Holidays

blue b4 the moon said:
Enjoy, used to do Rhodes once or twice a year for a good 10 years upto Covid, a beautiful place to visit.

Great island but a little expensive compared to some other islands and the airport there can be a nightmare.
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Airport a nightmare???

Just what I wanted to hear.... the flight back is around midnight, with 2 kids, so a smooth airport operation would have been nice!

Although to be fair, it could be the best airport in the world and two kids awake until midnight would probably make it hell anyway!
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Enjoy, used to do Rhodes once or twice a year for a good 10 years upto Covid, a beautiful place to visit.

Great island but a little expensive compared to some other islands and the airport there can be a nightmare.
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You’re so right there, was on a lads trip in Rhodes, coming home our huge plane didn’t arrive for whatever reason so they sent two smaller ones to replace. We were near the front of check in, for some reason the early arrivers were allocated the second plane which was delayed by 8 hours from the original flight time whilst those at the back of the queue got a flight that was delayed just a couple of hours.

We had no choice so we queued at the bar for beers, just before our turn the draught ran out, no problem we’ll wait for another keg, no chance, it had run out full stop, no beer for the rest of the day. Ok, bottles and cans Jerry, plenty of them on shelves, not in fridges, in July, they were steaming hot.

As you know the airport is rudimentary, sat on a canteen style chair in a very basic “lounge” for around 8 hours waiting to come home, shocking. I bumped into an old mate in the airport who was on our flight, he was with his wife, he’d had his leg off after being shot at the Battle of Longden in the Falklands conflict, he took his false leg off and had a kip in the tiled floor, his Mrs said it was luxury compared to what he’d been through!

Rhodes however is a fantastic island, stayed at Rhodes Town, stunning.
 
Maccblue said:
Western Saloon has finally reopened then?
Last time I heard it had been demolished and rebuilding was taking forever
Covid might have been a large contributing factor
Love Beni for 3/4 nights
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They moved everything back about 20 foot to accommodate a brand new outdoor veranda.
 
I've been holidaying in Rhodes for over 40 years. The airport was typically basic in the beginning but over the past few years there's been massive investment. After a few false dawns they've managed to get it right. Everything runs very low-key after midnight but you can say the same of any airport.
 
hammocity said:
You’re so right there, was on a lads trip in Rhodes, coming home our huge plane didn’t arrive for whatever reason so they sent two smaller ones to replace. We were near the front of check in, for some reason the early arrivers were allocated the second plane which was delayed by 8 hours from the original flight time whilst those at the back of the queue got a flight that was delayed just a couple of hours.

We had no choice so we queued at the bar for beers, just before our turn the draught ran out, no problem we’ll wait for another keg, no chance, it had run out full stop, no beer for the rest of the day. Ok, bottles and cans Jerry, plenty of them on shelves, not in fridges, in July, they were steaming hot.

As you know the airport is rudimentary, sat on a canteen style chair in a very basic “lounge” for around 8 hours waiting to come home, shocking. I bumped into an old mate in the airport who was on our flight, he was with his wife, he’d had his leg off after being shot at the Battle of Longden in the Falklands conflict, he took his false leg off and had a kip in the tiled floor, his Mrs said it was luxury compared to what he’d been through!

Rhodes however is a fantastic island, stayed at Rhodes Town, stunning.
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Why did he need to take his leg off, I’m stumped at that!
 
hammocity said:
I know you were joking but he always had a kip with his leg off!! This is him on the front cover of a book about the battle for Mount Longden, Simon Clark, great lad.

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Mate I’ve nothing but respect for what those lads did, I went up Longdon in 88 when posted to the Falklands, I went during the day relatively nice weather, good and drink, how those guys did what they did and mostly in pitch dark is beyond me.
 
Blue Maverick said:
Mate I’ve nothing but respect for what those lads did, I went up Longdon in 88 when posted to the Falklands, I went during the day relatively nice weather, good and drink, how those guys did what they did and mostly in pitch dark is beyond me.
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I think the battle for Mount Longden was named the most brutal since WW2, fully respect all who serve in HM Forces, I doff my cap to all of you.
 
smevchenko said:
Airport a nightmare???

Just what I wanted to hear.... the flight back is around midnight, with 2 kids, so a smooth airport operation would have been nice!

Although to be fair, it could be the best airport in the world and two kids awake until midnight would probably make it hell anyway!
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Puts me off Greece. Almost all the flights are are close to midnight. Why do they do that? That and not being able to flush loo paper. I don’t like the sound of that.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Puts me off Greece. Almost all the flights are are close to midnight. Why do they do that? That and not being able to flush loo paper. I don’t like the sound of that.
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Easyjet do good flights to Rhodes, in saying that, they book up early. Very true regarding Jet2, they tend to use late flights which as you say is a bit of a pain. I find Jet2 reasonably reliable. No way on this God's earth would I put the loo paper in the bin. I've been to all the popular Greek islands and never had a problem. Don't miss out, get yourself to Greece.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Just booked a few nights in April in Denmark staying at my Manc mates who lives over there in Odense.

Robbing fuckers at the airport....twice the price of the flights.
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Nearly £15 a pint at Bodrum airport on the way back from Istanbul last year, supposedly a working class economy.
 
hammocity said:
I believe most Turkish airports are pretty similar and it’s all year round not just for events like our CL Final.
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I wasn't relating it to City’s final just in general, no way would our lads misbehave.

Edit. Good on you for still posting, I've only just noticed you're in for a procedure today best wishes, I'm sure you'll be OK.
 
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Just half way through 32nights in Goa, so far so good, apart from a bout of Delhi belly, soon sorted with meds, started off in Candolim with a view to venturing south at some point, well I went north and only made it as far as Calangute (2miles), in a nice hotel now, Somy Plaza, can't fault the place, spotlessly clean, nice pool, great staff, so I'll just settle here for the duration, a beach is a beach and it's the same sun that's pushing out 31degrees every day.
Food here is top notch, whether Goan or English they use fresh everything, had fillet steak the other night, cooked to perfection (well done for me, I know I know), crispy prawns to start, the steaks were a fiver for one, or £7 for two, obviously I had two, few drinks and the bill was just under £14.
Lovely people the Goans, can't do enough for you, only dodgy one I've met was the chemist, everything here has the retail price stamped on it by the manufacturer, he charged me 300rupees for a strip of tablets that had 50rupees stamped on, I mentioned it in passing to the hotel manager and he marched me back to the pharmacy and gave the fella a dressing down and got my money back, bit embarrassing but fair play to him, lovely man.
 
nw42 said:
Just half way through 32nights in Goa, so far so good, apart from a bout of Delhi belly, soon sorted with meds, started off in Candolim with a view to venturing south at some point, well I went north and only made it as far as Calangute (2miles), in a nice hotel now, Somy Plaza, can't fault the place, spotlessly clean, nice pool, great staff, so I'll just settle here for the duration, a beach is a beach and it's the same sun that's pushing out 31degrees every day.
Food here is top notch, whether Goan or English they use fresh everything, had fillet steak the other night, cooked to perfection (well done for me, I know I know), crispy prawns to start, the steaks were a fiver for one, or £7 for two, obviously I had two, few drinks and the bill was just under £14.
Lovely people the Goans, can't do enough for you, only dodgy one I've met was the chemist, everything here has the retail price stamped on it by the manufacturer, he charged me 300rupees for a strip of tablets that had 50rupees stamped on, I mentioned it in passing to the hotel manager and he marched me back to the pharmacy and gave the fella a dressing down and got my money back, bit embarrassing but fair play to him, lovely man.
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Are you solo mate ?
 
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