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  1. Bad Seed

    Need some help re getting in and out of 'Stans countries

    Probably yes :) (sorry, can't get the quote thing working, there's always a pop up in the way)
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    Need some help re getting in and out of 'Stans countries

    Thanks for your link AIRwin, we are almost all sorted EXCEPT for the flight out of Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. The Turkmenistan Airlines website is incredibly hard to navigate (none of the pop ups do what they are supposed to). We actually did one of the above options to get there via India...
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    Article: Qantas Bans Filming People On Flights Without Consent

    Someone in my husband's circle was telling the story of the dreaded flying with a crying baby a couple of months ago. He and his partner were doing all the right things -walking up and down the aisles, trying to settle their little one but nothing was working, we've all been there. But then he...
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    Shipping a large bag of sports equipment

    Thanks for the tip, I'll have a look
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    Shipping a large bag of sports equipment

    Thanks, I'll have a look at them -the bag is slightly bigger than a golf bag and probably weighs about the same, fully laden.
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    Article: I Nearly Missed My Flight And Forgot How to Navigate an Airport

    This is our favourite line at every airport issue ever, we use it frequently! (about both ourselves and pretty much everyone else!)
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    Shipping a large bag of sports equipment

    Hello everyone, Can I pick your brains? Next year, my significant other and I are going o/s for 6 weeks to the 'Stans. When the tour finishes, we are travelling from Turkmenistan to Dubai so he can compete in a Veteran's fencing tournament. Because we obviously don't want to lug the very large...
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    Any thoughts about getting a refund from Qantas about luggage delays?

    So, update, logged an insurance claim lunch time lunchtime Friday, they accepted and paid 3 hours later, no questions asked. I am pleased to have our costs refunded without any fuss but part of me is also cranky that Qantas gets off scot free and the insurance company bears the cost for their...
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    Any thoughts about getting a refund from Qantas about luggage delays?

    Thankyou, we'll give it a try, maybe the travel insurance too, and see what works! Didn't think of trying Air NZ as it wasn't their issue but if that's the system... Appreciate the help
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    Any thoughts about getting a refund from Qantas about luggage delays?

    I have travel insurance, I just see this as Qantas' issue and I was misled by the Qantas' advice in Sydney and also, the advice from the baggage desk at Wellington from Air NZ was that it was also Qantas issue (so he didn't give us any paperwork), so in other words, we tried to do the right...
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    Any thoughts about getting a refund from Qantas about luggage delays?

    Two weeks ago I had a conference to attend in Wellington NZ. I aimed to fly CBR/ SYD on the 6am flight on the Friday, connecting to the 9.35am flight to WEL, both with Qantas. I could have chosen the 7am flight (so I didn't have to get up at 4.15am!) but everyone knows that in Canberra in Winter...
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    Need some help re getting in and out of 'Stans countries

    Thanks Sqkiwi, my BIL does regular work in Uzbekistan as a surveyor so has flown with Uzbekistan Airways a few times and finds them okay
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    Need some help re getting in and out of 'Stans countries

    Thanks Scarlett, I have been to Turkey -one of my favourite travel memories (sadly probably unachievable these days) is walking the 1 km (?) border no-man's land between Syria and Eastern Turkey back in about 1998. I'm not familiar with Turkey's LCCs so will check them out, haven't been to...
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    Need some help re getting in and out of 'Stans countries

    Hi Burmans, I think I have read your blog, it was great info. We are going with Kalpak, although G Adventures was on the short list
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    Need some help re getting in and out of 'Stans countries

    Thankyou RooFlyer for the maps, yes I have a tour :)
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    Article: Why Does Everyone Want to Visit Europe in Summer?

    The last time I was in Europe was the middle of summer (in 2015) and the crowds were amazing -the Vatican museums were almost unable to be traversed! But the reason we chose summer was simple -school kids! when you are travelling with kids (teens at the time) you are often limited to whatever...
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    Need some help re getting in and out of 'Stans countries

    Hi all, I am in the early stages of planning a Silk Road holiday for this time next year. The trip starts in Bishkek in Kazakhstan and ends Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. After Turkmenistan, we (my significant other and I) have a week or so to kill anywhere that's interesting -we were thinking of...
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    Travelling to Iran and future US travel

    I was in Syria on holiday in 1999 but apparently it was okay then because the current guys' father Hafez al-Assad, president for 30 years was not the problem...
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    Travelling to Iran and future US travel

    Hi, This just occurred to me after reading a letter about it in the weekend papers. I am a frequent traveller to Hawaii (my ninth trip coming up later this year.) I know that the ESTA needs me to declare travel to "trouble spots" and I have been to Syria but it was in earlier times so I don't...
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    What a capital idea - a quick Canberra visit

    For anyone visiting Canberra in the next little while, make sure you go past the Academy of Science, also known as the Shine Dome. It was badly damaged in the January hailstorms so they are indeed redoing it and putting in a new copper roof. I went past it yesterday and it looks fabulous. The...
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