We used to take solids (hash) in the soles of our shoes when I went to Cyprus, Rhodes and Crete in the late 90s, but I probably wouldn't recommend that now.

I wouldn't ask anyone there for a link, Greeks can be very offended if you ask them the wrong questions.

Best advice I can give is get an Airbnb, tell the host you're posting something in advance as a "secret surprise" for your wife, and order from a reputable international seller (not me lol).

After that learn some simple Greek. It's a different alphabet but get an phonetic app, for example....

Sebarigallo
Efharistoh
Gallinikta

Etc.

Plenty of good apps out there.

Asking for the bill is always a winner in a restaurant, makes them feel like you care about their culture.

(phonetically) "Bro n'eho doh logariasmo... sebarigalo".

Or just "logariasmo... sebarigalo".

Then leave the restaurant and say;

Efaristoh... Galinikta (or Galimera if morning, Galispera if afternoon).

Anyway, have a good one. I'm stoned so writing too much haha.

Have a great holiday.

Cheers BB 💚😊👍🍻

Hey man, I am nearly 50 and still use the "shoe method" for concerts...although I use the tongues of some quite large reebok trainers 😉

Thanks Bulldog!
I would've been far too scared to try and sneak anything through in my shoes, even back then. They would see me coming a mile off! 🥵😱🤣
Good advice about picking up a bit of the lingo too. Definitely shows a bit of respect to the locals, using their mother tongue 😁👍💚

Carts and Edibles definitely the safest option.

Posting it there is great if you have that option, its truly amazing receiving and opening a LB package on holiday!

Also if you do want to carry anything can ask vendors to treble up on the vac packs and improve stealth.

GL whatever you decide and have a great holiday!

Hi, you can decarb kief and buy some activated charcoal capsuels. Dump half of the charcoal and refill with the kief. They look exactly the same and the charcoal ones should stop anything at all smelling it. You do need to open them to work out what is what though!

Smelly weed is always a bit of a worry when they bring out the beagles at the luggage carousel 😰…so I tend to take carts and edibles in my checked luggage. No worries there…have a great honeymoon 😍

Thanks so much Pol! I can't wait, 2 weeks in the Sun!
I reckon a couple of 50/50 live resin carts in the suitcase is just what the doctor ordered!

If you haven’t tried them already- Dr.Terpy’s new ones are cracking!🤩

Ooh!! Have you tried the full resin ones??!!
Edit: scratch that, I was thinking of doc extracts 🤪

Hehe…we do have a lot of doctors!

I would advise carts as they get you stoned real fast and are easy to conceal in you luggage. Same goes for edibles. Propbably would stay away from flower or hash in those environments.

I have not been to Crete but did travel to Athens many moons go.
I remember referring to the guys as "putana" which is a friendly swear word. They loved hearing me say it and they got very good weed there but I remember always old strains like White widow

where in Crete? Spent a few family holidays in Elounda around 2005 - beautiful place. Enjoy dude.

Aosta Italy: friendly un-touristy, Lambrusca by the gallon and the Alps at your feet.

Montenegro, Albania, Slovenia, Romania, Gambia, Israel

wasn't really enthused as these were all group trips but fucking hell they were all sick. You could tell em you were going to Somalia and i would probably go with you nowadays, the world is vast, interesting and beautiful

Romania is fantastic👍….Transylvania genuinely spooky…lively and young street drinking culture…stunning women (all vampires obvs)…

Detroit, laugh all you like but this city has great architecture, music, food and people.

….and some great value real estate in certain parts!👍

Please god don’t leave the city centre/Cape Town it’s like a different world outside of the capital but I’m from Cape Town ( originally) it’s actually a very western cosmopolitan place like London with a cool “woke” downtown full of expensive bars and Islington/camden style living.

It’s also on the beach with a Mediterranean style climate 1 hour from most national park and safaris.

Despite what you hear in the new it’s actually a pretty good place to live

Yes and Cape Town could use a lot more awokening, the legacy weighs heavy after a while.

Cape Town is literally the last safe place left in South Africa , heavy legacy maybe but the cape is great and comparable to California in the 90s

krakow poland exemplifies many eras of europe with castles, squares and poignant reminders of ww2. the people are very friendly and the salt mines are a wonder of the world - the spot in the pic is carved out of salt hundreds of feet below ground.

One of the coolest spots on earth

I was lucky enough to work on festivals/concerts and did a tour of Denmark that place surprised me really nice people, amazing beaches , also the outer Hebrides had amazing beaches

Lisbon, Portugal is quite underrated. Lovely place, great sea food and amazing views. Although my favourite destination ever is either Tokyo or Toronto. Best holidays I ever had, Tokyo for tourism and Toronto for partying!

New Zealand is easily the most beautiful place I've ever been. Absolutely stunning. I wasn't particularly excited about going there at first, I thought it would be a bit boring, but after spending a few days on the North Island I completely fell in love with it. I even considered living there for a while.

We drove down from Auckland to Wellington and must have taken thousands of pictures. It's breathtaking. Probably the best two weeks I've ever spent abroad in my life.

When we left Wellington we flew to Melbourne, Australia, (which i was really excited about visiting) and it has to be the single most overrated city on the planet. Couldn't wait to leave. Absolute dump.

Funny how these things turn out sometimes!

Just my opinion though. No offence Melbournians 😉

Cheers BB 😊👍🍻

But did you get to South Island BB?….a whole other world again down there!…

I didn't, but oddly enough my phone did!

I left it on the plane from Wellington to Melbourne which flew back to Christchurch where the airport staff found it and mailed it to Aus for me. So my phone has been to more places around the world than I have!

I definitely plan to go back and visit the south island, I've heard only great things. Its such a long way away though or I'd go there all the time.

24 hour flights.... 😒

Cheers BB 😊👍🍻

I’d love to visit NZ, I can speak a bit of Maori because I used to play online with some Maori mates and they’re some of the nicest down to earth people I’ve ever met

Considering it’s just a ferry ride they are completely different worlds…north is all sheep, rolling plains, and long beaches.. South is mad glaciers, extreme sports & penguins…just crazy 🤩👍

Honestly County Clare in Southern Ireland, my uncle married an Irish girl and moved there.

It really is like father ted there, your neighbours not for miles but you go into the local village and it’s just five pubs all joined on to each other.

The friendliest people I’ve ever met, it almost made not having anything to smoke for a week bearable…almost.

The Alps, there are zillions of empty spots for every budget some have glaciers and they all have thrilling mountain rides that you only get in the summer.

French alps in winter is potentially my favourite spot

Albania

po!

Croatia, Italy or Switzerland tbh but depends on your vibes

Wait til the kids go back to school! …September in the Greek Isles is top! 👍🥰

Basically they wound up betting on gold while the rest of the world played games with currency.

Keeps out the riffraff

Bastards

Close:)

Bowlers

Apparently Jordan is quite chill. Haven’t been but have seen a documentary following a guy (Levison Wood) travelling around Arabia and definitely Jordan is more relaxed than some surrounding countries. Also Petra is in Jordan which looks amazing

Istanbul is one of the friendliest big cities on earth.

Agreed, I went to Istanbul during Ramadan a few years ago and it was fantastic. Highly recommend that city, just a beautiful place and the food is amazing!

Cheers. BB

My Auntie and her “friend” went to Turkey during Ramadan and she said it was nightmare. Agreed that it was a beautiful place and the food was beyond superb.

Egyptians are hard to beat however you slice it.

I dunno, they didn't do too well in the Suez war... And I'm pretty sure the ottomans beat them a couple times too.

Malaysia & Indonesia definitely worth a mention! Very underrated as tourist destinations. Azerbaijan is a fairly secular Muslim nation, with a big drinking culture & nightclubs, same goes for Kosovo. Friend of mine visited both & had a great time. Apparently Kosovans love Brits. Morocco is very regional, but always friendly. I've never been but some of the best & most hospitable people I've encountered come from there - a colleague of mine gave me a big chunk of hash at work once because he was despairing at the shwag I was smoking (pre-LB days!).

Most ‘ordinary’ people are friendly and accommodating wherever you go, it’s the extremist hardline cultists in positions of power that are the cancer. Look at the U.K. for a hardline extremist cultist government!
Anyway, the Turkish are generally friendly.
There’s the Maldives and Tunisia which are also relatively safe.

"look at the UK for a hard-line extremist cultist government" I don't even know how to begin to comprehend this level of hilarious stupidity.

Look at the Afghan govt, sure, North Korea go right ahead... I'm not sure you understand what extremism actually is, or what the UK government actually does, I'll give you a hint though (you're a moron)

Also turkey being relatively friendly compared to the UK? I think you need to lay off the bud, bud.

However Tunisia is fantastic for a holiday, I can't fault that.

you had a point till you insulted the bigga

The fact you had to stoop to childish insults shows that actually you are the moron. :)
I’m pretty amused that you got so worked up about a bit of sarcasm, your medula oblongata kicked in before you had a chance to think!

Just given the genuine extremist governments out there, and the untold suffering extremism caused if it was a joke, it was in poor taste. The UK is a pretty progressive state and we should acknowledge that, it's not perfect by any means but it's safe, mostly fair and equality actually matters here.

You're right to call out a casual use of 'extremism' but, after watching our welfare state and essential services either systematically dismantled or sold off to profiteers, I'd have similar difficulties with your use of 'progressive'.

With like 220b given away on benefits to people abusing the system, 200b on our beloved NHS and that's just the tip, it's no wonder the government is cash strapped and trying to cut costs and sell off some stuff. Think having a classic car then having 5 kids without increasing your income (for args sake 70k a year), pretty soon the Ferrari will have to go will it not?

It's much, much more complicated than that of course but I don't particularly hate the government, and I can't think of another countries government I'd rather live under at the present time (mortgages in Holland are pretty sweet though)

I get tired of seeing anti government attitudes literally everywhere but mostly coming from people living off the state, I agree the welfare state situation is completely fucked up and should be wayyy stricter and harder to get and go with a healthy dose of stigma but I've literally heard people say "working is for ants" while drinking cheap cider paid for in JSA haha my faith in humanity dwindles but I have hope for our government!

I stand by progressive, very few places are anywhere near as free and fair and equal as humble old blighty. And yes, god save the Queen. 😂

Care to comment now seeing as interest rates are rising dramatically up due to kamikaze kwarteng and his sidekick?

I wouldn’t consider potentially putting families out of their homes and onto the streets because of some randian ideological monetary fantasy (tax cuts) to be any where near safe or fair.
Hindsight is a wonderful, wonderful thing my love….

My friend went to Iraq before lockdown and had a brilliant time. Iraqis are very friendly and tjough there are issues a well run tour will be worth it. Some of the architecture looks incredible.

I'd say pick a muzza country you like a go for it.

Being of Islamic faith I'd say most muslims actually really like modern American and European culture, it fits very well with our cultural structures.

As a non Muslim in an Islamic country, as a guest, you will be treated very well.

Only thing I would suggest is inglis88 mentioned Balsall Heath, cuzi is chatting bubbles. Sounds like a hater, it's just like any other urban area around the world, I should know. I just passed through it.

I travelled around SE Asia for a few months and I loved Lombok in Indonesia. We were stopping at a homestead that a Muslim family owned. They don't drink but were more than happy to get alcohol in for us travellers.

Indonesia in general I really enjoyed as well as Malaysia.

I'll vouch for Morocco. You've got to be streetwise of course, but a beautiful country with kind and generous people. You soon tune out the prayer calls.

I hear Baghdad is nice this time of year.

Saddam Hussein went out shopping one day. Upon his return he was greeted by Uday, who said “what’s in the bag dad?”

your brother, now behave

Be prepared for the constant megaphone blasting prayers. Try to get a room as high and soundproofed as possible;)

i actually enjoy the meditation breaks, especially the feeling that people all over the world are sharing the moment. as long as i'm in the right time zone ;)

Even at stupid o’clock in the morning when trying to sleep?;)

I have been to a few Muslim places and am now sick of it. Just like if I see another temple or church;)

Savile Town is friendly

Try Balsall Heath.