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>> hi,
>>
>> im planning on going over to London and start my bakpaking excursion
>> there... any experience bakpakers out there?.. your advice as far as the
>> most important things to take with me...what to where, what to pack,
>> where
>> to go... give me the basics and the most important things to know. when
>> i
>> hit france, which way would be better to go... north to germany and those
>> countries, or south to Paris and on down to italy..or over to spain?
>> give
>> me the run down. how much money would i be wise to take (minimum
>> figure)?
>> much thanks!
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>>
>
> Goto Brighton , Newquay , Bath plus loads see and do around England and UK
> dont just stay in London.
>
Money...
Don't carry too much cash, ATMs work...
However your credit/debit cards probably won't work in most shops as they
now require 'chip and pin' in most EC countries and US cards don't have the
'chip'.
Buy 'rover' type tickets at your end as it's cheaper.
If you're into walking around castles then join English Heritage, also at
your end as I think there's a discount.
Meals will cost you about £10 a day if you eat in reasonably cheap places
(including breakfast) £6 a day if you eat 'fast food' and about £3 - £4 a
day if you buy food in supermarkets.
Get out of London and head north...
Prices get lower, food gets cheaper, the people get nicer...
If you're heading for Germany and the Low Countries the head for Hull or
Newcastle and get on the comfortable overnight ferries and travel that way
rather than the crowded and vomit stained Channel Ferries...
You can sometimes get amazingly cheap flights out of the UK if you can get
net access from people like 'Jet 2' and 'Easyjet' but you need to be near
the provincial airports they operate from...
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
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