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Benedict Arnold

When travelling, what is your preferred mode? Do you like air, road, sea, or something else?

Posted - January 30, 2017
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  • 184
    I have done enough air and sea traveling over the years for work. For pleasure as well as business I now prefer land. Hover car would be nice.
      January 30, 2017 4:59 PM MST
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  • Air is good if you're in a hurry. One of my most enjoyable trips was by bus -- about 2,000 km up the east coast. I'd expected to be bored witless but actually enjoyed it. 
      January 30, 2017 5:03 PM MST
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  • 184
    Like trains buses let you see the land, towns and people.
      January 30, 2017 5:05 PM MST
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  • 8214
    No travel on boats out of the harbor unless you can still see the land.  RV if we have a driver. 
    Air travel for long distance, trains for scenic fun, cars for short distance or on Route 1 along the California coast,
    Horseback then a picnic waiting for us at the end of the trail.       This post was edited by Art Lover at February 1, 2017 5:56 AM MST
      January 30, 2017 5:11 PM MST
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  • I thought of mentioning horseback but wasn't sure if it was viable. Would certainly be a wonderful way to get around. 
      January 30, 2017 5:40 PM MST
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  • 8214
    Yes, I agree.  Lots of fun. 
      January 30, 2017 6:12 PM MST
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  • CA route 1 ... nice road.
      February 1, 2017 5:58 AM MST
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  • 16829
    Road. Life is a journey, not a destination. On top of that, when I get to where I'm going, I can still get around when I get there.
      January 30, 2017 5:27 PM MST
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  • Good point, that. I've flown to a few places then rented. Got into all inds of trouble one time when I flew to the west coast. I was used to having the ocean in the east and kept mixing up my directions. Had to get Mrs Didge to navigate for me. :(
      January 30, 2017 5:42 PM MST
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  • 318
    I like the ocean. I would travel by ship anywhere if I had the time and money to pay for it. Cruises are ideal, for getting there is half the fun, and every couple of days you are at a new destination.
      January 30, 2017 5:29 PM MST
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  • You know me Didge but I can't anymore so I'm looking for something different maybe???

      January 30, 2017 5:35 PM MST
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  • You could reall scare the daylights out of passing shipping. :D
      January 30, 2017 5:42 PM MST
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  • Had the Hot Rods for the road, had the planes for the sky, always loved the sea, so I'm ready! This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at January 30, 2017 5:58 PM MST
      January 30, 2017 5:44 PM MST
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  • 322
    I'm confident to say.. you could travel the world without the threat of piracy.  
      February 1, 2017 3:33 AM MST
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  • I like flying....I took a ten hour drive a couple weeks ago and I don't have patience for long drives anymore. It was aweful. I love boats but there's No where  to pee if your a girl ....and guys can just pee over side of boat and that's not really fair. And then it causes fights... So that sucks ;) 
      January 30, 2017 5:58 PM MST
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  • That's just a cop-out, Jaimie. Are you trying to tell me that a man can do something a woman couldn't do better?

      January 30, 2017 6:03 PM MST
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  • Lol :) ummmm no! I'm just saying when a guy takes me out on boat for after noon .... He better find me place to sit down to pee .... Cos I said so;p 
      January 30, 2017 6:14 PM MST
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  • Land and sea. 
      January 30, 2017 6:05 PM MST
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  • When I was young air travel was so expensive that most people travelling from Australia to the UK went by sea. These days, of course, most of the sea travel is done by cruise liners.
      January 30, 2017 6:18 PM MST
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  • 5 months by sea, is that about right? I keep thinking about the England - Australia Ashes matches. Without pandering to preconceived idea about the game, what if it ended in a draw? 
      February 1, 2017 3:07 AM MST
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  • 3719
    Blimey Lucia, five months? How old do you think Didge is?

    I think 5 weeks, not months, would be nearer, by steam-ship for Australia to the UK. The faster trans-Atlantic passenger services typically took about 4-5 days in their 1940s-60s hey-day; cargo vessels are slower.

    There is almost no trans-ocean passenger-ferry shipping now. The cruise liners are just that: holiday cruise ships, not ferries.
      February 2, 2017 7:45 PM MST
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  • People must have really, really wanted to go to the UK.
      February 1, 2017 4:53 AM MST
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  • Really, really spiffingly.
      February 1, 2017 4:56 AM MST
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  • 322
    Just got back from Thailand, had no choice but to fly, boring boring boring. Road trips while on camping holidays are so much fun, singing.. Laughing.. & general foolish behaviour. 
      January 30, 2017 6:12 PM MST
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