Watching the World Cup on the sands of the Copacabana???

[evolution]

I sent mine away 14th April, Havent got it back yet

Although that was only 10 business days ago, so hopefully it should be on its way today or tomorrow!

Sent it off just before Easter, so yours shouldn't be far away.


As for the money the Cash Passports that pv4 suggest are indeed the way to go. I'm in the travel industry and dealt with these a fair bit. If you load it up at an agency they may charge you a fee (was 1% when I was in retail, but we actually never charged it) however if you load up the minimum amount and BPAY the rest on the BPAY'd amount has no fees at all.

Have used the cards in various places such as Fiji, Thailand, New Zealand and Indonesia and have never had any trouble with them at all. I'm just going to load one card up in AUD and deal with the currency conversion fees (which aren't even that bad). The thing I like about them is that they aren't linked to you bank account so you're A) not paying interest on what you spend; and B) if stolen can only get to what is loaded on the card (even then they give you 2 cards with 2 individual PIN numbers so that you can cancel the lost/stolen one and carry on with the other.

[MFKS]

Anyone get their tickets yet???

Have heard reports some in Australia have got them already!!

[MFKS]

How's everyone's plans coming along.
Changed a flight out of Brazil and am now staying for the QF in Brasilia as well.

Have sourced tickets to 13 games assuming all my trades and coniving work out!!!

Heading off in 10 days.

Bring It on

[Jeterpool]

How's everyone's plans coming along.
Changed a flight out of Brazil and am now staying for the QF in Brasilia as well.

Have sourced tickets to 13 games assuming all my trades and coniving work out!!!

Heading off in 10 days.

Bring It on

Have fun. Look forward to your reports when you return. Don't bother posting whilst over there - just enjoy it!

[MFKS]

Have fun. Look forward to your reports when you return. Don't bother posting whilst over there - just enjoy it!

Should be able to comfortably.

Have 31 flights lined up on the trip.

Should be able to knock something up to post by saving it on the tablet whilst sitting on ****ing planes or sitting waiting for planes at ****ing airports. Post the thing when I find some Wifi

[evolution]

Should be able to comfortably.

Have 31 flights lined up on the trip.

Should be able to knock something up to post by saving it on the tablet whilst sitting on ****ing planes or sitting waiting for planes at ****ing airports. Post the thing when I find some Wifi

31???

Jesus I thought I was doing more than enough with 13!

[MFKS]

10 just to get to and from Brazil and around sth America

5 following Socceroos

Other 16 to go take in other games

Most bought pretty cheaply

[A.J.]

31 flights, that is insane! I'm doing 15 and that includes connecting flights, and I'm away for 8 weeks, taking in Chile, Bolivia and Argentina as well as Brazil.

We're going to be catching a few buses through certain places (Argentina and Bolivia, mostly) and the buses are cheap as and have fully reclining seats that turn into beds (almost).

Leave Friday next week. Cannot wait. Trying to grab tickets to Chile v Egypt friendly the day we get into Santiago, or failing that, we are in Valparaiso for a few days and Chile play Northern Ireland.

Didn't pay delivery for tickets, picking them up when we get to Rio in a fortnight.

[MFKS]

31 flights, that is insane! I'm doing 15 and that includes connecting flights, and I'm away for 8 weeks, taking in Chile, Bolivia and Argentina as well as Brazil.

We're going to be catching a few buses through certain places (Argentina and Bolivia, mostly) and the buses are cheap as and have fully reclining seats that turn into beds (almost).

Leave Friday next week. Cannot wait. Trying to grab tickets to Chile v Egypt friendly the day we get into Santiago, or failing that, we are in Valparaiso for a few days and Chile play Northern Ireland.

Didn't pay delivery for tickets, picking them up when we get to Rio in a fortnight.

What flight you on next Friday??

LAN Airlines??? Sydney to Chile via NZ is the one I am on that day

[MFKS]

31 flights

1 Sydney to Auckland
2 Auckland to Santiago
3 Santiago to Montevideo
4 Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguassu
5 Foz De Iguassu to Rio De Janeiro
6&7 Rio to Cuiaba via Sao Paulo Socceroos game
8&9 Cuiaba to Porto Alegre via Sao Paulo Socceroos game
10&11 Porto Alegre to Curtibia to see Iran V Nigeria day trip
12 Curtibia to Florianopolis return from Ecuador V Honduras (Bus to get there)
13&14&15&16 Curtibia to Belo Horizante stopover in Sao Paulo to see England V Costa Rica
17 Sao Paulo to Rio to get to my accomodation in Rio
18&19 Rio to Belo Horizante to see Rd 16 Match 49
20&21Rio to Brasilia to see Rd 16 M53
22&23 Rio to Sao Paulo to see Rd 16 M55
24 Rio to Belo Horizante to get out of paying obscene hotel prices in Rio
25&26 Belo Horizante to Brasilia to see M60
27 Belo Horizante to Sao Paulo
28 Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires
29 Buenos Aires to Santiago
30 Santiago to Auckland
31 Auckland to Sydney

Plus I have a train ride Newy to Sydney return
A ferry ride across the Rio Plate
A couple of bus trips

And I want a helicopter ride at Iguazu

[lquiquer]

31 flights

1 Sydney to Auckland
2 Auckland to Santiago
3 Santiago to Montevideo
4 Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguassu
5 Foz De Iguassu to Rio De Janeiro
6&7 Rio to Cuiaba via Sao Paulo Socceroos game
8&9 Cuiaba to Porto Alegre via Sao Paulo Socceroos game
10&11 Porto Alegre to Curtibia to see Iran V Nigeria day trip
12 Curtibia to Florianopolis return from Ecuador V Honduras (Bus to get there)
13&14&15&16 Curtibia to Belo Horizante stopover in Sao Paulo to see England V Costa Rica
17 Sao Paulo to Rio to get to my accomodation in Rio
18&19 Rio to Belo Horizante to see Rd 16 Match 49
20&21Rio to Brasilia to see Rd 16 M53
22&23 Rio to Sao Paulo to see Rd 16 M55
24 Rio to Belo Horizante to get out of paying obscene hotel prices in Rio
25&26 Belo Horizante to Brasilia to see M60
27 Belo Horizante to Sao Paulo
28 Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires
29 Buenos Aires to Santiago
30 Santiago to Auckland
31 Auckland to Sydney

Plus I have a train ride Newy to Sydney return
A ferry ride across the Rio Plate
A couple of bus trips

And I want a helicopter ride at Iguazu

After that epic mouthwatering adventure may I suggest a sleep over at WLG's house to break the train journey back home?
But I must say MFKS your itinerary makes me jealous and mate...... Enjoy every minutes of it.....

[joel31]

What is your budget for whole World Cup including travel, accomadation, tickets, etc. out of interest?

[MFKS]

What is your budget for whole World Cup including travel, accomadation, tickets, etc. out of interest?

Shitloads

This one is a ducking disaster

Russia should be a he'll of a lot cheaper

No idea but I will say 20k

[Premy]

Not reading this thread anymore, super jealous.

P.S You got a spare 20k member and room for a travel buddy?

[MFKS]

Not reading this thread anymore, super jealous.

P.S You got a spare 20k member and room for a travel buddy?

I have been working my arse off for the last 12 months. Saving heaps. Missing out on doing heaps also. That's where the money has come from. $250 per week put away from pay into an account to pay for trip. Anytime extra shifts have popped up at work I have been doing them. Any extra money I earned above the norm went straight into the account. Couple of things in life I have changed what I normally do just to save a few bob here and there. Pulled together about 5k to start things off when I decided to go which was on the train back from the Iraq game

Got a small loan just to alleviate things so I ain't eating 2 minute noodles whilst I am there but I made it!!!

Already of the opinion I will be going to Russia. The thing is a bit of a hook!!! That should be a lot cheaper with accommodation/flights/transport etc Big issue with that will be tickets. They will be a lot harder to come by.


I am allowed 2 suitcases up to 23kg and I am only taking 1.

If you are under 23kg and can fit into a suitcase like that bloke on Oceans 11 I will check you in next Friday.

[A.J.]

What flight you on next Friday??

LAN Airlines??? Sydney to Chile via NZ is the one I am on that day

Yeah mate, same flight as ours.

How long are you away for total?

Our itinerary is something like this, but parts of it are flexible as we'll be catching buses:
Santiago
Valparaiso
Rio
Cuiaba
Porto Alegre
Curitiba
Santa Cruz
Sucre
La Paz
Rurrenabaque
Buenos Aires
Rosario
Cordoba
Mendoza
Santiago
Sydney

[MFKS]

Decided I won't be wearing a Jets shirt on a plane at all.

Wear one to a Jets game and look at the misfortune that brings.

Wouldn't want to inflict that suffering on others!!!

All up away for 49 days.
Get back 18th July

Sydney to Montevideo on the one day.

Don't know now what I was thinking. I have an extra stopover of 2 hours in the airport in Santiago and then another 2 hour flight to Montevideo after the 3 hours to NZ and 11 1/2 to Chile. Gonna be a long ****ing day

Buenos Aires
Iguassu Falls
Rio
Cuiaba
Porto Alegre
Florianopolis
Curtibia
Sao Paulo
Rio
Belo Horizante
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Sydney

Throw in a few day trips to Curtibia Belo and Brasilia and Colonia in Uruguay in that

[Premy]

Enjoy it mate sounds like you earned it, I'm most jealous of the Iguazu Falls definitely on my bucket list along with Machu Picchu.

[evolution]

- $7k on flights (granted if I was just doing the world cup and going straight home that'd be more like $4k)
- $3100 for the world cup "tour" part
- $1100 on match tickets

Plus a few grand more for the month I'm staying on to travel after the world cup has finished and then another $5k for money to blow on coke and hookers.

[pv4]

Don't know now what I was thinking. I have an extra stopover of 2 hours in the airport in Santiago and then another 2 hour flight to Montevideo after the 3 hours to NZ and 11 1/2 to Chile

I did this too (back in 2012), but flew to Lima from Santiago. It's not as bad as it sounds, that last 2-3 hour leg. Make sure you're awake during the flight into Santiago - the mountains are probably the most beautiful scenery I've seen on a flight. Also check out some of the shops in Santiago airport - I got some sweet lacoste & tommy hilfiger gear for dirt cheap in there.