http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/ RTWers Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:28:21 GMT Shira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8239 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8239 you all are the best - thank you! i wrote down your suggestions and plan to go to at least several of them. if anyone has book reccs so i can dream in the Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:26:53 GMT Gary http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8238 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8238 This year´s RTW is well underway. I´m doing 60,000km in 99 days. I still have to work the other months so it´s the best I can do. I now have a job that Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:28:20 GMT Hector Yague http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8237 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8237 Hello Shira, I would certainly add few days of relax at the tiny Gili Islands: pristine beaches, chilled bar-tents on the very water shore, scuba diving or Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:18:10 GMT joshesq http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8236 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8236 Pretty much everything Ian suggested. I loved Yogya, and found the people incredibly friendly. Of course, I was there a few days after their terrible quake Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:08:14 GMT Ian G Thomson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8235 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8235 Ubud Bali Yogyakarta Java Pramberana Java Borobudur Java Ian G Thomson C.C.C. _____________________ *Cell: 819 790-7297 *Home: 819-663-1793 * E-mail: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:14:10 GMT Wade Allsopp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8234 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8234 Actually I will probably go there next day or two. I''m now in the Philippines. My visa expires on 29June and the flight is not bookable on 28 June through Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:13:41 GMT Shira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8233 Hello everyone, well, you all have been great in your replies to my past queries. last time, i ended up choosing panama b/c didn't have enough time for Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:22:28 GMT joshesq http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8232 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8232 Well, I have an opposite opinion. I simply loved Belgium, esp Antwerp, Bruges, and Ghent. If your mom can walk around, then there is loads to see, and it's Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:52:35 GMT Hector Yague http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8231 My problem with netbooks is the screen resolution rather than the processing power. I believe you can safely squeeze a 1200x800 resolution into a 10 inch Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:17:30 GMT Wade Allsopp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8230 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8230 Some feedback on the netbook question. I have ended up buying the Asus EEE PC 1000HE which I think was the most attractive model available here in the Phils. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:58:16 GMT Hector Yague http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8229 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8229 I agree in that Manchester has very little to see. Oxford, Cambridge and Bath are far better side trips while in London. Belgium is going to be a bit of a let Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:33:49 GMT Steve James http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8228 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8228 Tina, It's worth also checking out lastminute.com for hotels, and looking for the "Top Secret" deals (you can filter on them). It's possible you might find a Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:32:22 GMT Wade Allsopp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8227 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8227 Provided the USD does not crater again $75 each per day should be fine. As both the Euro area and Pound are in prety terrible shape too, the current exchange Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:19:04 GMT kluc123 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8226 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8226 London: Museums in london are free: E.G. The British Museum; Victoria & Albert Museum; Natural History Museum; National Museum, etc. Side trips to York, Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:50:22 GMT Tina Rowland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8225 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTWers/message/8225 I know we have a few members living in these cities (or have been there) and I was hoping I could get some guidance. For my mother's 65th birthday, she wants