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The travel thread

More travel tips:

Don't be afraid to try new things or have new experiences.

Take yourself out your comfort zone every now and again.

Do as the locals do. Eat where they eat etc you'll more than likely find yourself eating the best food.
 
With the trying new experiences thing.. be wary of foreign delicacies that contain fish or other stuff - you're not used to it and you will more than likely become quite ill for a week or so
 
TheSpade said:
I'd imagine it must get VERY tiring travelling all the time. Met a couple who were doing a year in total, they'd done 6 months up until that point and said it becomes pretty hard work but definitely worth it.
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I did just over 2 years, and was defo ready for a break when i got home. And ready for a nice, proper bed.

But it's nothing compared to working a proper job and having a 5 month old baby. That's tiring and hard work.
 
Rhino dung or crystallised frog poison

Although they are completely made up.

When I went to Greece, quite a few Greeks would eat Sea Urchins so I tried them and got food poisoning for 4 days.

Really you just need to be wary of those greasy noodle and rice places that cater for the tourist in a rush in Thailand on the sides of roads
 
eDDe9 said:
With the trying new experiences thing.. be wary of foreign delicacies that contain fish or other stuff - you're not used to it and you will more than likely become quite ill for a week or so
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I love the other stuff. ;)
 
eDDe9 said:
Really you just need to be wary of those greasy noodle and rice places that cater for the tourist in a rush in Thailand on the sides of roads
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A good way to tell if it's likely to be OK is if the locals are eating there. We ate at plenty of the side of the road foodstalls in Thailand and Cambodia. They are nothing more than little shacks with no proper refrigiration or places to store food hygienically but they served the best food and we never got ill once. :)
 
In the last week I've been exchanging PMs on here with someone who is embarking on a similar journey to mine in the same month as me, & I cannot begin to tell you the size of the smile that sits on my face when conversing with someone who knows what that feeling of excitement is like.
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:) <3 <3 <3

Hey guys I'm not European but the wonderful mr pinholestar directed me to this thread and I just got done reading the whole thing. It's so lovely to be able to learn from people on here. I'm learning that I'm pretty naieve about all of this and some of you bluelighters probably just saved me a ton of cash (1200USD) specifially on that Thai elephant place which I don't think I'm going to do now *it was through one of those middleman companies, Globalteer*.

I don't want some pre-planned scouted out "adventure". I'm looking to learn to be completely open and spontaenous. I feel like if I go into this with that type of attitude, I'll attract the right folks into my general surroundings who will have things to teach and show me, and ideas for places to see, etc. I really want to get as far off the "tourist" trail as possible. I don't know if any of you have read the book or seen the movie of "the Beach", but that story is what originally, way back in the day made me want to go to SE Asia.. Obviously I'm not expecting what happened in that book to happen to me, but basically Richard, the main character is my hero in a way. He did what I wanted to do, just flew into Bangkok with no particular plans and followed an opportunity when he saw one. I hope something similarly awesome, although less Hollywood dramatic, happens to me. I really believe in law of attraction and I feel that if I can dream it, I can bring it to me! It's all about being open.

Anyways, the reason I was posting here was also to ask for some tips from those of you know who asia really well and the topic is food. See, I have coeliacs disease which means I cannot have anything with wheat gluten. How hard do you think this will be for me over there? I've heard a lot of Thailand is rice, not wheat flour based, but is this true for all traditional food? I guess what I'm wondering is if there will pretty much always be rice for me to eat and if its usually JUST rice over there, as in, natural. Because here in the US, I cannot even eat rice in restaurants as the flavorings they put in it are all made of wheat. Also what is the food in Cambodia and Laos like?

Sorry to get off topic, it's just you guys seem experienced and I'm asking everyone I can for tips. The diet thing is pretty much my only limitation, and it worries me.
 
Well rice is pretty much the staple food in SE Asia so there will be plenty of that. Don't know if they add any flavourings in or not.

You'll encounter plenty of rice & noodle dishes, seafood, meat, curries, stir fries etc.
 
^ And you'll probably find it tricky to ask them if it's gluten free as most people don't speak any English.
 
MynameisnotDeja said:
:) <3 <3 <3

Also what is the food in Cambodia and Laos like?
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It varies widely in both countries depending on where you are. In Cambodia in the north west it was very basic, largely unflavoured noodle/veg dishes, same as I came down the Mekong until Phenom Penh where you can get pretty much anything. On the south coast a practically lived on beef lok lak (Basically pepper steak, egg and onion, awesome!) and fresh seafood. Siem Reep/Angkor - again touristy so you can get anything. Laos was very varied, lots of french bread (not so good for you) and insanely strong coffee. Again mostly noodle and veg dishes, but in touristy places live Vang Vien or Vientien (sp?) you can get great food of almost any type (mental weed pizzas). Down in the south of Laos (Paxe, Savanaket) menus look like this: Noodles, Rice, Noodles with chicken feet, Noodles with 'some bit' of chicken, Rice with Chicken feet, etc. I always wondered what that 'some bit' might be, but didn't risk it. :D

Oh if you're feeling adventurous there's all sorts on the menu: Iguana, bat, fried spider, cockroach, meal worms, squirrel, crickets, chicken gizzards, baloot eggs (basically a developed egg, sometimes to the point of them having yellow feathers inside), if it moves or looks like it's thinking about moving, it pretty much gets eaten.
 
How bad is your coeliacs?

Food tends to be separated so you will get 'x carb' with y protein and veg' so you might be okay with separation. As far as gluten goes white rice and rice derivatives (cakes, noodles, etc) are a staple and everywhere. However they tend to served separate to the other food so you'll probably be okay.

If you like seafood and fruit/veg you'll be fine :)
 
For some reason when my mate checks the Malta to Rome flight on the 25th of this month on AirMalta website he's quoted 200 Euro. He's in Greece (Corfu) at the moment.

When I check it from the UK, look at the same flight, on the same day and on Air Malta website I'm quoted 111 Euro.

Does the country you're accessing the website from determine how much you're charged?

I'm confused.com :\
 
Furious George said:
Oh if you're feeling adventurous there's all sorts on the menu: Iguana, bat, fried spider, cockroach, meal worms, squirrel, crickets, chicken gizzards, baloot eggs (basically a developed egg, sometimes to the point of them having yellow feathers inside), if it moves or looks like it's thinking about moving, it pretty much gets eaten.
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She's vegetarian, so I may be going out on a limb here, but I think iguana & squirrel may just be off the menu! :D

Cockroach sounds delicious though, I must say.
 
I saw roasted cockroach and crickets n all sorts on street stalls in Bangkok. I couldn't bring myself to eat an insect. Squirrel I see no problem with, it's an animal after all can't be much eating on it though. Though duck has very little to eat on it either yet is the tastiest thing ever. Mmmm, duck!
 
Yeah I'm vegetarian! I think I forgot to mention that. I might open my diet up a bit while on the road, but yeah, nothing crazy, maybe a little fish here and there. I can live off rice, I practically do here at home anyway.

And my coeliac is BAD. Really bad. I've been pretty sick for three days now because I ate a handful of potato chips that were made in the same facility as wheat products. So it only takes minor traces and the reaction is pretty brutal and can last up to three weeks. I may just have to find markets and try and live off fruit. Fruit is safe because its raw so there is no chance of something being cooked on a pan that something with flour was cooked on *thats all it takes*. Do they have a lot of fruit available over there, in general?
 
TheSpade said:
For some reason when my mate checks the Malta to Rome flight on the 25th of this month on AirMalta website he's quoted 200 Euro. He's in Greece (Corfu) at the moment.

When I check it from the UK, look at the same flight, on the same day and on Air Malta website I'm quoted 111 Euro.

Does the country you're accessing the website from determine how much you're charged?

I'm confused.com :\
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Yes, it does. Dunno why, but prices change sometimes depending on which country you are in. But not always.
 
MynameisnotDeja said:
Do they have a lot of fruit available over there, in general?
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Sorry, I didn't notice the vegetarian bit! If fruit's your thing you'll be a pretty happy camper. It's all seasonal, but I would stuff my face with banana's, mango, papaya, lychee, rambutan (awesome), mangosteen (the best fruit I've ever tasted), Dragon fruit, pineapple, melon, they've really got it covered. :)
 
http://www.seat61.com/index.html

Good site for anyone thinking about going on a sleeper train trip


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