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Post by chech on Nov 10, 2016 17:36:02 GMT
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Post by tiffany on Nov 11, 2016 12:24:53 GMT
I’m looking forward to reading about this trip. I’ve been wanting to go to Costa Rica for a few years. I still have to finish reading your other tour tale though. Every time I start it, I get interrupted.
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Post by Boop on Nov 12, 2016 18:31:32 GMT
Costa Rica - 13-28 December 2016 Just a bit more than four weeks to go. Can't wait to see the wildlife.   I want the bird part........ |
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Post by bet on Nov 22, 2016 16:01:10 GMT
Enjoy Costa Rica Chech. I don't know too much about it so I'll be looking forward to your tale.
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Post by chech on Nov 23, 2016 17:07:57 GMT
Enjoy India, Bet. I'm very interested in hearing about that one! I got my docs today. Only four of us on the tour - all women. |
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Post by joyb on Nov 23, 2016 20:49:29 GMT
Enjoy your trip, Chech. Looking forward to reading your review as Costa Rica is on my to do list.
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Post by purvis on Nov 24, 2016 3:05:04 GMT
Chech:Who says that women are the weaker sex. One scary tour and only women signed up for it. Says a lot doesn't it. Purvis
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Post by chech on Nov 24, 2016 12:50:41 GMT
Their Costa Rica tours are usually full. I think the only reason there are no men is because it's the holiday season. In 24 tours, I can count on on hand how many solo men there were...so the odds were against any being on the tour in the first place....and couples are home celebrating the holidays. The four of us are likely escaping the holidays! LOL |
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Post by tassiedevil on Nov 24, 2016 21:55:33 GMT
Their Costa Rica tours are usually full. I think the only reason there are no men is because it's the holiday season. In 24 tours, I can count on on hand how many solo men there were...so the odds were against any being on the tour in the first place....and couples are home celebrating the holidays. The four of us are likely escaping the holidays! LOL
There were 5 solo men and 0 solo women on my Treasure's of the Balkans tour last year, I was 1 of 3 solo on another tour.
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Post by chech on Nov 24, 2016 22:33:18 GMT
LOL...that's pretty good. I've had one solo man on my South Africa, Bohemian Highlights, Vietnam and Panama. (I don't count 2 solo men travelling together) |
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Post by tassiedevil on Nov 24, 2016 22:58:11 GMT
LOL...that's pretty good. I've had one solo man on my South Africa, Bohemian Highlights, Vietnam and Panama. (I don't count 2 solo men travelling together) I'm fairly sure I've 1 solo male on all my other trips except Egypt. If you did count 2 solos travelling together you would have to add at least 2 more to all my tours, my father and I (except the 1 tour where I travelled solo). |
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Post by tiffany on Nov 25, 2016 12:32:18 GMT
Chech, is this tour a Trafalgar tour? If not, what company are you going with?
I’ve been on many tours that have had a few solo men, although there are usually more single women. My second tour of Italy had five solo men. That’s the most I’ve seen on any one tour.
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Post by chech on Nov 25, 2016 12:57:48 GMT
It's an Eldertreks tour....adventure travel for people over 50 (but not crazy adventure). Max of 16. In Cuba...there were no adventure elements (except being in regular Cuba instead of Resort Cuba). In Costa Rica, the adventure elements include rafting, horseback riding, ziplining, a hike etc. They do make allowances for people who don't want to do an activity. They're not optionals...they're part of the itinerary. I've never had a tour with more than one solo male travelling on his own. I would have been surprised (and tickled pink) to have five solo men on a tour. The solo male on my South Africa tour used to hang with one of the husbands so much, I didn't know he was a solo till later. Turns out he thought it reflected badly on him if we thought he was solo. We just shrugged and said it says nothing about him except he likes to travel. |
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Post by tiffany on Nov 25, 2016 15:01:11 GMT
This sounds like a great tour. I can’t wait to read about it. It’s one I’d be interested in doing one day.
On my Italy tour, there was a group of about 20 people from Australia. They were all together with their travel agents, who were a husband/wife team. The travel agents organized this trip, and got a huge discount because they were such a big group. These people didn’t know each other before the trip though, and only met when they were about to leave for the trip. The five solo men were with this group, and two of them shared a room., while the other three paid the single supplement.
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Post by chech on Nov 25, 2016 16:07:20 GMT
That's an interesting way to go. Good if there were nervous travellers going for the first time...to have your own chaperone all the way.  |
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Post by tiffany on Nov 25, 2016 18:03:55 GMT
My family lives in a small town in Northern Ontario, and there’s a travel agent there who organizes a group trip every year. My aunt and uncle went on the Mediterranean cruise that she organized, and my friend’s parents went on the Australian cruise. Even though these people are not technically travelling together, because the agent books them as a large group, they get a group discount. Apparently these trips book up fast, and, the travel agent goes with them.
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Post by chech on Nov 27, 2016 20:11:50 GMT
Half packed! And for some reason, I seem to have more room in my luggage than I used to.  |
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Post by solaria on Nov 28, 2016 20:03:43 GMT
Aaah, an intelligent travel companion!
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Post by chech on Nov 29, 2016 14:46:12 GMT
Yup....but the problem is that they like to bite the baggage handlers. |
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Post by Boop on Nov 29, 2016 17:40:25 GMT
Yup....but the problem is that they like to bite the baggage handlers. You're taking Mountain Dew?  |
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Post by chech on Nov 29, 2016 18:53:03 GMT
LOL....nope...not my cat...or my bag...or my mountain dew. |
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Post by chech on Dec 6, 2016 22:00:05 GMT
One week to go....and today I took advantage of a sale at Eldertreks and saved over $3000 off three tours. Tibet and Nepal (includes a night at Everest base camp) - Oct 2017 South America (Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile including five days at the Atacama Desert) - Mar/Apr 2018 Kenya and Tanzania - Nov 2018 |
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Post by purvis on Dec 6, 2016 23:42:41 GMT
Chech: All your upcoming 5 tours sound amazing. Oh to be young again and be able to plan that far in advance. With Costa Rica and the storm tracker trips in the near future and now with 3 additional tours later on you must be very excited. Purvis
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Post by chech on Dec 14, 2016 19:18:43 GMT
Well, I left St. John's on Monday evening to beat the storm. Funny part is that my original flight had no problem getting out on Tuesday...but I would have had a problem getting to the airport, so it worked out. Spent yesterday at the Square One Mall (bus goes there from Pearson). Nice mall with other stores nearby like Chapters and a Cineplex theatre. I went to see Allied to kill a few hours. Today I checked out Westwood and Woodbine malls. Not nearly as nice. Now I'm in Pearson and I finally...finally!...got into the international Maple Leaf Lounge. I booked a Rouge business seat cause it was cheaper than economy (go figure)...and even though the Costa Rica legs are Rouge and my legs to TO from St. John's are not, I still get seated in business for those legs. Not too shabby. Trying not to get too spoiled. |
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Post by purvis on Dec 15, 2016 3:05:23 GMT
Chech: Bon Voyage. Looking forward to your tour tale. Purvis
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Post by chech on Dec 15, 2016 14:52:02 GMT
Well, I had the funniest introduction to a guide last night. My flight took a while to get a gate and despite being the first off the plane, my luggage was at the bottom...he was so worried that he might have missed me, he even checked with the hotel to see if I had taken a taxi. When I picked up my luggage finally and walked out to a huge crowd and dozens of signs, I was looking and looking and then I heard someone call out my name. He was holding the Eldertreks sign and waved me over. I asked him how on earth he knew it was me and he said he knows his market. |
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Post by purvis on Dec 16, 2016 2:34:32 GMT
Chech: I think I would ask him what he means by that.
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Post by chech on Dec 16, 2016 4:16:07 GMT
I didn't have to. I knew exactly what he meant. |
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Post by chech on Dec 23, 2016 13:40:26 GMT
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Post by chech on Dec 23, 2016 13:53:41 GMT
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