On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 11:16 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 10:50:48AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > >One alternative option I'm considering is to fly to Ljubljana and hire a > >car to drive to Banja Luka since from Cambridge I can easily get to > >Stansted from where I can get a cheapish easyjet flight to LBJ, compared > >with a ~2 hour drive to Heathrow for a more expensive flight to Zagreb > >the overall cost works out around the same ballpark and the total travel > >time seems to be roughly the same too. > > > >Perhaps the practicalities of taking a hire car across multiple borders > >will make this plan infeasible (plus it looks like TomTom only has > >partial coverage in the region). Does anyone local have any advice on > >this? > > Well, we're driving all the way from the UK - see > > http://wiki.earth.li/DebconfTravel2011/Roadtrip
I saw that plan, unfortunately I need to come home early to be back for a flight to Turkey on the Monday or I'd have asked to get in on the road trip with you guys. > Insurance for people driving into Bosnia is apparently *interesting* - > most UK insurers just don't do it, for example... I figured it would be even worse when hiring a car but the according to my employer's travel bureau both Hertz and Avis are happy to rent a car in Ljubljana to drive to Banja Luka, although apparently no one else is. Ian. -- Ian Campbell Current Noise: Napalm Death - Passive Tense Everyone hates me because I'm paranoid. _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
