Leaping_Deere

I fitted in 15 pairs of underwear and socks, 3 trousers, 3 t shirts, 3 shirts, 2 polo shirts, 3 sweaters (quite thin ones) a jacket, smart shoes and another polo shirt and trousers that I wore on day one.

I was in Montevideo for 3 nights and the day before checkout I sent what was required to the laundry, this hotel was a freebie! Hope the company who paid in Uruguay dont mind! :roll eyes: (was the only thing charged to the room) It was kind of the mid way point and it kept me going through to the end.

The biggest issue is storing the used underwear and pants as I have separate storage bags for them. One pair of trousers ripped in SCL lounge so that made a bit of room.

Ive learnt to try not overpack, I work by packing what you think you need and then take a third off and as of today Ive never been short.

Leaping_Deere

I hope it does, just making sure I chase the leads up in South America. New Zealand should be more straight forward, just hoping our partners do the business!

Impressive, I live between Lincoln and Market Rasen.
I occasionally took the train in my earlier days of work travel but getting from Kings Cross to Paddington or however to LHR and potential nightmare delays where you have to just sit and wait. (remember once waiting on signal problem on the train outside Stevenage) just meant I always preferred the car. The roads are getting better I think so more often than not I make it in good time.

BigEyedFish

Really enjoyed the trip report - It's always interesting to read about the reasons why people travel (apart from vacation), and the mix of travel and business you wrote about was the perfect balance. Thank you!

roadwarrier

Yes, and then they haggle the price down by US$ 2 per day, because, the locals apparently rip off the tourists. And yet, they fly up front.

Met the type - at least I can sleep at night.

By the way, an amazing TR!! It really kept me busy for a while since I have many hours here in the IST TK lounge.
Maybe I took the suggestion of grab a drink and snack too literally though....

Bretteee

I wanted to go to Santa Cruz but I noticed you need a Yellow Fever shot. Maybe not if one is just visiting the city?

Leaping_Deere

Thanks for the kind words!

Oh yes, they complain about the pitfalls of decadent capitalist system and then near extort the local for a better price, no one likes being over charged but they has to be a bit of leeway!

Well of all the lounges to spend a long layover, There are very very few if any I'd pick over TK's IST to spend it in!

Leaping_Deere

tbh I didn't get a Yellow Fever vaccine and no one has brought it up until your post. Was never asked at any point by any authority. Funnily enough I don't remember any bites in Bolivia, I got a mosquito bite in Uruguay.

Not the safest/responsible thing to do I know but I've never been one for lots of travel vaccinations, I've tended to go on the notion that if an outbreak is bad i.e last Ebola it will be in the media and I just wouldn't go, otherwise I work on having full travel insurance.

keepforgettingpassword

thanks for the info; i have a long trip coming up that requires suits for the most part and was trying to figure out how you avoided laundry for 2 weeks LOL
how goes the following up with your potential new customers from the southern hemisphere?

turnleftbrighteyes

Very much enjoyed your trip report, Leaping_Deere, and in particular your musings about your fellow travellers. Hoping you'll write another in the future.

Madone59

^^ What an epic trip! Thank you for sharing.

Leaping_Deere

Thanks @Madone59 honoured to read encouragements from such an esteemed TR contributor!

My Bolivian has placed an small order two days ago which is a good start. I'm compiling a proposal for him, which I won't be able to get over until end of the month.

In Uruguay one of the contacts I met emailed me yesterday for a quote which I replied too, the best lead from Uruguay is away on holiday until October 1st, so that gives me time to prepare my offer to him.

New Zealand is progressing, we're looking to launch the JV in February at an event, I need to make sure the container is on the water by the end of November latest to make it. so as it stands I will be going back down under to help with that launch event.

Thank you Fellow passengers is something we've all thought about at one time on our trips and it's not something we see too often in the TR, so as I was writing I just kinda thought of it as my calling card.

I'm planning on a holiday but will be able to add a business trip in it, in January to southern Africa, so if it goes ahead I'll write one for that. Not quite a business-ey as the wife will be in tow but maybe more from a leisure perspective.

cavemanzk

NZ/CX have an joint venture on AKL-HKG so hence the CX access to the NZ lounge. For passengers its an much better optional than the QF lounge that is crying out for an refurb.

londonfog

Very nice. I am with you on pictures, but... your text 'creates' mental images.

jhjunc

Very much enjoyed this report. Thanks very much for taking the time to write!

jhjunc

One question if I may: you said you'd never pay for BA first or let an employer do so. How far does that extend? Would you pay 300 GBP for an upgrade again? Would you pay if it was a sale and the price was what we've seen for some trips (LON-ORD for ~2000GBP)?