Hi,

I am getting ready to leave japan for the first time in 4 years!
only option is to go to Heathrow. From Heathrow i need to go to Stansted.

Google shows a 20 pound shuttle bus?
are there any cheaper options i should look into?
Thanks

Good news Tp!

Going back to visit your family?

Hey Tsonda
2 months in europe, 2 months in India/Nepal.
i got a LOT of catching up to do.
but no cheap tickets to Cph. so i have to go via china and london.

20 quid for the bus sounds about right. It's a bit of a trek around the M25. No more problems with re-entry Thunderpants?

Hi Soub.
well 20 pounds it is then, and 6 pounds for the flight !
Immi decided to give me a single entry permit. i feel almost normal again
thanks

Great. Glad to hear it.

My last flight from Stansted was 15 pounds return to Naples. I paid more in airport taxes.

Your visa status went back to normal I presume?

I know this is not my personal blog, but:
i got new visa, out with the "special permission" in with a one year spouse visa. normally immi will not issue re entry permits to people who are still serving their sentences (i finish on November 20) but i guess i was lucky.
only problem is there are no flights from Denmark to Nepal, have to go to Delhi.
There are direct flights to Kathmandu from Osaka for 10 man.

I doesnt matter that much really, you are now able once again to travel and thats all that matters.
My best wishes for your trip Tp.
I hope you can also work it with the flights problem, once you are on the plane everything is gonna be forgotten.

Have a good time in Nepal, TP. Have one for me

Thanks all,
will think about both of you in Manali

the connecting bus isn't that bad between Heathrow and Stanstead, but 20 quid is correct. You won't get cheaper I don't think.

HEHE, i have found an even better way 2 man cheaper

Nagoya > Malaysia > Amsterdam. spend the weekend there to get re socialized with the "real" world and then drive 700 km home to old Denmark
...but thanks for the info anyway

You spent a weekend in Amsterdam to get socialized with the �real� world???????
Whom are you trying to fool?!

Tsondachan, it will be healthy for me, shall i send you a postcard?
no parcels, sorry!!!!

Your post almost sounds like a threat!!!

no way, would never do that, trust me!

Where are you now, Denmark?

Still i Shizuoka among moving boxes and bento trays.
leaving on the 26. returning to Tanegashima in mid December.
my snow life is over

Ohhh, I thought you are already in Europe.
Snow days wont be over, but most probably will require more planing.

Tsonda, snowlife will not only require more planing, but a sh!t load of money, something that is very difficult to come by living in Tanegashima.

But that is ok, i got some secret plans for our new life down there. please come and see us by the way

I will most surely do!

What do you plan to do for $$$$ there?

time will tell, got something in the oven right now, can't talk about it online yet (not illegal though )

How is the surf in Tanegashima?

Doesn't Denmark have snow? or just really cold women?

World Class that's one of the reasons we go there



Denmark occasionally gets snow to cover our great mountains, the highest towering 162 meter above sea level
the women... nice

Mons Klint (sp?) I've been there.

How expensive is it to access the mountains in Sweden or Norway? Just a short hop over the water eh?

Sou, i'm impressed with your knowledge... but m�ns klint is not quite the highest point.



this winters massive rain has caused some big slides by the way


This awesome mountain (Yding skovh�j) is the highest, One Hundred And Sixty Two Meters!!!;) it gets about 20 cm of snow pr decade




From Copenhagen you can reach "Fujiten quality" resorts in 3 hours by car in Sweeden. if you want better snow you have to go quite far up north. Sweeden don't have very big mountains in general.

Norway is a 12 hour drive thru sweeden or overnight ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo.
Gasoline is about 200 yen/L and the ferry is also very expensive. Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the world.

A cheap alternative is Poland. they get decent snow and have some ok mountains (so i am told) but last thing i heard is that the resorts lack infrastructure.

most danes go to the Alps by bus or airplane.

Snowlife is nice in japan. i could get 30+ days pr season on a small salary. Just need a old car, some gear and a warm sleeping bag.

Thats's massive!

yeah i guess, the German alps are easily accessed eh...well I guess all the alps are easy access.

how long would it take for you to drive the length of Germany to get to the mountains?

guess 15-20 hours could get me south of Munich.
i have a secret plan to go to Norway with my friend when we return from Nepal, but don't tell my wife, she is expecting us to go straight back to Japan

I am personally going to mail her right this instance.


Lets talk about ca$$$$h



PS: Now I know why you are not posting in this thread
http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/225847/page/2#Post225847

Uhh nice link there Tsonda, nice knowing when going to red light district...:)

..but then again maybe not, think I'll stick to the Norwegian snow.
Are you going anywhere this summer?

Next time please invite me too.

We are going to Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands aka Chichijima/Hahajima next month.

If you are interestead, there is a nice 3day party @ Fuji san in September.

Uhh nice islands i hear... good for you

In September we are in denmark, (we are leaving in 2 weeks) and getting ready for 2 months of india and nepal.

but first... AMSTERDAM

I just want to take this opportunity to say, once more, I HATE HEATHROW. What a nasty, nasty place it is.

I also dont like Heathrow.

But i like Amsterdam

http://www.dulmens.dk/index.php?page=amsterdam-2

I demand to see coffee shop picks!

i would never go to a coffee shop

































maybe not