wuffly wrote: » Probably an out there suggestion but we did Alaska at that time of year, once in a life time trip. We live in a desert so sun wasn't import to us. We also left our honeymoon for months after the wedding as it was a busy trip. Glacier cruise, hiking, fishing (did not think i would like this but it was great craic) bear viewing, gold panning, flight around Denali (formerly mt McKinley) landed at base camp, crossed the arctic circle, natural hot springs, surprisingly amazing food(especially in and around Homer). Anchorage is small and low rise very chilled a day or two is loads. Crazy but great people. This was 4 yrs ago. Visited the town northern exposure(if you remember the tv show) was based on, great little spot! We rented a camper van and drove a lot, less is probably more but I don't think we'll have the chance to go again so glad we did what we did. It was expensive but it was amazing.
Romantic Rose wrote: » I would love to find out more about this trip. How much was it, how long you spent there, where did you fly into etc. We were originally thinking of flying to Canada and doing a cruise around Alaska. The more I read about these countries, the more I'm fascinated by them.
wuffly wrote: » Honestly its kinda hard to put a price on it. (Around $5kUS:eek: ex flights, really once in a life time!) We flew from the middle east so flights from Ireland should be cheaper. Flew to anchorage and we were there for 2.5 weeks. We rented a camper van from anchorage (I'll dig out the company name) we had hoped to get something like the wicked vans in NZ but nothing like that available. Fueling it was expensive. We planned our own itinerary before we went and dropped and added things when we got there. The thing i would think about the cruise is that it will likely be full of older american couples. We did one organised tour when we went to the arctic circle and that's what the crowd was like. No young people. It was just a bit sedate, that part if we were doing it again we would have take the flight but we had already done two flight tours (bear viewing and denali) so we thought we'd go cheaper on this, it was an 18hr trip. The glacier cruise we did was just for a day out of Whittier(there is nothing else in this town and there is tunnel in and out with specific opening times). The flights were expensive but honestly totally worth it. We went to Denali base camp and it was just out of this world. Also the bear viewing, the pilot fly's around spots a bear lands down the beach and you get to see them close up with maybe 5 other people, (the bear we saw was busy clamming so didn't take any notice). We went in shoulder season which made a massive difference to the prices, we also just booked things as we went I'm not sure if its that easy in high season. Cost wise, its remote so almost everything is coming from a long way away so its makes it expensive. We did breakfast and lunch in/by the camper most days, there is always some where with a stunning view to stop. We met very few international tourists they were a lot of american's that had driven up from other states. Also meet lots of people that had never met an Irish person. The milepost is a great reference. The people are great and have a real sense of love for the land and what they do. They all do other work so it doesn't feel as touristy when you do touristy stuff. the pilots do plenty of commercial work as do the fishermen, we met guys that pan gold for a living etc... We saw the vessels from the deadliest catch and were on the ice road truckers road minus the ice (my brother watches these things, i had no idea until he pointed stuff out in our photos) The only thing we missed was the northern lights as it was about 22hrs daylight when we were there. Sorry that was a bit a of ramble! Would love to be going back!
wuffly wrote: » No it was about 5k for both, possibly a bit more. The flights(in AK) and the camper were a big chunk of that. If can you give it more time it would be well worth it. We only got to do few 'front country' hikes in Denali as it takes such a long time to get back country(by park bus) and we didn't have the bear proof gear(i think you can rent), you can't take a camper in. But it was still stunning. The wildlife around Homer is fab, bald eagles are so common, they are practically a pest. lots of moose just roaming around. Take a boat to Halibut cove, one of the most picturesque places and one of the tastiest meals I've ever had. We did our fishing trip from here as well, you could easily spend a whole trip in this part of AK.
Sarah1916 wrote: » I was in Thailand before and it was amazing and would definitely recommend for a honeymoon - you could do a number of islands in 14/16 days. Phi phi was my favourite. I was in Vegas before and would also recommend but have not been to Cancun so cant comment. As some other post mentioned - Dominican Republic is amazing. Another option - if you don't mind all the travelling is Bali. One of my favourite places ever.
passremarkable wrote: » Decided on Thailand in the end. How much would people recommend to bring in total? Is it ok to use Visa card over there ?
brownbinman wrote: » we loaded up our credit cards with a certain amount, then when it was gone replenished them.
