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Post by Alanović on Mar 6, 2020 11:43:18 GMT
Good point. Take care crossing Mauritania.
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 6, 2020 13:16:26 GMT
The chances of driving without incident (non car related) whilst passing through the Sahel are pretty slim. ISIS/Al-Quayeda type merceneries operating from Western Sahara across to Sudan.
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Post by Alanović on Mar 6, 2020 13:23:23 GMT
Yes but a beige Mercedes would at least be camouflaged against the sand. They'd never spot you.
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Post by tyrednexited on Mar 6, 2020 15:19:54 GMT
I'd like to start small with a bike trip from Nordkapp Norway to Sagres in Portugal. Who knows if I get the bug for it I may head to Gib, pop over to Morocco and just keep going to Cape Town. ...the classic trip from the (not-quite) most-Northerly point of Europe to the (not-quite) most-Southerly point. (You have touched on the subject of Nordkapp before, so I won't repeat all my waffle from then) However, on our round trip of Scandinavia via Finland in 2013, we stopped at a campsite in the mid-North of Sweden at Vilhelmina. As I was booking in, someone behind me said "Are you English? I haven't spoken to an English person for ages!" (TBH, it IS hard to be sure, since I'm not always coherent, and in Scandinavia English tends to be the Lingua Franca (sic), anyway). The guy behind turned out to be (pedal) cycling from Sagres to Nordkapp (the (not-quite) most-Southerly point of Europe to the (not-quite) most-Northerly point) for charity, camping on the way! In the usual spirit of friendliness of us Brits abroad, I offered him one of my diminishing supply of Finnish beer, but he declined. (Oddly, I didn't feel offended - though it WAS chilled!). We spent a bit of time talking to him over the afternoon and evening, it becoming obvious that he was somewhat handicapped by a substantially built up shoe, with one leg quite a bit shorter than the other. I subsequently made a (small, about the price of a Finnish beer ) donation via his JustGiving page, and as I understand it, from tracking his progress, he finally made it even though the weather deteriorated. Quite a bike ride, especially given his shortcomings in the limb area.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 16:10:49 GMT
Good memory, yes I did mention it before. It's in/on(?) my bucket list of things to do before it becomes a basket case, or as the mug on my desk says: "I don't have a bucket list but my f@#k-it list is about a mile long!"
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 8, 2020 13:19:14 GMT
Back to the subject....
Seems like UK has missed the cut so far for entry into Israel. I think the lack of exponential growth in cases is benefitting us.
Slightly more relaxed... operation tomorrow lunchtime....
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Post by WDB on Mar 8, 2020 16:01:23 GMT
Hope it all goes well.
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Post by dixinormus on Mar 8, 2020 21:04:06 GMT
Yikes - have just read that in the past couple of hours Israel is considering restrictions on all foreign visitors?
Do you have a contingency plan for getting to Israel but no being able to return to the UK for several weeks?
I can foresee several countries going in to lock-down just like northern Italy has over the next 10-14 days 😧
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 9, 2020 5:07:18 GMT
Hmmm. As I arrived I heard that news. Getting out should be ok. But returning may be an issue within XX days. So I suspect I will remain here whilst Espadrille will go home and not return until the restriction is removed.
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 9, 2020 20:46:10 GMT
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Post by Humph on Mar 10, 2020 7:45:56 GMT
I guess there are worse places to be stranded than a warm country with decent beaches. 😉
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Post by WDB on Mar 10, 2020 8:12:16 GMT
If you’re allowed outside. I’d been wondering about an opportunistic trip to Venice but with this morning’s news from Italy I’ve decided not to bother.
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Post by tyrednexited on Mar 10, 2020 8:21:57 GMT
..a mixed blessing, but at least it rather takes some of the uncertainty (and worrying about the decision) away. Best of luck....etc.
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 10, 2020 20:16:48 GMT
So we booked Espadrille on a flight tomorrow afternoon from Tel Aviv to Brussels and then onto Manchester. This was to make sure that she got out of the country and home, as many airlines have cancelled flights.
This morning we checked the airport website and Brussels Airlines had cancelled all today's flights from Tel Aviv. I rang the airline who assured me tomorrow's flight was going ahead. We didn't believe them and I managed to persuade her to get the easyJet this afternoon to Luton, from where she can go to her mother's and get a train home tomorrow morning.
As I dropped her at the airport this afternoon an email from Brussels Airlines popped up cancelling the flight.... So wise heads prevailed and we get a full refund.
But I am now seriously worried about the economy. This could cause mass unemployment and the closure of many businesses.
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Post by Rob on Mar 10, 2020 21:39:28 GMT
>> But I am now seriously worried about the economy. This could cause mass unemployment and the closure of many businesses.
Israel or UK? I'd say this will be the case everywhere.
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