National Anthems: Home | Africa | Americas | Asia | Australia&Oceania | Europe | Olympic Anthem |

 
Passports: Home [ Africa ] [ Americas, Australia & Oceania] [ Asia] [ Europe] [ Other documents
Travel:
[Europe] [ Asia ] [ USA-Canada ] [ Latin-America ] [ Africa ] [ Australia ] [ Carabben ] [ Air ] [Cruises ]
Forum
Live chat




Subject: Re: Europe Trip Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:18:10 EST

Isle of Wight ferry is a lot cheaper if you book online at least 48 hrs
before travelling
John H
"William Black" wrote in message
news:g67cat$e58$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
> "Martin" wrote in message
> news:tpae84t1l3d8m8b6jhhl8auni65uhlbfcg@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:40:01 +0100, congokid
>> wrote:
>>
>>>In article
>>><0e5c779c-d59d-4b82-a99e-1ba3cbde40cf@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
>>>Kamakazee writes
>>>
>>>>Learned today that tickets for Barcelona-Shanghai are as much as
>>>>Dallas-Shanghai which is surprising to me. I understand Olympic fever
>>>>is sweeping China but would thing Spain is halfway there from the
>>>>southern US. Guess it doesn't matter?
>>>
>>>The distance covered doesn't always come into calculations - or so it
>>>seems sometimes. For a while the Irish Sea was one of the most expensive
>>>stretches of water in the world to cross, per mile. It can come down to
>>>simple supply and demand.
>>
>> The most expensive was Dover Calais something to do with price fixing but
>> not
>> provable. Harwich Hoek - 120+ miles - was the same fare for two adults
>> and a car
>> as Dover Calais 22 miles.
>>
>
> I always thought it was the Isle of Wight ferry that was the most
> expensive in the world.
>
> It's about the same as a Channel crossing...
>
> --
> 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
> Time for tea.
>
>
>


1029927. Re: Beware of the cunt here called Martin 1029927
1029928. Re: Russian waterways cruises? 1029928
1029929. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102992
1029930. Re: The Dutch: Mad About Windmills... 1029930
1029931. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102993
1029932. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102993
1029933. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102993
1029934. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102993
1029935. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102993
1029936. Re: Family is flown 2,000 miles the wrong way 1029936
1029937. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102993
1029938. Re: Family is flown 2,000 miles the wrong way 1029938
1029939. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102993
1029940. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102994
1029941. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102994
1029942. Re: Family is flown 2,000 miles the wrong way 1029942
1029943. Re: The Dutch: Mad About Windmills... 1029943
1029944. Re: The Dutch: Mad About Windmills...and morrow mad about you all, ou
1029945. Re: Europe Trip 1029945
1029946. Re: Shitty exchange rate, any place in europe worth visiting? 102994