First hand experience in fallen countries



This post has been edited by mystalyzer: Sep 18 2025, 03:49 PM

Malta?

Yes, taking big ass cruise ship

I suggest to explore the old city. Interesting architecture and locals are warm.

Quite surprised everyone can speak English here. Hotter than kl now.
Going to get totally baked this time

Yeah city with not much trees except palm trees for decor.

Most tourist with hats. Almost like seeing the same tourist in Capri.

msc ?

P&O

GoT filming location

Southern Europe hot AF now. Temperature reaching 38C

looks like a place where they filmed World War Z also... that part where there's zombies on the netting above...

Never go south Europe in summer. Very unpleasant.

But many European women going braless, loose clothing and sunbathing topless

Summer ma…

Go in late spring or early autumn cooler and still plenty of sights to oogle.

Hot is good

Dubrovnik, aka King's Landing

This is a bit too hot:

What's the humidity like tho?

Very low humidity, so it's very dry now

cabin got AC?

Yes, got AC in cabin

.

This post has been edited by mystalyzer: Jul 19 2024, 02:24 AM

And where are those drillz pls

Sunset

Lol, can't take those drills. Don't want to get whacked

Do singapork style. Voyeur

so is it worth it?
of course it is better than going winter ,cold AF

Mediterranean in winter is not very cold. If go northern Scandinavia, then yes, will be cold AF. I was in Madeira (further south) 2 years ago during winter and it was just around 21-23 C

yes, can visit a lot of places. no need to keep packing to move around, unpacking and catching planes, trains, bus, taxis etc

unlimited food, plenty of entertainment on board. a lot of things included in price already

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Malta

not a normal summer. this is a heatwave

During summer, can expect heatwave. Back in 1997/98 was also the same, first time hearing el-nino term during that time.

This post has been edited by mystalyzer: Jul 19 2024, 07:15 PM

Where to book the trip?
How long is the waiting time?
Brp ringgit?

mine is fly (from Gatwick London to Malta) and cruise from there:

https://www.pocruises.com/find-a-cruise/A425B/A425B

Got other cruise to choose from like MSC

what waiting time are you referring to?

looks good for 1.4k pound

so gonna stay in london for a few days after the cruise?

i live in London permanently anyway

I rmbr the cruise to explore the south atlantic/pasific ocean from argentina there need to quene for ur turn like, book the ticket now, but u can travel only in a specific time in a year so long waiting time.

Wa, the price look so solid.

This post has been edited by Zhik: Jul 19 2024, 08:28 PM

Corfu, Greece

That's warm! Especially for angmoh standards.

I guessed Mediterranean winter wasn't that cold (no mentions of snow) but didn't expect it to be warm.

Thought el-nino happens in Pacific?

Then again the term is in Spanish.

This post has been edited by mystalyzer: Jul 19 2024, 09:18 PM

I booked a few months in advance. booking anything last minute is usually more expensive (planes, hotels, etc)

Malta is beautiful

I personally like Dubrovnik the most on this trip, although Matera was very unique

is one of the filming locations for GoT (Meeren)

Nggg a cruise ship is definitely on my bucket list. I want to spend a week, or two on a cruise to nowhere with my wife and kids.

Or just with my wife...

Cruise to somewhere definitely better, even if you don't want to come off the ship (for the change of scenery). Some of the best photos i liked are taken from the ship itself

The ship got a few swimming pools, pub/bars, restaurants, shops, nursery, cinema, theatre, cafes

Unlimited food. Excursions are optional

Package how much per person?

mine is fly (from Gatwick London to Malta) and cruise from there:

https://www.pocruises.com/find-a-cruise/A425B/A425B

£1.3k pp

How's the food? What's the dining experience in the general dining area? Do you have access to the exclusive lounge?

Food's pretty decent. I would not say great because there's usually 1 dish that is too sweet/salty/tasteless, but the rest is pretty decent and have enough variety

General dining area can be a bit busy during peak times, so I normally go a bit early or later to avoid the crowd. Food is available almost the whole days and constantly refilled, so won't get hungry

I don't have exclusive lounge, but I did dine at the specialty restaurants (for additional price). More disappointed with those restaurants, but it wasn't expensive to begin with

Agree. Did some diving years ago near Sicily, really hot same like diving back home.

Diving or driving?

Wow. Really? Got pic?

Nope. Don't want to get called a perv

Scuba DIVING.

Was it good though? The sea looks so nice and blue from above, not sure what is there under the sea

Ancient grottos (caves), shipwreck of ancient merchant and Roman ships, walls formed from lava and fishes different from ours. Visibility is 4-6m as water is colder.

Got dobby on the ship?

What's a dobby?

Sorry lousy English.
Got laundry room to wash shirt and dry it ?

Got. Free to use washing machine and dryer.

I used it 4 times because hot AF so I sweat every day

Wow. This is good.
Because of those sweaty shirt might be better to wash immediately

Yes, very useful can do laundry during holiday. Don't need to drag loads of dirty clothes around.