Older Travellers

This is a shameless plug for the bag I carried - or wheeled, rather - around Spain for three weeks.
Because, unlike some past trips, not once did I ever find myself complaining about distance to walk finding hostels, how many times I'd have to lug it between hostel, bus -plane home, even.
It was small enough to carry on the plane and easy to sling into luggage compartments, didn't impede anyone's progress on city buses, held up through rain, didn't skew sideways on cambered roads or pavements…

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well i am mahendra 54 from india. i am looking for travelling companion to travel in my country. any one of similar age who is keen to do budget travelling in next 2 months are welcomed. plan and dates are flexible.
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mahendra

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I am considering doing a 96 day Central Asia overland trip with someone like Dragonman or Intrepid. The trip starts in Beijing and ends at Istanbul. I have done an overland trip before when I was 48...I am now 62 years old physically fit and mentally young.
Has anyone out there done an overland trip as a "senior" and if so what was their experience. Many thanks

Recently, I had dinner with a friend who is into photography. She stated that the last time we went on a day outing, I stopped at various times to wait for her to take photographs of various sights that was of interest her which made her uncomfortable and therefore she would not invite someone out with her again unless that person has an interest in photography. So, I said, "fair enough" for I don't think I could travel with someone who takes 6000 photos during a three weeks trip. She looked…

I need to master the art of packing light so for this trip, my check luggage must not exceed 15 kilos but once I hit Europe, it has to be 10 kilos as I will only use carry on luggage.

Sometimes, I think I am crazy not to pay for a check luggage in Europe but what the heck! It is time to be self discipline.

So, I need a few tips. The 10kilos must include the ipad. Prepare to sacrifice the camera, phone but will not compromise on the ipad.

Any tips, advise and funny stories will be gratefully…

Yesterday, I was asked by work colleagues why I was frowning. My reply was that I couldn't make up my mind whether to visit Croatia, Greece or Turkey. Would love to do all three but as usual it is a matter of time. lol

So, I was asked if I wanted "a smack in the chops by one colleague and another saying "what a tough life" and that they hate me and to go away. Well, not in such polite words. lol

I really didn't mean to rub it in (says she gleefully) for I was getting stressed thinking about…

You can see these same postings, but with pictures, on my blog. It is:

Well, that didn’t take long. I walked all around the ‘downtown’ of Er-Rachidia and was back at my hotel in 45 minutes! The town seemed to be quite spread out, but the centro was just a few blocks each way. I stopped in at the covered market at 9:20 AM, but nothing was doing yet---everything was still covered with tarpaulins. Morocco does not get going very early! Still it was worthwhile to stay here two nights as it gave me a chance to catch up on my laundry. In the mountains where I had…

Hi all,

I'm 56 years old and my friend is 62yo. We will be in Italy from 9th to 23rd May and in Paris from 23rd to 28th May, We would like to know how senior citizens discounts work at this places. Where we have to apply for it and what we have to do to get them?

Thank you in advance.
Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

You know that old adage about it being better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Well, I never expected to have problems getting home from a trip . But if you have an idle moment, read on ...

I expected to get home and roll into bed at around 2.30 am. Finally made it by 5.00 am.
First our plane was held up by an approximately half hour delay at Gatwick. We set off late but made good time and would have been only about 10 minutes late to land - except there wasn't a landing slot available just…