I’m alive and I almost got into a punch up because the little cunt tried to charge me 3 times the going rate
The hotel staff intervened before I throttled him
I’m alive and I almost got into a punch up because the little cunt tried to charge me 3 times the going rate
The hotel staff intervened before I throttled him
Typical violent capitalist reaction to a poor foreign working man, trying to earn a meager crust for his wife and 15 children.
Well done, he’s probably now in contact with one of my French inflatable boat franchises as I type.
It’s no more than the cheeky cunt deserved, having tried to charge @CB-Saint 27 pence for a 45 minute taxi ride.
The Ayatollah is getting fed up with me nudging her every time there is a call to prayer
Seriously considering getting a t shirt printed saying “No, I don’t want a fucking carpet”
Turkish ones are shit anyway.
If you cannot afford original Iranian then Pakistani Rugs (esp from Lahore) are the dogs bananas
Daughter & ex Mrs P_F still have them in full operation - almost 30 years old now and still look great
Now aboard Explora for the next leg of our trip bobbing about the Aegean
Felt a little sad leaving the Peninsula hotel - one of the best I have ever stayed in anywhere
This ship is going to have to go some to top it
The ayatollah has decided we are never going back to Turkey, which given my Greek heritage is music to my ears - probably why we have made it to our 25th anniversary
Mods?
Surely a ban…
Posting a glass of water picture on here…
We went to Turkey back in the noughties and vowed never to set foot in the country ever again. Public toilets where you pay by the square for toilet paper did it for Mrs D. For me it was the public baths and massage, fucking painful experience clearly bigged up for the tourists. Sadist cunt practically flogged me to death. Couple all that with mosquitoes from the pits of hell …
On the upside … had the best barbers shop shaving experience of my life.
The good news is I can now get the latter in my local high street without setting foot on Turkish soil.
I liked Pamukkale and Ephesus. The fucking market hagglers and swarthy shyster rug bandits I could do without. I can think of better places to holiday. That was 25 years ago and I have had no reason to go back.
Shysters Hawkers Market Traders Beggars
Funny how you get immune to it. Obviously now it’s mentioned it was everywhere
I just developed the thousand yard stare and dismissive flick of the wrist.
Used to love my trips to Istanbul and the Conrad or Marriott Hotel, walks around the Bazaar.
But can see why it would hit that way
Sea day tomorrow, Greece , then back to the rug sellers and Ephesus, then back to the cradle of civilisation for the rest of the trip
Don’t worry - it was a three bottle night
And not a trace of a hangover
And the drugs for the evening as well
I am going on holiday!
Well. Abridge Essex next Wednesday- Mon or Tuesday then in Sslisbury
Home from Bompey 20th
I went to a place called kusadasi about 95 ish. It was a fucking khazi. Horrible place. The only saving grace were the fantastic trips to both pamukkale and ephesus like you, GB. They were outstanding. Rest of the holiday can get to fuck.
On the way over the GF got talking to some dopey bint from Blackburn who was going out to surprise the toerag waiter who’d smashed her back doors in not 3 weeks beforehand. It was love for her. Obviously within 30 minutes of getting to the hotel she was in floods of tears as he didnt want to know so the soppy tart was like a limpet onto us for the week. That added to the shite. Even without that it was fucking scabby.
Public Service Announcement
Ryanair have tweaked their booking pages in the app & online, so it is harder to find the small bag only link.
It warns you A LOT about the bag size rules and Cabin Bag size.
Our “informant” also tells us it is now carnage at the Ryanair Gate and almost every bag is getting checked and big bills are being issued.
Moral of the story? Ryanair have cracked down again. Be careful, measure everything and we were told that quite a lot of people are having to leave the queue and buy Duty Free carrier bags as even those are getting briefly looked at. (Damn that was my trick)
And they are still a bus service that goes where I need and sometimes when I need. And the small bag ticket cost me 19 quid back to Stansted! Five quid cheaper than London - Salisbury by train! (Yes @BTripz photo coming in a couple of weeks!)
It’ll last until Leary gets his €100m bonus cheque I’m sure
We flew Ryanair last year. Won’t be using them again.
For a vacation? I’d agree.
But tbh i prefer their tin can to those of South West Rail’s new rolling stock for midgets.
And, as Mrs P_F 's BFF just found out she prefers Ryanair to ANY US based airline!
(Booked LH, on a United Code Share coming back, pay for you luggage - we have it says here on this receipt.
Pay $75 each for your checked luggage.
So they fucked them off, videod the whole thing and along with 20 others are now suing United)