AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread

[myb821]

how long you spending in each location

[AJK]

how long you spending in each location

Bulk of trip will be in SYD/AKL -- 10 days.

I have a long-ish layover in SIN and DXB on the way back.

[Dan]

Bulk of trip will be in SYD/AKL -- 10 days.

10 days for both SYD and AKL?
How will that be close to enough?

[AJK]

10 days for both SYD and AKL?
How will that be close to enough?

It won't. But I can't act like I have no responsibilities forever.

Seeing SYD/AKL for 10 days is better than not seeing it at all.

[Dan]

It won't. But I can't act like I have no responsibilities forever.

Seeing SYD/AKL for 10 days is better than not seeing it at all.

Personally I'd rather spend 10 days in AU or NZ and "accomplish" one rather than doing a shoddy job at both.

[AJK]

Personally I'd rather spend 10 days in AU or NZ and "accomplish" one rather than doing a shoddy job at both.

I could be convinced of that.

[Dan]

I just don't see how 5 days in either place could possibly do any justice.

[Marco Polo]

I just don't see how 5 days in either place could possibly do any justice.

Can be a start and the next time he goes he can finish it off in another 5 days.

[AJK]

The counter argument is how can you go to that part of the world and NOT see both.

The likelihood of returning is very low, at least in my case.

[Dan]

Can be a start and the next time he goes he can finish it off in another 5 days.

So you're going to start with 1 day in SYD, 1 day in MEL, 1 day in CNS, and 2 travel days and accomplish what exactly?

The counter argument is how can you go to that part of the world and NOT see both.

The likelihood of returning is very low, at least in my case.

Well I did just that
I don't think I'll make it to NZ anytime soon, but I'm sure one day my kids will love it.

[AJK]

No no, when I say 10 days, I mean 10 days on the ground, already accounting for travel days.

Also, I'm not sure I'd miss CNS, especially if that means not doing NZ.

[sky121]

It's hard when travelling, especially to that side of the world where you probably won't make it back that quickly.  On the other hand, are you just trying to check it off your list? Or really see the place? I'd feel silly going all the way to Australia also and not hopping over to NZ.  But at the end of the day you kind of hope you're the kind of traveler who is actually going to experience the place and not just going to check it off some list.

  Plus, it will give you something to look forward to next time you DO make it over there again.   

Personally I'd actually be tempted to go straight to NZ and save Australia. For some reason I feel like there's more of a chance I'd get back there than to NZ.

[Dan]

I mean 10 days on the ground, already accounting for travel days.

I'm talking intra-Australia travel days.

And I'm ignoring Tassie/Kangaroo Island/Ayers Rock/Sunshine coast, etc.

[AJK]

It's hard when travelling, especially to that side of the world where you probably won't make it back that quickly.  On the other hand, are you just trying to check it off your list? Or really see the place? I'd feel silly going all the way to Australia also and not hopping over to NZ.  But at the end of the day you kind of hope you're the kind of traveler who is actually going to experience the place and not just going to check it off some list.

  Plus, it will give you something to look forward to next time you DO make it over there again.   

To *really* see NZ, the guide books say three weeks on the LOW end.

If that's what it takes to see NZ, I'm afraid I better just begin taking out guidebooks on... Toronto

Sure, both AU/NZ are on my (bucket) "list," but given real life, I just don't think I'll be able to experience the place as well as I might want.

[AJK]

I'm talking intra-Australia travel days.

And I'm ignoring Tassie/Kangaroo Island/Ayers Rock/Sunshine coast, etc.

I'd have to simply pick one city, perhaps 2, and be content with that. As is your point, I'd have to make sacrifices.

Heck, people would laugh at trying to do AU alone in ten days.

[AJK]

Personally I'd actually be tempted to go straight to NZ and save Australia. For some reason I feel like there's more of a chance I'd get back there than to NZ.

I may just do that; for some reason I feel the same way.

[Yehoshua]

I'd have to simply pick one city, perhaps 2, and be content with that. As is your point, I'd have to make sacrifices.

Heck, people would laugh at trying to do AU alone in ten days.

I was in AU for a full 14 days (not including travel days) and didn't get to see nearly all of it. I'd say I just scratched the surface. I'm for just going to NZ and saving AU for another time.

[Dan]

I'm for just going to NZ and saving AU for another time.

True.
I'm guilty of doing AU back then because I had FFNs to burn.

Boy do I miss those days.

[AJK]

If they ever come back, and they may not, it'll only be if 2007 comes back.

[Dan]

If they ever come back, and they may not, it'll only be if 2007 comes back.

FFNs were around at least annually from 2002-2010.