Airport transfer Lanzarote

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:02:29 +0000, Mike
wrote:

(Jim Ley) wrote:

The
food was substantially worse in Lanzarote. Most of the population seemed by
English prats trying to sell time share holidays.

I'm sure they're easy to avoid.

very easy. It sounds as if for good food you will need to do some
footwork and find a Spanish place.

Or cook myself - there's a credit crunch on you know...

Jim.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:59:58 +0000, Mike
wrote:

(Jim Ley) wrote:

Lanzarote is one of the worst places we ever had a holiday.

It's good for cycling...

I take zero note of Martins jaundiced views on things but I do hear
Puerto del Carmen has gone downhill over the years.

Shame I don't think any of the spanish islands would be my first
choice for a holiday wanting to avoid burger joints and partying
brits, so I don't have very high expectations.

I assume lack of rain is why its good for cycling?

Warm enough to not be wearing lots of layers, low risk of rain, good
road surfaces, hills, local driving population very used to bikes.

Jim.

On Jan 13, 12:40*pm, (Jim Ley) wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:02:29 +0000, Mike
wrote:

(Jim Ley) wrote:

The
food was substantially worse in Lanzarote. Most of the population seemed by
English prats trying to sell time share holidays.

I'm sure they're easy to avoid.

very easy. It sounds as if for good food you will need to do some
footwork and find a Spanish place.

Or cook myself - there's a credit crunch on you know...

Jim.

best to stay home then...

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:17:29 +0000, Mike
wrote:

As for the bikes, you are going to be in a small spanish airport,
which will be served by Mercedes taxis, but some will nowadays be
"people carriers" I dont know what a bike box looks like, would it
fit?

2 of them fit in the back of a black cab, where the fold down seats
would be, but it's a squeeze. They're pretty big.

I was hoping for a transfer service though as previous reports were
that getting taxis were a pain in the neck on a thursday.

Jim.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:02:41 +0000, Mike
wrote:

(Jim Ley) wrote:

very easy. It sounds as if for good food you will need to do some
footwork and find a Spanish place.

Or cook myself - there's a credit crunch on you know...

so I hear.I wouldn't be taking on credit for a meal or three though
:-)

I actually quite like cooking myself, especially in a little self
catering apartment kitchen, the challenge to produce something good in
bad environments...

Jim.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:12:44 +0000, Mike
wrote:

(Jim Ley) wrote:

I was hoping for a transfer service though as previous reports were
that getting taxis were a pain in the neck on a thursday.

ahhh, thats the day a lot of package flights arrive, is it?

Yes, and also due to work commitments the day I'll be flying in on
EasyJet....

Jim.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:32:18 +0100, Martin wrote:

Re-food If you ever ate in the "Spanish" restaurant around the corner from where
you used to stay in Leiden, then on a scale of 1 to 10 and with the Leiden
restaurant being 10. I'd rate the Spanish restaurant we ate in Lanzarote around
3.

Well the Leiden restaurant would probably rate a 1 or 2 on a normal
scale of 1-10, so I don't hold out much hope

Jim.

On 12 Jan, 16:44, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:39:13 GMT, (Jim Ley) wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:15:52 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:10:27 GMT, (Jim Ley) wrote:
No, then it would be a bag... or something else similarly flimsy and
inapproriate for the protection of bicycles on aircraft.

leave the boxes in left luggage at the airport?

This would be silly, it means having to build the bikes in the middle
of an airport (although some airports such as Nice do provide bike
stands to make that easy) and carry everything in rucksacks on -
repacking carry on / checked bag.

It then also means taking the packing the bikes in the airport for the
return trip, necessitating lots of hassle, and getting to the airport
much earlier than necessary.

You are committed to that as soon as you decide to take your bikes with you.

The box I used for transporting a bike was the box it was sold in. It was as
near hassle free as you can get.



Jim.

Why don't you rent bikes when you get there?

*Lanzarote is one of the worst places we ever had a holiday.
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Why do you say that? We're currently considering a first visit.

Surreyman

michaelnewport and his cycles...
Queer weirdo

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On Jan 12, 2:59 pm, (Jim Ley) wrote:
Hi,

Anyone have any experience of airport transfer from Lanzarote ACE, to
Playa Del Carmen, 2 people, but both with bike boxes, so lots of
luggage space, all the normal airport transfer places seem to want to
charge lots extra for that.

Cheers,

Jim.

why dont u cycle ?

Not more than 4 words, crap poster, you'll be so tired !

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On Jan 13, 12:40 pm, (Jim Ley) wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:02:29 +0000, Mike
wrote:

(Jim Ley) wrote:

The
food was substantially worse in Lanzarote. Most of the population
seemed by
English prats trying to sell time share holidays.

I'm sure they're easy to avoid.

very easy. It sounds as if for good food you will need to do some
footwork and find a Spanish place.

Or cook myself - there's a credit crunch on you know...

Jim.

best to stay home then...