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Post by cymroircarn on Nov 5, 2018 7:14:33 GMT
Do you have any “must do” away games?
Seen Wales play in a lot of the major European countries, enjoying the Eastern Europe adventures. A reason (excuse?!) to see so many new countries.
In Europe would love Faroe Islands as why else would you go there? Maybe Kazakhstan but the wallet may struggle to get that far!
Outside of Europe Argentina. I would love to be able to return there to see Wales play, maybe the 2030 Word Cup?!
Argentina is football crazy. I’ve not been anywhere else that gets close!
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Post by mx47 on Nov 5, 2018 9:02:41 GMT
For me anywhere in South America as I've never been there. But certainly Chile and Argentina would be my picks!!
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Post by superunknown on Nov 5, 2018 9:15:04 GMT
Finland, Estonia, Azerbaijan or Slovenia in the next draw would make me a happy man.
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Post by Martyn Moses on Nov 5, 2018 9:38:44 GMT
Northern Ireland , nice little visit to Belfast would be good . Poland , Portugal and Germany would be on my wish list too .
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Nov 5, 2018 10:44:28 GMT
any where but Dublin
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Post by cymroircarn on Nov 5, 2018 10:53:02 GMT
Ha ha - I’m defo in this club as well! Also no to England and Belgium. |
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Post by superunknown on Nov 5, 2018 11:22:06 GMT
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Post by bringbackelmo on Nov 5, 2018 13:03:07 GMT
I'm not a big away follower and probably wouldn't be able to go even if it did happen, but seeing Wales play Brazil in the Maracanã would be incredible.
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Post by gwernybwch on Nov 5, 2018 19:17:40 GMT
Yeah, same as others anywhere in South America (esp. Argentina) would be awesome.
Based on our welcome in China, a tour around South-East Asia – Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam would be cool as well.
As for one’s that I wouldn’t go back to; Northern Ireland and Israel top that list.
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Post by cymroircarn on Nov 5, 2018 19:21:07 GMT
Yeah, same as others anywhere in South America (esp. Argentina) would be awesome. Based on our welcome in China, a tour around South-East Asia – Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam would be cool as well. As for one’s that I wouldn’t go back to; Northern Ireland and Israel top that list. Why Israel? I missed this trip but others I spoke to really enjoyed it so had it in mind should we play them again |
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Post by gwernybwch on Nov 5, 2018 20:08:55 GMT
Yeah, same as others anywhere in South America (esp. Argentina) would be awesome. Based on our welcome in China, a tour around South-East Asia – Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam would be cool as well. As for one’s that I wouldn’t go back to; Northern Ireland and Israel top that list. Why Israel? I missed this trip but others I spoke to really enjoyed it so had it in mind should we play them again I’ve always wanted to go to Israel (years of being forced to go to Chapel must have rubbed off on me) to see the religious sites, so me and my mate spent two weeks around the region and we did it, as we normally do in a budget / backpacker type of way. This involved travelling with the ‘locals’ much of the time, so we got to see at first hand that your average Israeli treats an Arab like complete and utter sh*t. It seems that they have similar contempt for Westerners who want to travel into or out of Jordan and Palestine. An Israeli born in Israel is known as a “Sabre” which translates into ‘prickly person’ or something similar and we experienced them everywhere in the East / Centre of the country when we went. I’m not surprised that those that just flew into and out for the game had a difference experience. Tel Aviv (and Haifa) had a totally different vibe about it, almost a Mediterranean beach town. |
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Post by cymroircarn on Nov 5, 2018 20:37:52 GMT
Why Israel? I missed this trip but others I spoke to really enjoyed it so had it in mind should we play them again I’ve always wanted to go to Israel (years of being forced to go to Chapel must have rubbed off on me) to see the religious sites, so me and my mate spent two weeks around the region and we did it, as we normally do in a budget / backpacker type of way. This involved travelling with the ‘locals’ much of the time, so we got to see at first hand that your average Israeli treats an Arab like complete and utter sh*t. It seems that they have similar contempt for Westerners who want to travel into or out of Jordan and Palestine. An Israeli born in Israel is known as a “Sabre” which translates into ‘prickly person’ or something similar and we experienced them everywhere in the East / Centre of the country when we went. I’m not surprised that those that just flew into and out for the game had a difference experience. Tel Aviv (and Haifa) had a totally different vibe about it, almost a Mediterranean beach town. Good to know, thanks! I travelled Argentina a few years ago and managed to get a few games in. Would go back in a heartbeat. |
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Post by cymroircarn on Nov 6, 2018 7:30:10 GMT
How about this for an away trip:
“FAW tour to New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti and Malaysia in 1971”
I believe it was uncapped. Sounds more like a rugby tour than football!
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Nov 6, 2018 9:33:08 GMT
Would love to go back to israil again as I didn't get to see much last visit 🤬🤬
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Post by bringbackelmo on Nov 6, 2018 15:28:07 GMT
Why Israel? I missed this trip but others I spoke to really enjoyed it so had it in mind should we play them again I’ve always wanted to go to Israel (years of being forced to go to Chapel must have rubbed off on me) to see the religious sites, so me and my mate spent two weeks around the region and we did it, as we normally do in a budget / backpacker type of way. This involved travelling with the ‘locals’ much of the time, so we got to see at first hand that your average Israeli treats an Arab like complete and utter sh*t. It seems that they have similar contempt for Westerners who want to travel into or out of Jordan and Palestine. An Israeli born in Israel is known as a “Sabre” which translates into ‘prickly person’ or something similar and we experienced them everywhere in the East / Centre of the country when we went. I’m not surprised that those that just flew into and out for the game had a difference experience. Tel Aviv (and Haifa) had a totally different vibe about it, almost a Mediterranean beach town. Where did you go, out of interest? Did you make it into the West Bank at all? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 19:38:39 GMT
An Australia / New Zealand double header would be nice one day but I’d need savings and notice.
South America otherwise.
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Post by gwernybwch on Nov 6, 2018 21:17:57 GMT
I’ve always wanted to go to Israel (years of being forced to go to Chapel must have rubbed off on me) to see the religious sites, so me and my mate spent two weeks around the region and we did it, as we normally do in a budget / backpacker type of way. This involved travelling with the ‘locals’ much of the time, so we got to see at first hand that your average Israeli treats an Arab like complete and utter sh*t. It seems that they have similar contempt for Westerners who want to travel into or out of Jordan and Palestine. An Israeli born in Israel is known as a “Sabre” which translates into ‘prickly person’ or something similar and we experienced them everywhere in the East / Centre of the country when we went. I’m not surprised that those that just flew into and out for the game had a difference experience. Tel Aviv (and Haifa) had a totally different vibe about it, almost a Mediterranean beach town. Where did you go, out of interest? Did you make it into the West Bank at all? No we didn't go the West Bank at all. Skirting in and out of Israel and Palestine is extremely difficult to do if you are an independent traveller. If you have a real interest in visiting certain areas such as the West Bank or the out of the way Holy Sites in Palestine you are probably best in trying to hook up with an interest group beforehand who would be able to help you with travel and accommodation. We flew to Amman in Jordan via Istanbul (had to fly the long-way around as Turkish airlines aren't allowed in Israeli airspace), we then took a bus from Amman airport straight down to Petra and stayed there a few days. We hired a "taxi-guide" to take us to the land crossing (King Hussein / Allenby Bridge). Once through the interrogation and into Israel there are buses that can take you to East Jerusalem / Damascus Gate. From the Damascus Gate bus station you can get to various places in Palestine. We went to Bethlehem at its surrounds. That seemed to be about the easiest trip to Palestine with public transport. From there the only way we could see to get to the West Bank / Jericho is to a mini-van. It seemed that if you wanted to go to other parts of Palestine by public transport, say to Ramallah, that you had to go all the way back to East Jerusalem and catch another bus from there. We spent a few days in Jerusalem, spent a day trip to the Dead Sea and then a few more days chilling out in Tel Aviv. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 22:51:42 GMT
Bulgaria, Hungary or Romania would be nice. I’d like Finland too. Perhaps stop in Estonia for a night.
The journeys other fans take never cease to amaze me. Some great stories.
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Post by holmesdaleultra on Nov 7, 2018 19:12:02 GMT
Anywhere but EU currency land.
ENGLAND WOULD BE GOOD LOL.
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Post by cymroircarn on Nov 7, 2018 19:30:44 GMT
Anywhere but EU currency land. ENGLAND WOULD BE GOOD LOL. Played England a few years ago. Don’t wish to play them for a long time again (Google if you don’t know what happens to a Welsh fan that night) What’s wrong with a country with the Euro? I thought it was Eastern Europe you didn’t like which on the whole does not use the Euro? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 20:32:50 GMT
I’d have liked five nights in California for México earlier this year but life didn’t allow it.
Anywhere outside of Europe would be considered just to tick it off. I need to start saving money up for this.
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Post by grifftinfoilhat on Nov 8, 2018 10:25:02 GMT
Do you have any “must do” away games? Seen Wales play in a lot of the major European countries, enjoying the Eastern Europe adventures. A reason (excuse?!) to see so many new countries. In Europe would love Faroe Islands as why else would you go there? Maybe Kazakhstan but the wallet may struggle to get that far! Outside of Europe Argentina. I would love to be able to return there to see Wales play, maybe the 2030 Word Cup?! Argentina is football crazy. I’ve not been anywhere else that gets close! Gibraltar, Faroes, Kazakhstan, Malta. I'd like a friendly in Canada. Please. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 12:55:51 GMT
No thoughts of Greece from anyone? I change in Athens on my way back from Albania but don't have time to leave the airport. Only a fool wouldn't want to make a holiday out of that one!
I'd like to go back to Sweden sometime but Finland in reality would be a better one.
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Post by bleddccfc on Nov 8, 2018 13:17:02 GMT
Slovenia, Finland, Iceland, Canada, Japan are my top 5.
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Post by bringbackelmo on Nov 8, 2018 16:16:22 GMT
Where did you go, out of interest? Did you make it into the West Bank at all? No we didn't go the West Bank at all. Skirting in and out of Israel and Palestine is extremely difficult to do if you are an independent traveller. If you have a real interest in visiting certain areas such as the West Bank or the out of the way Holy Sites in Palestine you are probably best in trying to hook up with an interest group beforehand who would be able to help you with travel and accommodation. We flew to Amman in Jordan via Istanbul (had to fly the long-way around as Turkish airlines aren't allowed in Israeli airspace), we then took a bus from Amman airport straight down to Petra and stayed there a few days. We hired a "taxi-guide" to take us to the land crossing (King Hussein / Allenby Bridge). Once through the interrogation and into Israel there are buses that can take you to East Jerusalem / Damascus Gate. From the Damascus Gate bus station you can get to various places in Palestine. We went to Bethlehem at its surrounds. That seemed to be about the easiest trip to Palestine with public transport. From there the only way we could see to get to the West Bank / Jericho is to a mini-van. It seemed that if you wanted to go to other parts of Palestine by public transport, say to Ramallah, that you had to go all the way back to East Jerusalem and catch another bus from there. We spent a few days in Jerusalem, spent a day trip to the Dead Sea and then a few more days chilling out in Tel Aviv. Sounds like a good trip, but if you went to Bethlehem and crossed the Allenby Bridge you were very much in the West Bank!  I've travelled in Palestine quite a bit as my wife has worked there on and off for the past seven years or so, absolutely love it, but appreciate that it is much easier to do if you are in the know. Anyone that travels to Israel should experience what Palestine is like IMO, so hats off to you for going for it. |
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Post by gwernybwch on Nov 8, 2018 19:11:47 GMT
No we didn't go the West Bank at all. Skirting in and out of Israel and Palestine is extremely difficult to do if you are an independent traveller. If you have a real interest in visiting certain areas such as the West Bank or the out of the way Holy Sites in Palestine you are probably best in trying to hook up with an interest group beforehand who would be able to help you with travel and accommodation. We flew to Amman in Jordan via Istanbul (had to fly the long-way around as Turkish airlines aren't allowed in Israeli airspace), we then took a bus from Amman airport straight down to Petra and stayed there a few days. We hired a "taxi-guide" to take us to the land crossing (King Hussein / Allenby Bridge). Once through the interrogation and into Israel there are buses that can take you to East Jerusalem / Damascus Gate. From the Damascus Gate bus station you can get to various places in Palestine. We went to Bethlehem at its surrounds. That seemed to be about the easiest trip to Palestine with public transport. From there the only way we could see to get to the West Bank / Jericho is to a mini-van. It seemed that if you wanted to go to other parts of Palestine by public transport, say to Ramallah, that you had to go all the way back to East Jerusalem and catch another bus from there. We spent a few days in Jerusalem, spent a day trip to the Dead Sea and then a few more days chilling out in Tel Aviv. Sounds like a good trip, but if you went to Bethlehem and crossed the Allenby Bridge you were very much in the West Bank! I've travelled in Palestine quite a bit as my wife has worked there on and off for the past seven years or so, absolutely love it, but appreciate that it is much easier to do if you are in the know. Anyone that travels to Israel should experience what Palestine is like IMO, so hats off to you for going for it. Well I never! I didn’t know that the entire of the West part of the area was known as the ‘West Bank’, I thought it was certain enclaves around Ramallah, Jericho, Nablus etc. Totally agree that anyone that goes to the region should experience both Israel and Palestine. I found both areas quite different to how the right leaning / left leaning media try to portray it. Some of it was complete and utter eye-opening. |
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Post by cymrucg on Nov 9, 2018 9:10:54 GMT
A dream trip would be Kazakhstan away and then incorporating the other six 'Stans' into one major adventure!! Expensive, but what an experience that would be.
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Post by superunknown on Nov 10, 2018 12:02:50 GMT
No thoughts of Greece from anyone? I change in Athens on my way back from Albania but don't have time to leave the airport. Only a fool wouldn't want to make a holiday out of that one! I'd like to go back to Sweden sometime but Finland in reality would be a better one. They're a decent team these days, one of the hardest we could get from pot 3, avoid. |
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Post by majorraglan on Nov 10, 2018 23:26:52 GMT
How about this for an away trip: “FAW tour to New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti and Malaysia in 1971” I believe it was uncapped. Sounds more like a rugby tour than football! I have travelled to New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia and they are all great countries for different reasons, they all have friendly people, some great cities and some even better beaches. Not managed Tahiti, but would imagine the people are friendly and the beaches fab. That would be one hell of a trip. |
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Post by manulike on Nov 11, 2018 18:14:22 GMT
A dream trip would be Kazakhstan away and then incorporating the other six 'Stans' into one major adventure!! Expensive, but what an experience that would be. Done that exact trip in 1992 and threw ukraine, Georgia and Armenia into the bargain as well. 3 months of travel cost me a whopping... three hundred pounds back then. Overland to Hong Kong and flew back from there :+) Bring back Communism, I say! |
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