Q. I might get my period the 21 too -.-t. Its my first time goinq am so EXCITEEEEEDDDD!!!!!!
A. Well it is impossible to say whether it will rain at that time, the last time I was there around the end of April there were a few days with a bit of light rain, the best day was the one they actually predicted rain, there were beautiful sunny skies that day.
Late April is generally warm enough to dress reasonably light however there is always the possibility of light rain or slightly cooler than average temperatures. I always suggest bringing clothing that can be layered rather than of a specific weight at this time of year. For example light shirts or T Shirts with a sweater and light water proof shell is what my family takes when we go at this time of the year in addition to a light spring type jacket. If you are staying around Disneyland there is not a lot of requirement to dress up. I try to bring a dressy shirt and casual dress slacks just in case along with some decent looking but comfortable shoes. The important thing is to always bring comfortable walking shoes and wear clothes that you are comfortable in. You will do a lot of walking and standing while you are there so being comfortable is very important.
A couple of other suggestions. For pants I sometimes bring the ones with the zip off legs. That way if it warms up during the day it is easy to convert them to shorts. Make sure the pants you wear have deep pockets preferably ones with closures (zipper, snaps, buttons, velcro) on them (there are various cargo/travel pants available for both sexes). That way you can carry a wallet, etc in them safely with the pocket securely closed. Although Disneyland is safe enough there is always the possibility of pickpockets in the crowd. I would not suggest carrying a purse as having two free hands makes the park more enjoyable and you never have to worry about putting it down somewhere and "losing" or forgetting it. I have seen people with fanny packs but when we go we just prefer to carry what we need in our pockets. We even have a pocket sized digital camera.
Of course you need to bring personal items to meet your needs while you are there. Pack for this eventuality and leave most of them in your hotel room along with your other items. Just carry what you need with you. Another option is to rent a locker and use it as needed during the day. Just remember each time you open and close the locker it costs you money so try to limit this. We generally rent a locker, put anything required for later in the day in it then leave. If we do any souvenier shopping we drop our purchases off at the locker once we finish shopping. That way we can enjoy the various rides and attractions without worrying about packages. I generally try to set aside a certain time for shopping. This is especially handy if you more or less know what you want. I purchase, or try to, most of the items in one shopping trip. That way you can also drop all your purchases off at your hotel room then return to the park. Of course I still end up picking up small items however they either go in a locker or in my pockets (if they fit).
Late April is generally warm enough to dress reasonably light however there is always the possibility of light rain or slightly cooler than average temperatures. I always suggest bringing clothing that can be layered rather than of a specific weight at this time of year. For example light shirts or T Shirts with a sweater and light water proof shell is what my family takes when we go at this time of the year in addition to a light spring type jacket. If you are staying around Disneyland there is not a lot of requirement to dress up. I try to bring a dressy shirt and casual dress slacks just in case along with some decent looking but comfortable shoes. The important thing is to always bring comfortable walking shoes and wear clothes that you are comfortable in. You will do a lot of walking and standing while you are there so being comfortable is very important.
A couple of other suggestions. For pants I sometimes bring the ones with the zip off legs. That way if it warms up during the day it is easy to convert them to shorts. Make sure the pants you wear have deep pockets preferably ones with closures (zipper, snaps, buttons, velcro) on them (there are various cargo/travel pants available for both sexes). That way you can carry a wallet, etc in them safely with the pocket securely closed. Although Disneyland is safe enough there is always the possibility of pickpockets in the crowd. I would not suggest carrying a purse as having two free hands makes the park more enjoyable and you never have to worry about putting it down somewhere and "losing" or forgetting it. I have seen people with fanny packs but when we go we just prefer to carry what we need in our pockets. We even have a pocket sized digital camera.
Of course you need to bring personal items to meet your needs while you are there. Pack for this eventuality and leave most of them in your hotel room along with your other items. Just carry what you need with you. Another option is to rent a locker and use it as needed during the day. Just remember each time you open and close the locker it costs you money so try to limit this. We generally rent a locker, put anything required for later in the day in it then leave. If we do any souvenier shopping we drop our purchases off at the locker once we finish shopping. That way we can enjoy the various rides and attractions without worrying about packages. I generally try to set aside a certain time for shopping. This is especially handy if you more or less know what you want. I purchase, or try to, most of the items in one shopping trip. That way you can also drop all your purchases off at your hotel room then return to the park. Of course I still end up picking up small items however they either go in a locker or in my pockets (if they fit).
How to reach India? - the Columbus' question returns, this time - land road?
Q. Hello there. For a year now, I've been planning my bicycle trip from Europe to India, but still didn't come up with any sure idea how to reach that country safe way. I thought about 3 options, but all of them contain many doubts. I hope you can share your experiences or knowledge so I could be able to confront some of my doubts, and maybe fall even deeper in some of them. So here are my speculations made as so far:
1) 1st option seems to be the cheapest one (thus preferable):
From Armenia, go through Iran and Pakistan - but it seems a little bit risky. First of all Pakistan sounds rather dangerous, and secondy the trip starts in 2013, analyzing the news, probably there will already be war with Iran.
2) 2nd option is the longest, and seems to be by far the most problematic, but also the most attractive in terms of the travelling itself. Appeared as a result of doubts about crossability of Iran, due to the potential war, but after all, I liked it, and I'd like to also focus on it for a while...
The plan says: go through the North - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and... yeah, and what now?
- As far as I know the Tajik-Chinese border is crossable, isn't it? I've stumbled upon an information that the border is in dispute, thus the doubts.
- It doesn't seem to be a good idea to go through 'sensitive' China with so many electronic recording devices as needed for good recording the whole trip, does it?
- Maybe there's a possibility to cross the Chinese part via train? But is there any train station in Murghab (Taji)? And if is - are there any courses to...
- ... yeah, the next doubt... to where exactly? What after China? Chinese-Indian border is not possible, then what about the Chinese-Nepali one?
- btw, isn't Tajikistan dangerous? It's located very close to Afghanistan, some part of the road would lead just via the Tajik-Afghan border (the road has some special name, but I've forgotten it). There are mountains to cross in order to get there from Afghanistan, but I guess they wouldn't constitute any problem for 'bad people'...
3) The last one seems to be the less attractive, very long and extremely hard physically, moreover I'm not sure if not a little bit dangerous, either; therefore it's only the last alternative - to go through the Saudi Arabia (btw in case of war with Iran, which would make me to choose that way, I guess SA wouldn't be much safer place), reach Dubai and get via ship to Mumbai.
So, what do you think about it? Are some of my doubts unjustified maybe? Should I have any other doubts, that I didn't take into consideration, like dangeres comming from side of the locals, or anything like that? (btw I'm caucasian, so I'll be very distinctive in every one of those places... but how not to be, riding a bike with 80-kilograme bags...) It's hard to be predictible, when the only experience as so far is made in the European area.
Thanks in advance. If I succeed, you'll have a lot of photos and movies to watch. ;)
(oh yeah, I'm not American (yet), I'm Polish - I've set "American" in my profile to have everything in English. My bad for not saying that - guess it does make a huge difference in travelling, especially through the Middle Asia)
@oneofcold The 80 kilogrames include not only the electrical devices, but also stuff like some food, back-ups of water (there will sometimes be a risk of not having access to the drinking water, so I guess carrying 10 liters would be reasonable), book or two, some dictionaries, tent, clothes and many other utilities.
As for my devices, I'm taking one big photo camera (SLR), one little one in a pocket, little handycam and small camera attached to my helmet to capture everything more naturally. But I guess it's enough for Chinese officers to be quite suspicious. Especiall that the near-Nepali areas are the Tibetan ones, or around the Tibetan.
1) 1st option seems to be the cheapest one (thus preferable):
From Armenia, go through Iran and Pakistan - but it seems a little bit risky. First of all Pakistan sounds rather dangerous, and secondy the trip starts in 2013, analyzing the news, probably there will already be war with Iran.
2) 2nd option is the longest, and seems to be by far the most problematic, but also the most attractive in terms of the travelling itself. Appeared as a result of doubts about crossability of Iran, due to the potential war, but after all, I liked it, and I'd like to also focus on it for a while...
The plan says: go through the North - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and... yeah, and what now?
- As far as I know the Tajik-Chinese border is crossable, isn't it? I've stumbled upon an information that the border is in dispute, thus the doubts.
- It doesn't seem to be a good idea to go through 'sensitive' China with so many electronic recording devices as needed for good recording the whole trip, does it?
- Maybe there's a possibility to cross the Chinese part via train? But is there any train station in Murghab (Taji)? And if is - are there any courses to...
- ... yeah, the next doubt... to where exactly? What after China? Chinese-Indian border is not possible, then what about the Chinese-Nepali one?
- btw, isn't Tajikistan dangerous? It's located very close to Afghanistan, some part of the road would lead just via the Tajik-Afghan border (the road has some special name, but I've forgotten it). There are mountains to cross in order to get there from Afghanistan, but I guess they wouldn't constitute any problem for 'bad people'...
3) The last one seems to be the less attractive, very long and extremely hard physically, moreover I'm not sure if not a little bit dangerous, either; therefore it's only the last alternative - to go through the Saudi Arabia (btw in case of war with Iran, which would make me to choose that way, I guess SA wouldn't be much safer place), reach Dubai and get via ship to Mumbai.
So, what do you think about it? Are some of my doubts unjustified maybe? Should I have any other doubts, that I didn't take into consideration, like dangeres comming from side of the locals, or anything like that? (btw I'm caucasian, so I'll be very distinctive in every one of those places... but how not to be, riding a bike with 80-kilograme bags...) It's hard to be predictible, when the only experience as so far is made in the European area.
Thanks in advance. If I succeed, you'll have a lot of photos and movies to watch. ;)
(oh yeah, I'm not American (yet), I'm Polish - I've set "American" in my profile to have everything in English. My bad for not saying that - guess it does make a huge difference in travelling, especially through the Middle Asia)
@oneofcold The 80 kilogrames include not only the electrical devices, but also stuff like some food, back-ups of water (there will sometimes be a risk of not having access to the drinking water, so I guess carrying 10 liters would be reasonable), book or two, some dictionaries, tent, clothes and many other utilities.
As for my devices, I'm taking one big photo camera (SLR), one little one in a pocket, little handycam and small camera attached to my helmet to capture everything more naturally. But I guess it's enough for Chinese officers to be quite suspicious. Especiall that the near-Nepali areas are the Tibetan ones, or around the Tibetan.
A. If you weren't on a bicycle, it would be fairly simple - take the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Beijing, take the train to Tibet, cross into Nepal at Kodari, and cross into India.
The bicycle makes things a lot more difficult. I have no idea how bad the roads are in remote parts of Russia and China, or how hard it is to cross the Himalayan mountains by bicycle (take the Alpine stages of the Tour de France and multiply by 10 probably).
Would you need 80 kilograms of camera equipment? Not only the Chinese authorities might give you a problem, but that might also make you a target of thieves. Could you carry a small digital camera with video capability?
The bicycle makes things a lot more difficult. I have no idea how bad the roads are in remote parts of Russia and China, or how hard it is to cross the Himalayan mountains by bicycle (take the Alpine stages of the Tour de France and multiply by 10 probably).
Would you need 80 kilograms of camera equipment? Not only the Chinese authorities might give you a problem, but that might also make you a target of thieves. Could you carry a small digital camera with video capability?
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