Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:41 am  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

Kavos is great for nights out but the place itself is filthy. I stayed in one night (too much the night before) and by morning my bed was covered in blood from all the mosuito bites on my body.

Anyone been to Magaluf and can you reccomend it?

I'm only going by what my two daughters tell me, between them they seem to have gone to all of the Mediterranean so-called "In" resorts over the past five years, the youngest went to Magaluf last summer and wasn't all that impressed with the resort although she did pay what seemed to me to be extraordinary amounts of money to go and see some club turns who ar-ise about with records all night long and said that she enjoyed that.

Not my scene as you can gather

If only their grandad was still alive they could go and stay with him in Benidorm and watch him sing every night

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:14 am  

magalluf = kavos.
similar prog on monday on bbc 2.3 or 4, cant remember, (its on IPlayer) as the kavos one, watch it and see for yourself.again they are animals(sorry to insult the animals and compare them to humans)who frequent magalluf and kavos, same standard of people go to those resorts.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:08 pm  

CORNISH wrote:

magalluf = kavos.
similar prog on monday on bbc 2.3 or 4, cant remember, (its on IPlayer) as the kavos one, watch it and see for yourself.again they are animals(sorry to insult the animals and compare them to humans)who frequent magalluf and kavos, same standard of people go to those resorts.

The guy who was found unconcious on the beach in Magaluf - at first they thought he'd been attacked but he still had his wallet and phone on him, then they managed to wake him up to find he hadn't a clue who he was, where he was or the fact that it was a police officer that he was trying to fight with even when the police officer was in uniform and was shouting "Police!" at him constantly.

That person had paid a lot of money to get into that state, he'd had to fly to Magaluf inthe first place, then pay for a hotel and then go out and drink so much alcohol that he wiped his brain completely void, basically he'd formated his brain and forgot to re-install the operating system - and it had cost him a fortune to do it.

If it wasn't for the fact that he'd do it all again the next night and hand over another fortune to Spanish businesses then I'm sure that int he days of Franco they'd have asked him to leave, in fact they'd have taken him to the nearest border crossing and shoved him across it.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:20 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

The guy who was found unconcious on the beach in Magaluf - at first they thought he'd been attacked but he still had his wallet and phone on him, then they managed to wake him up to find he hadn't a clue who he was, where he was or the fact that it was a police officer that he was trying to fight with even when the police officer was in uniform and was shouting "Police!" at him constantly.

That person had paid a lot of money to get into that state, he'd had to fly to Magaluf inthe first place, then pay for a hotel and then go out and drink so much alcohol that he wiped his brain completely void, basically he'd formated his brain and forgot to re-install the operating system - and it had cost him a fortune to do it.

If it wasn't for the fact that he'd do it all again the next night and hand over another fortune to Spanish businesses then I'm sure that int he days of Franco they'd have asked him to leave, in fact they'd have taken him to the nearest border crossing and shoved him across it.

Couldn't help but laugh when he started to talk in some sort of schoolboy gibberish French and the Policeman as calm as anything said in an almost perfect English accent, "Please stop talking to me in French"

I'd like to know where his friends were, because if it were me theres no way I would ever a) let him get into such a state and b) wander off on his own.

Maybe its because I'm older, but I just don't see what the "fun" is about being so pi$$ed you think you are in another country to what you are!!

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:50 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

The guy who was found unconcious on the beach in Magaluf - at first they thought he'd been attacked but he still had his wallet and phone on him, then they managed to wake him up to find he hadn't a clue who he was, where he was or the fact that it was a police officer that he was trying to fight with even when the police officer was in uniform and was shouting "Police!" at him constantly.

That person had paid a lot of money to get into that state, he'd had to fly to Magaluf inthe first place, then pay for a hotel and then go out and drink so much alcohol that he wiped his brain completely void, basically he'd formated his brain and forgot to re-install the operating system - and it had cost him a fortune to do it.

If it wasn't for the fact that he'd do it all again the next night and hand over another fortune to Spanish businesses then I'm sure that int he days of Franco they'd have asked him to leave, in fact they'd have taken him to the nearest border crossing and shoved him across it.

I used to rep in Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and did a couple of summers working the 'young & lively' market. we were a bit like 18-30, but a little more mainstream. Thousands upon thousands of kids doing what you describe every night, often on organised excursions.

What you see on these programmes is actually pretty mild. People having sex, oral sex, etc wherever and whenever the opportunity presents itself. Drug use was rife - cocaine was the drug of choice in my day but that might have changed. You were in the minority if you didn't do coke.

As for the violence - prostitutes mugging punters is older than the hills: "You wan sucky sucky? Only five mil?". And 'Lucky Lucky' men are another one to watch out for. We used to go past on airport coaches in the early hours and see them target the drunkest blokes, befriend them and walk off with them, with the intention of relieving them of their wallets.

I was attacked twice in Tenerife - one time I fought them off, the other I was in a right state anyway and it was a gang of around 20 locals. Fortunately my girlfriend yelled at them in Spanish, telling them we lived there and we weren't tourists. They backed off but some of my customers had seen it and waded in on my behalf. I was also spiked 4 times and ended up in hospital twice with unknown substances in my system. I've never been a drugs user and reacted badly when spiked.

The bouncers in Tenerife, specifically the Veronica's area, were the worst. They were unregulated and tended to be meatheads from the UK on the run. At the slightest hint of trouble young lads would find themselves launched down stairs or on the end of chains, baseball bats, iron bars, whatever. The NI June marching season was terrible - guaranteed riots every night as various groups clashed.

They were disgusting in the hotels as well. Many times I turned up to work and had to evict a gang of very hungover lads for trashing their rooms and parts of the hotel, or for fighting or abusing other guests. Vomit, blood, semen, urine, faeces, all over the place. A couple of times we had to call the police to get them out.

The most disturbing things were the deaths and rapes. The one I recall most vividly was a 16 year-old who got drunk and got into a car with 4 locals. They drove her out to the wastelands outside Las Americas, gang-raped her, beat her senseless and left her there. Dealt with several deaths, a few lads choked to death in their sleep, a few fell off balconies, and a local who jumped from the 13th floor of the Princesa Dacil hotel in Los Cristianos and landed between two sunbeds with people sunbathing on them, and their kids nearby. Brains and bits of bone and gore splattered everywhere.

This was 11 years ago. To be fair, Veronica's was a uniquely grotesque monster and far more violent than anywhere else I've been on a drinking holiday (Playa Del Ingles, Faliraki, Laganas and others). It's been massively cleaned up since those days.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:28 pm  

Cronus wrote:

This was 11 years ago. To be fair, Veronica's was a uniquely grotesque monster and far more violent than anywhere else I've been on a drinking holiday (Playa Del Ingles, Faliraki, Laganas and others). It's been massively cleaned up since those days.

Went to Faliraki last year and the place is on it's booty. Not many people going compared to what it used to be like (according to people working there). The bars on bar street did get busy around midnight but alot of the clientelle are Italians who don't seem to spend a lot of money. All the restaurants were dead and a lot of bars and restraurants on the edge of town (where we were staying) were vacant.

Went to Laganas the year before which was busy but for some reason felt a lot different to anywhere else I've been. Seemed to attract a lot younger crowd mainly from southern England and the music/vibe in the clubs at night seemed to be of a different genre to what I've found in other resorts in Greece and Spain.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:36 pm  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

Kavos is great for nights out but the place itself is filthy. I stayed in one night (too much the night before) and by morning my bed was covered in blood from all the mosuito bites on my body.

Anyone been to Magaluf and can you reccomend it?

It depends what your after, but there's a few places I'd pick over Magaluf.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:06 pm  

Northern Soul Cruise from Hull to Amsterdam next week, Lubay Los Gigantes Tenerife in Feb, Far Grange Holiday Park all summer, Lloret De Mar in Sept for a 70s worker reunion. Then start again for 2014. Must spend as much money as we can before the state gets it in our 70s if they have not put up retirement age up to 80.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:30 pm  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

Went to Faliraki last year and the place is on it's booty. Not many people going compared to what it used to be like (according to people working there). The bars on bar street did get busy around midnight but alot of the clientelle are Italians who don't seem to spend a lot of money. All the restaurants were dead and a lot of bars and restraurants on the edge of town (where we were staying) were vacant.

Went to Laganas the year before which was busy but for some reason felt a lot different to anywhere else I've been. Seemed to attract a lot younger crowd mainly from southern England and the music/vibe in the clubs at night seemed to be of a different genre to what I've found in other resorts in Greece and Spain.

Did Faliraki in 1998 during the World Cup and it was outstanding - just the right mix of bars, clubs, restaurants and a 'friendly' young & lively vibe. Then the first series of Club Reps was based in Faliraki in 2001 and it exploded. Went back with some mates in 2003 as it was the cheapest week we could find - it was decent but much busier and full of blokes. Not surprised it's dying off.

Did Laganas in 2002 to visit some mates working there. Was fine, no trouble, had a decent time. Worked in Playa Del Ingles in 2001, it was ok but nothing spectacular. Worked in Tenerife 1999 & 2000 and you've seen my opinion on that place!

Those sorts of holidays are far behind me, but if I was going these days I'd probably look at Turkey or maybe Ios.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:56 pm  

Croatia is the place to be nowadays. The islands off Split are fantastic!