Travel advice

[geek]

I'm thinking about taking several trips (no one of the is not taking a long walk of a short pier). I've got a thwack of vacation time that I need to use and I feel like doing something other than staying at home. I've got a couple of problems though.

One is I'd like the trips to be fairly short 3-4 days not including travel time. I have taken long multi-week trips before and I found them to be pretty boring after a few days. Any suggestions on where to go and when. I was thinking Sweden, Iceland, Prague possibly New Zealand. (Yes I know Prague is a city but Prague is easier to type than czechsi...czccec...ckds;sjfgasd ...ah.. fuck it Prague). The only restrictions (so far) are no muslim countries, no communist countries (yes cuba, hong kong and North Korea are out) and no warzones.

Two is that I'd like to take a tour but I am running into single occupancy issue's. Example 3-4 day tour of prague costs $600 but it will cost me $1200 if I want to be by myself.

I am not an experienced traveler so any advice would be much appreciated.

thanks

geek

 

[geek]

you can often do quite well just making reservations on the net by yourself. Do it all the time. Don't have to pay a fortune. Travel agents etc get you, private deals are not always better but often more flexible.

Muslim countries? Many are far safer than here. And sex and alcohol are often allowed. Don't pass up places like Bahrain, Dubai, etc as they are very liberalized.

Go to Greece, the culture is fantastic.

I avoid muslim countries because I am considered an apostate of islam and I don't feel like relying on Canadian passport to protect me or the ministry of foreign affairs.

But Greece sounds cool, I'll put it on my list. Any idea on when's the best time to go to greece (yes I know greece, perb ... .)