Re: travel agent

On 9 May, 14:11, Alan S <noth...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 9 May 2007 11:51:48 +0100, d4g...@xxxxxxxxxxx (David
Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:



Alan S <noth...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 9 May 2007 09:02:25 +0100, d4g...@xxxxxxxxxxx (David
Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

Alan S <noth...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And we have design several
attractive itineraries. Such as Beijing, Sick Road, Tibet and
Shangrila."

On Tue, 8 May 2007 10:19:34 -0700, "HH"
<hhha...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Man, I sure wouldn't want to book that Sick Road tour.

My son just informed me that I'm planning one as I've
included Mexico and Agra on a rtw trip plan.

If you're moderately careful where and what you eat in both places (only
Agra in India, but the whole of Mexico? :)) you should be fine. Mexico
is also a huge and varied country- in the small part of it I visited
(parts of the Yucatan and Q.R.) I found it a bit difficult to get used
to the amounts of lard used in the cooking the first couple of days.
This had, uh, the opposite affect of Montezuma's Revenge though... :)

Sounds like it could be quite a trip- where else are you planning?

I've never had food poisoning that I'm aware of, but I think I might
have picked up something in Portugal earlier this week which hit me on
the last day of the trip. I say 'think' because I can't say for sure it
was food-poisoning. I couldn't really eat for a day, but I'm fine now.

Thanks for the reassurance. The lard won't be a problem -
I'm a diabetic, and I follow a fairly low-carb regimen. More
likely the tortillas and taco shells and all that corn will
be something I'll have to watch more carefully.

At least in the Yucatan, this won't be a huge problem as tacos and
tortillas are not big there, at least in the traditional restaurants we
tried. Rice seemed to be the main staple in that region, which again you
can easily avoid, as I suspect you will have to. Some of the sauces, I
imagine you'd have to watch out for (including on the roasted meats
etc.), but there seemed plenty of food to choose from despite that. Some
of the soups etc., will have corn and tortilla in them, so worth
watching out for that too.

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At this stage the major nodes will be Teotuhican, Chichen
Itza and surrounding districts, Egypt (Giza, Nile cruise),
Petra, the Golden Triangle (Delhi/Agra/Jaipur) and Angkor
Wat. Originally I was going to start with Easter Island and
Machhu/Picchu/Nazca, but vaccination requirements meant I
had to cut Peru and Chile (and also Rio, sadly).

The rest will be places en-route to link those using a
one-world ticket; at this stage it looks like
OOL-SYD-HNL-DFW-MEX-MIA-CUN-NYC-(AMTRAK)
-IAD-LHR-CAI-AMM-DEL-HKG-BKK-SYD-OOL. Starting mid-Feb '08.
But that could change.

I'd recommend a stop in Philadelphia on the way from New York to
Washington, if you've never been before.

Chichen Itza is a great choice IMO. Merida is a good place to stay
(impressive old cathedral for starters), and visit it as a day-trip.

I'm going alone and the boss (SWMBO), has placed a 7 week
limit on my absence, so planning is tight. Stays in the
critical points will vary from a bit over a day at Petra to
a couple of weeks in Egypt.

I'd be more than happy to hear suggestions and tips from
anyone on any of those destinations - even if some of them
are OT here.

The food served on the Nile cruise will tend to be pretty 'western' with
a few local things thrown in- but again, should be fairly easy for you
to pick and choose what is good for your diet. Avoid the local wine! :)
Assuming you're staying in Cairo, you might appreciate a hotel room with
sound proofing. It's an exciting and bustling city, but I appreciated
being able to switch it off! (We stayed at the Ramses Hilton, which had
great views, and double windows!)

Thanks for the tips.

Cheers, Alan, Australia
--http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
latest: Sloveniahttp://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/

Palenque is worth a trip (pyramids and jungle), Yucatan is flat,
boring and humid but I liked Chichen, Merida, San Cristobal de las
casas
http://www.visitmexico.com/wb/Visitmexico/Visi_San_Cristobal_de_las_Casas

Abu Simbel is worth the trip.
For Petra 1 day is enough.

.

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