Re: Travelling? : Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:53 am  

I picked a bad time to hit Nz (nov-feb) as kiwis like to take extended summer hols around christmas and lots of Businesses even shut down for extended peroids. I Joined an admin agency and found work in feb after arriving in October.

Ive done labouring, working at festivals and bar work at the stadiums as well as the admin ive been doing lately.

I'd advise going for a canadian working visa while your still at home because there are some tight restrictions with that, New Zealand and as are fairly straightforward.

Dont get worried about the savings so much as they dont check at immigration. Plenty of work to be found in Nz and aus as well, ive heard canada is a little more difficult.

[TimperleySaint]

Re: Travelling? : Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:34 am  

Well, taken the plunge and decided I'm gonna do it!! And hopefully following this path if time and money allows

Japan, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Bali, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, then into South America starting in Argentina and finishing in Rio, Brazil.

Looking at 3-4 month in each of SE Asia, Oz/NZ and South America. Would like to add a couple of weeks maybe at the end on the west coast of North America before flying home....

Re: Travelling? : Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:20 pm  

Soldiers in Blue wrote:

1. Go to a specialist travel agent like STA or Trailfinders to get an idea of possible routes and prices.
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I used Trailfinders once and they ruined a very important holiday. Luckily, it was only part of a bigger holiday and we had a good time in the other location. We explained what we wanted but where they sent us to was awful and failed to fulfil in any shape or form the carefully laid out criteria. After one night we insisted that we were driven back to the capital city of the country concerned where we had to pay ouselves to waste the rest of our time there in a nice hotel. Given that our holiday was supposed to be game viewing to say we were annoyed was an understatement. I did not get round to litigating due to time pressure at work. Their excuse (as self-styled "experts") was the place was my idea - they'd never heard of it!! In fact I'd never heard of the place they sent us - I told them about the National Park I wanted to go to not the accommodation. If they hadn't heard of the National Park, then they ought to buy an atlas. As a consquence, I would not personally tough them with a doublr-length barge pole.