most afraid of? What is holding you back? Whatever it is, recognize it, and face it. Do what you are most afraid of. Afraid of heights? Go to the tallest building, and look down over the edge. Only by facing our fears can we be free of them. When you suffer, suffer. Life isn't all about fun and games. Suffering is an inevitable part of life. We lose our jobs. We lose our lovers. We lose our pets. We get physically injured or sick. A loved one becomes sick. A parent dies. Learn to feel the pain intensely, and really grieve. This is a part of life -- really feel the pain. And when you're done, move on, and find joy. Touch humanity. Get out of your house and manicured neighborhoods, and find those who live in worse conditions. Meet them, talk to them, understand them. Live among them. Be one of them. Give up your materialistic lifestyle. Volunteer. Help at homeless soup kitchens. Learn compassion, and learn to help ease the suffering of others. Help the sick, those with disabilities, those who are dying. Play with children. Children, more than anyone else, know how to live. They experience everything in the moment, fully. When they get hurt, they really cry. When they play, they really have fun. Learn from them, instead of thinking you know so much more than them. Play with them, and learn to be joyful like them. Talk to old people. There is no one wiser, more experienced, more learned, than those who have lived through life. They can tell you amazing stories. Give you advice on making a marriage last or staying out of debt. Tell you about their regrets, so you can learn from them and avoid the same mistakes. They are the wisdom of our society -- take advantage of their existence while they're still around. Take mini-retirements. Don't leave the joy of retirement until you are too old to enjoy it. Do it now, while you're young. It makes working that much more worth it. Find ways to take a year off every few years. Save up, sell your home, your possessions, and travel. Live simply, but live, without having to work. Enjoy life, then go back to work and save up enough money to do it again in a couple of years. Do nothing. Despite the tip above that we should find excitement, there is value in doing nothing as well. Not doing nothing as in reading, or taking a nap, or watching TV, or meditating. Doing nothing as in sitting there, doing nothing. Just learning to be still, in silence, to hear our inner voice, to be in tune with life. Do this daily if possible. Watch sunsets, daily. One of the most beautiful times of day. Make it a daily ritual to find a good spot to watch the sunset, perhaps having a light dinner while you do so. Stop reading magazines. They're basically crap. And they waste your time and money. Cancel your subscriptions and walk past them at the news stands. If you have to read something, read a trashy novel or even better, read Dumb Little Man once a day and be done. Break out from ruts. Do you do things the same way every day? Change it up. Try something new. Take a different route to work. Start your day out differently. Approach work from a new angle. Look at things from new perspectives. Laugh till you cry. Laughing is one of the best ways to live. Tell jokes and laugh your head off. Watch an awesome comedy. Learn to laugh at anything. Roll on the ground laughing. You'll love it. Lose control. Not only control over yourself, but control over others. It's a bad habit to try to control others -- it will only lead to stress and unhappiness for yourself and those you try to control. Let others live, and live for yourself. And lose control of yourself now and then too. Cry. Men, especially, tend to hold in our tears, but crying is an amazing release. Cry at sad movies. Cry at a funeral. Cry when you are hurt, or when somebody you love is hurt. It releases these emotions and allows us to cleanse ourselves. Try something new, every week. Ask yourself: "What new thing shall I try this week?" Then be sure to do it. You don't have to learn a new language in one week, but seek new experiences. Give it a try. You might decide you want to keep it in your life. Be in the moment. Instead of thinking about things you need to do, or things that have happened to you, or worrying or planning or regretting, think about what you are doing, right now. What is around you? What smells and sounds and sights and feelings are you experiencing? Learn to do this as much as possible through meditation, but also through bringing your focus back to the present as much as you can in everything you do.
AoWW Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 Damn, that made me And are you really going back to Oz? Permanently, like? Only seems like yesterday when you moved over here.
jonthefox Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 Going away in a couple of days, but everytime i go on a plane and its about to land my ears seriously hurt me. I've tried just about everything chewing gum, yawning, earplugs. Does anyone else have this problem? Ive never tried it, but i was told half an aspirin half an hour so before you land works.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 ozleicester: that big speech reminds me of the track by baz luhrmann, "everybodys free (to wear suncream)" that song can't fail to make anybody feel like a million quid! you should give it a listen..
Head Honcho Posted 6 June 2011 Posted 6 June 2011 Was in Chicago for Xmas and Millenium celebrations. Had a great time,and the Yanks love the English !! Any tips on where to go?
STEVIE B Posted 8 June 2011 Posted 8 June 2011 Any tips on where to go? It was a while ago and it's a HUGE city,so much to see and do. Maybe a guide book would help ? Sorry
Alexikokopops Posted 8 June 2011 Posted 8 June 2011 It's finally happened. Someone has made a longer post than Thracian.
Nod.E Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 I'm having major problems looking for the destination for a 'lads holiday'. Inverted commas are used because it isn't exactly a lads holiday that we're after. Yes, we want decent night life, but we don't want anything over the top. We don't want to find ourselves laden with the 'BRITAIN ABROAD!' brigade. After a lot of searching, I've found that holidays are catered either entirely towards families or full on LADS. The family holidays promote a safe atmosphere and good facilities for kids, whilst the latter focusses on a wild night life and all the rest of it. I am yet to find something in between. I'm beginning to think the requirements of my group of friends make us something of a niche market. We don't want to be among families, void of any night life, but we do not want to be annoyed by the culture of some sections of society attracted to wild 'sun, sea, and sex' holidays. Something with some basic sporting facilities (pool table, football, tennis), and a nice swimming pool area, set slightly apart from the mayhem yet close enough to walk to or pay a small taxi fair for would be ideal. Obviously we accept that wherever we go there is likely to be the odd family with kids, or the odd rowdy crowd, which is fine. As long as we're not completely out of place! We're not fussy about where we're going, as long as it suits those requirements. Our overall budget including spending money is around the £500 each mark. (Though any more than this would be a stretch.) We're looking at going in September, making this more achievable. There are 6 of us. Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate help on this. I'm sick of scratching my head, getting frustrated, and staying up until this hour to find nothing better than previously found. The websites I've looked at simply fail to serve what I require of them. I suppose I'll have to make my way down to a high street place if there aren't any suggestions in here, which is a pain given my current circumstances.
Christoph Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 I'm having major problems looking for the destination for a 'lads holiday'. Inverted commas are used because it isn't exactly a lads holiday that we're after. Yes, we want decent night life, but we don't want anything over the top. We don't want to find ourselves laden with the 'BRITAIN ABROAD!' brigade. After a lot of searching, I've found that holidays are catered either entirely towards families or full on LADS. The family holidays promote a safe atmosphere and good facilities for kids, whilst the latter focusses on a wild night life and all the rest of it. I am yet to find something in between. I'm beginning to think the requirements of my group of friends make us something of a niche market. We don't want to be among families, void of any night life, but we do not want to be annoyed by the culture of some sections of society attracted to wild 'sun, sea, and sex' holidays. Something with some basic sporting facilities (pool table, football, tennis), and a nice swimming pool area, set slightly apart from the mayhem yet close enough to walk to or pay a small taxi fair for would be ideal. Obviously we accept that wherever we go there is likely to be the odd family with kids, or the odd rowdy crowd, which is fine. As long as we're not completely out of place! We're not fussy about where we're going, as long as it suits those requirements. Our overall budget including spending money is around the £500 each mark. (Though any more than this would be a stretch.) We're looking at going in September, making this more achievable. There are 6 of us. Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate help on this. I'm sick of scratching my head, getting frustrated, and staying up until this hour to find nothing better than previously found. The websites I've looked at simply fail to serve what I require of them. I suppose I'll have to make my way down to a high street place if there aren't any suggestions in here, which is a pain given my current circumstances. Croatia has some massive music festival in the summer, not sure if it will be sold out but try checking that out. Bulgaria is a good shout as well, will still be a lads holiday but less British lads there then european islands, the same with Turkey. If you stay out of greek islands and spanish islands, the number of British people usually drop a bit more, but then you get more Germans and French which isn't much worse
AjcW Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 Im in Madrid at the minute... HOT!! Here until wednesday, lovely place, good food/wine etc. Then I amm back and off on Friday to Paris for the misses birthday!! Hopefully after that two weeks somewhere in August, leaving it last minute though.
kimmy619 Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 I'm off to New York followed by Mexico in September. Can't wait!!!! Annnnd, I'm off to Thailand for New Year thanks to LCFC....
Haydos Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 I'm having major problems looking for the destination for a 'lads holiday'. Inverted commas are used because it isn't exactly a lads holiday that we're after. Yes, we want decent night life, but we don't want anything over the top. We don't want to find ourselves laden with the 'BRITAIN ABROAD!' brigade. After a lot of searching, I've found that holidays are catered either entirely towards families or full on LADS. The family holidays promote a safe atmosphere and good facilities for kids, whilst the latter focusses on a wild night life and all the rest of it. I am yet to find something in between. I'm beginning to think the requirements of my group of friends make us something of a niche market. We don't want to be among families, void of any night life, but we do not want to be annoyed by the culture of some sections of society attracted to wild 'sun, sea, and sex' holidays. Something with some basic sporting facilities (pool table, football, tennis), and a nice swimming pool area, set slightly apart from the mayhem yet close enough to walk to or pay a small taxi fair for would be ideal. Obviously we accept that wherever we go there is likely to be the odd family with kids, or the odd rowdy crowd, which is fine. As long as we're not completely out of place! We're not fussy about where we're going, as long as it suits those requirements. Our overall budget including spending money is around the £500 each mark. (Though any more than this would be a stretch.) We're looking at going in September, making this more achievable. There are 6 of us. Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate help on this. I'm sick of scratching my head, getting frustrated, and staying up until this hour to find nothing better than previously found. The websites I've looked at simply fail to serve what I require of them. I suppose I'll have to make my way down to a high street place if there aren't any suggestions in here, which is a pain given my current circumstances. From friends experiences... Eastern Europe? Croatia, Slovakia, Czech Republic etc. From personal experience.... Canary Islands? Had a mint time in Lanzarote in Puerto Del Carmen, would really recommend that. You've got some chilled out bars further away from the beach, we got nice twin bed apartments right next door to a sound little Irish bar that did cheap breakfast, beer and cocktails. Closer to the beach there's a main strip which is lively at night for the 'lads' type shenanigans and it has an old town (harbour) with loads of restaurants, seafood and everything. Also been to Gran Canaria and Tenerife on family holidays. Both are perfect for that type of thing and but also have local nightlife in the main towns. Not too overly populated with 'lads on tour' types either.
samjohnson Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 Ive got an 8 day gap in July/August when my parents go off somewhere or other, to which I have the house to myself. Might have a lads holiday later in october or something...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 :Nowhere this year, but plan to go to New Zealand next year. Before anyone gets their hopes up, I am NOT emigrating. Sorry. :laugh:
sdb Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 I'm going to... The Lake District. Screw Spain and Barbados and Turkey...
Haydos Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 I'm going to... The Lake District. Screw Spain and Barbados and Turkey... I'm trying to get a few mates to head up there with me. Rent out a lodge for a week, bout £80pp seems quite good but can't get everyone together at the same fooking time. Doesn't help that prices about double halfway through July.
Nod.E Posted 14 June 2011 Posted 14 June 2011 Croatia has some massive music festival in the summer, not sure if it will be sold out but try checking that out. Bulgaria is a good shout as well, will still be a lads holiday but less British lads there then european islands, the same with Turkey. If you stay out of greek islands and spanish islands, the number of British people usually drop a bit more, but then you get more Germans and French which isn't much worse Thanks mate. I had a look at Croatia and found some decent hotels. However the nice ones that I did find tended to be in quiet areas. The nice ones in good areas were out of my price range. So then I looked at Haydos' suggestions and found a solution. From friends experiences... Eastern Europe? Croatia, Slovakia, Czech Republic etc. From personal experience.... Canary Islands? Had a mint time in Lanzarote in Puerto Del Carmen, would really recommend that. You've got some chilled out bars further away from the beach, we got nice twin bed apartments right next door to a sound little Irish bar that did cheap breakfast, beer and cocktails. Closer to the beach there's a main strip which is lively at night for the 'lads' type shenanigans and it has an old town (harbour) with loads of restaurants, seafood and everything. Also been to Gran Canaria and Tenerife on family holidays. Both are perfect for that type of thing and but also have local nightlife in the main towns. Not too overly populated with 'lads on tour' types either. I had a look at the Puerto Del Carmen area and I can't thank you enough. I've found a perfect Aparthotel at the perfect price in the perfect situation, with good reviews. Just need to get a couple of people to become definites and we'll be booking up!
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