Bali, Britain, Spain & Safari

[andye]

Accomodation was good with plenty of room for everyone up the hill from the East Malaga beaches

 

[RooFlyer]

Both mrsandye and I apply for the exxy Fast track service which eventually comes through 15 minutes later.

What's this, please?

 

[andye]

What's this, please?

Can't remember exact details but when we applied for IDL online, we had the option to have faster turnaround for an extra fee (think 15 min v 2h)

 

[RooFlyer]

Can't remember exact details but when we applied for IDL online, we had the option to have faster turnaround for an extra fee (think 15 min v 2h)

Never knew you could do it online!

International Driving Permit (IDP)

An International Driving Permit (IDP) is a translation of your domestic Australian drivers licence photo card in nine (9) languages that assists a user to drive in a foreign country. The AAA is the only authorised distributor of IDPs in Australia for Australian drivers licence holders. Permits...

www.internationaldrivingpermitsonline.com.au

 

[VPS]

Can't remember exact details but when we applied for IDL online, we had the option to have faster turnaround for an extra fee (think 15 min v 2h)

But you did it before leaving Australia didn’t you

 

[andye]

But you did it before leaving Australia didn’t you

Nah. While waiting for the hire. Never asked for one in Spain or any other country before

 

[VPS]

Nah. While waiting for the hire. Never asked for one in Spain or any other country before

I am probably being thick but can’t see where you can get it electronically

 

[markis10]

Here? International Driver's License Italy

 

[andye]

As I said I had grand plans to drive to various places. In the end though we were just happy to be all together eating great food. Malaga is not like the typical Costa holiday destinations with full English brekkies and the Premier League on screens im every bar. People pretty smart and laid back. Lots of families eating out particularly on Easter weekend so had some waits if bookings

Can recommend casamigos playa, hamacos el playa and el tintero. The latter is a fabulous expdroence. There is no menu, just waiters bringing round dishes and coughtails. If you fancy something, yoi hail them and then at the end they count the plates. Its a buzzy fun place


Havent checked the link but apparently Godon Ramsey visited

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7290930385863707937

 

[VPS]

Here? International Driver's License Italy

That’s not Spain though

 

[kookaburra75]

Here? International Driver's License Italy

That's good to know. If they can issue electronic version of an IDP in Italy, why can't they do that in Australia? As an IDP is an IDP, as long as it has the several different language translations on it.

 

[andye]

Went into central Malaga on the Thursday.

AFter a very stressful exlerience with an 18-point turn exiting a lical supermaket with the minibus the day before, I'd scoped out thr biggest carparks.

But they were closed, traffic was crazy, google sent us down blind alleys, so parked a little further away. Mrsandye had had the bright idea of hiring a wheelchair for mumandye which was useful for the ling walk.

Seemed to be some event going on with heraldic red flags everywhere. Sat next to Picasso, did the classic mistake of going to the restaurant with the best views, then discovered it was the Easter paradd complete with KKK-Style hats (though predates klan by several centuries) It was heaving, we hadnt prebooked close seats in the stands and some of the family arent great at waiting around, so only saw a bit




We were joined by mstrandye1's+1. Then back to the villa for dinner. and wheelchair time-trials around the rooms

 

[andye]

Mstrandye1's+1 has Spanish heritage so we had a more fluent time from then on. The youngsters did Australia/England proud on the beach football field (though their Spamish opponents were a smidge younger) then had a dip in the sea (a bit chilly in April. Beach was ok but not Aussie quality.

Good Friday was very busy for restauramts but did have a very late lunch.

Another fun late night of games and laughter

There was a sign nearby that we had spent an unusually long time in one place. (for this trip)

Next day , some back to England, the mstrandye1's extending their trip down the Spanish coast

 

[andye]

Flight 7

AGP-AMS
Easyjet A320
Revenue EUR 150pp includin baggage
Pax:mr&mrsandye, mstrsandye3&4

The PP lounge in Malaga is one of the more impressive ones. Very spacious and good F&B



Descent into AMS

 

[andye]

Had grand plans of a quick trip into central Amsterdam (never been out of airport) but it wasnt early and we were pretty tired.
Settled in at Holiday Inn Express Schiphol (1 award, one cash room).
It did the job

 

[andye]

Flight 8

AMS-JNB Y B777-300ER
Qf Classic award 18k QF + EUR 249 pp
Pax:mr&mrsandye, mstrsandye3&4

AMS pretty busy on Easter Sunday. The taxi driver took us to a side entrance to avoid the queue of cars at drop-off

Have a snazzy automatic bag drop that befuddled a lot of pax. The mstrsandye thought that the ground crew were the prettiest they'd seen

The PP lounge is prioritised for Oneworld status holders so didn't get in

Flight was reasonably solid but nothing fancy




The cheese and tomato pastry tasted much better than it looked