#Travel Challenges & Misadventures
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postcardsplaces
That time I was doing a solo drive from Yukon to Vancouver and decided to go for a short trail ride near Whitehorse. | A1 #TRLT
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HeidiSiefkas
A2 Same trip to #Australia & a cyclone approaching Cairns. So barrier reef, cable car ride & more were cancelled. My entire group changed flights to get out before the storm. I was on the last flight out. Last activity train ride. We made it @caitlinkellynyc @loyaltytravels #TRLT
BradtGuides
A2: On her interrailing adventure across Europe, our Ellie accidentally missed her train to Cologne. To pass the time while waiting for the next connection, she spent the day swimming and stand-up paddleboarding at Ammersee lake. It ended up being the highlight of her trip! #TRLT
2WeekTraveller
replying to @Touchse @Touchse @CharlesMcCool A1. Driving the Sani Pass from South Africa to Lesotho is a great adventure - one of the worlds most challenging drives! #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
RT @BradtGuides: A2: On her interrailing adventure across Europe, our Ellie accidentally missed her train to Cologne. To pass the time whil…
650000Hours
RT @Ken_Budd: A1: I wrote a piece for @NatGeoTravel about a trip to Spain that included a horrible neck injury and the death of my mother b…
ShebsAlom
A2: Yes, I missed my bus ride taking me to the port to get to Vancouver Island from Vancouver. But because I missed it, I met one of my best friends. We shared a taxi to the ferry and went to the island together that day #TRLT
LindaPeters64
replying to @CaitlinKellyNYC
@CaitlinKellyNYC @CharlesMcCool Yikes, although always memorable, Caitlin. 😏
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LindaPeters64
RT @CaitlinKellyNYC: @LindaPeters64 @CharlesMcCool A1: No pix. Decades ago. Skedded on a direct flight Lima to Toronto, coming home. Misrea…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @BradtGuides @BradtGuides sweet #trlt something good comes out of many a bad situation
featherytravels
replying to @BradtGuides @BradtGuides It was quite something. I mean, the journey is always epic, but that time was particularly ridiculous. #trlt
Touchse
replying to @timleffel
@timleffel Yikes! I think I would be long gone already at the point where I finish reading that sign.
Nope, gators, no thanks. I have a deal with them, I don't bother them and they don't eat me.
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StuartMHurlbut
replying to @HeidiSiefkas @HeidiSiefkas @CharlesMcCool A1 Catching Malaria whilst travelling in West Africa...I spent a week or so in The Hotel Djenne in Bamako, Mali...I got the medicine from a nearby clinic and the kind staff looked after me while I was a bit delirious. #TRLT (Picture of the hotel from my archives).
RTWBarefoot
RT @postcardsplaces: That time I was doing a solo drive from Yukon to Vancouver and decided to go for a short trail ride near Whitehorse...…
BlueBagRedBag
Maria's joining #TRLT from St Croix. Thinking through any #misadventures that we've had and it seems they're always on busses. #traveltuesday
Travel_Session
replying to @Travel_Session
A1- My first trip to #Pamplona I missed my flight & flew into Valencia (long story). Had to stay a night in Madrid & partied too hard (longer story). The next day a cop woke me up on a train station bench dressed, packed, ready to go. No recollection.
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BradtGuides
replying to @featherytravels @featherytravels Ridiculous is the word. Although we might jump at the chance to do it again now given the past year! #TRLT
t_jh2009
replying to @LindaPeters64 @LindaPeters64 @CharlesMcCool A1) Given my mobility issues, the elevation & the fact that the day before I had taken an 15 hour flight to get to Chile, hiking in the Andes was a bit of a challenge. #TRLT
Touchse
replying to @Sputniktechno
@Sputniktechno @RTWBarefoot @CharlesMcCool That's just nasty! And I was thinking of going to Sumatra on my next trip to Indonesia, thanks for the tip, I'll replan.
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RTWBarefoot
replying to @amyjanetravels @amyjanetravels That was back in June 2019. It took about two days to stop bleeding, a couple of weeks for the nail to start to grow back, and even now it still looks obviously weird and slightly malformed. But it could have been a lot worse. #trlt
LindaPeters64
A2: Due to a flight being cancelled
then rescheduled many times, we
arrivied at 7am at Montreal's #YUL to be advised our Vancouver flight was now at 11pm. 🙄
Enquiries led us West to 24 hrs in Las Vegas, before heading home.♡
Q: via @CaitlinKellyNYC #travel @loyaltytravels
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Sputniktechno
replying to @Touchse @Touchse @RTWBarefoot @CharlesMcCool It's worth it, trust me ;) #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
RT @t_jh2009: @LindaPeters64 @CharlesMcCool A1) Given my mobility issues, the elevation & the fact that the day before I had taken an 15 ho…
CaitlinKellyNYC
replying to @LindaPeters64 @LindaPeters64 @loyaltytravels A2: In '98, I made the last flight back to the U.S. after the Venezuela landslides devastated the region. I was a courier w no ticket; the taxi ride had literally driven through a muddy lake to get there. Have never been so relieved at take-off. Arrived with barely 10 mins. #trlt
tripwellness
A2: Finally made it to India but misread times. Arrived a day ahead of plan in Delhi, solo in the middle of the night. Money changers were closed. I begged a kiosk to overcharge my card for a taxi to a very close hotel. #liveandlearn via @CaitlinKellyNYC
@loyaltytravels #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
replying to @StuartMHurlbut @StuartMHurlbut @HeidiSiefkas @CharlesMcCool oooof, nasty #trlt
postcardsplaces
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @Sputniktechno @CharlesMcCool I had some bites hiking in Malaysia and didn’t feel anything. It’s the blood that let’s you know somethings up! 😬 #trlt
featherytravels
replying to @featherytravels Yup, here's a photo of the journey. It was mostly spent like this. #trlt
RTWBarefoot
#TRLT Q2 again: Have you ever missed a journey (flight, bus, train) or a connection due to a cancellation, being late, or something else - what happened after that? Share your story and a photo! via @caitlinkellynyc @loyaltytravels
BradtGuides
replying to @StuartMHurlbut @StuartMHurlbut @HeidiSiefkas @CharlesMcCool Not an ideal situation to say the least. But lovely to hear the staff looked after you! Looks a beautiful hotel. #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
replying to @postcardsplaces @postcardsplaces @Sputniktechno @CharlesMcCool by then it's too late I guess! #trlt
Sputniktechno
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @CharlesMcCool Not at all, I just removed the boots to find every day leeches everywhere, that in the pic happened to be only the biggest. #TRLT
BlueBagRedBag
RT @Touchse: Q1: Share a photo and story about a memorable travel challenge or misadventure. via @charlesmccool #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
replying to @Sputniktechno @Sputniktechno @CharlesMcCool oooof! #trlt how did they get inside the boot even?
StuartMHurlbut
replying to @Touchse @Touchse @Sputniktechno @RTWBarefoot @CharlesMcCool I'd still go to Sumatra - it's well worth it, I promise! #TRLT
BradtGuides
A2: Travelling with two four-year-olds is no picnic as @adrianphillips1 found out. Despite arriving at the airport 3 hours early, they still managed to miss their flight! You can read the full story in our anthology, Kidding Around: https://t.co/FY07sw11sm #TRLT
LindaPeters64
RT @CaitlinKellyNYC: @LindaPeters64 @loyaltytravels A2: In '98, I made the last flight back to the U.S. after the Venezuela landslides deva…
ethanbaron
replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @JLipowski @RTWBarefoot @LindaPeters64 @Touchse @pip_says @HeidiSiefkas Thanks, esteemed #TRLT hosts! This misadventure turned out OK, but was a little touch and go as it was desert and no others around in Wadi Rum, Jordan. miraculously, mouth-to-mouth on the carburetor worked, though it took a while:
RTWBarefoot
RT @ethanbaron: @TheTravelCamel @JLipowski @RTWBarefoot @LindaPeters64 @Touchse @pip_says @HeidiSiefkas Thanks, esteemed #TRLT hosts! This…
BradtGuides
replying to @ethanbaron @ethanbaron @TheTravelCamel @JLipowski @RTWBarefoot @LindaPeters64 @Touchse @pip_says @HeidiSiefkas That must have been a touch scary for a moment! #TRLT
CaitlinKellyNYC
replying to @LindaPeters64 @LindaPeters64 @loyaltytravels A2: Slightly different...returning to France ill from Venice by train. Jumped off to buy meds at a French pharmacy, advised to keep going to Spain. Arrived Barcelona late at night, ill, alone, currency exchange closed, only French money. A local friend rescued me. #trlt
RTWBarefoot
replying to @ethanbaron @ethanbaron @TheTravelCamel @JLipowski @LindaPeters64 @Touchse @pip_says @HeidiSiefkas ooof, hope you didn't get a mouthful of rusty sand (or sandy rust!). #trlt
Sputniktechno
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @CaitlinKellyNYC @loyaltytravels A2: #CDG airport is well known for poor organization. When still a young #traveler I missed my connecting #flight from #Havana to #Venice due to techical probs at the aircraft. #TRLT