u/Desperate_Engineer80

Worked my last day of 2026, let’s goooooooo!!!!!!!!!! Currently on week one of a 6-month non-compete period between jobs so i don’t start my new job until the beginning of 2027. Fire away party people.

In Mayfair about an hour ago flanked by 15 bodyguards! Any idea why he’s here?

Is that a lil rooting tooting in the church?

Me and my partner will have 1 week in Bali in early November before she flies home and I go on to Gili T. I've seen a lot of comments about how bad the traffic is so I'm wondering if I'm trying to do too much with this itinerary. We don't ride so would need to use Gojek etc. What do we think?

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Date	Place	Outline
02/11/2026	Koh Sumai > Uluwatu	Flight to Bali Denpasar, ride to Uluwatu
03/11/2026	Uluwatu	Padang Padang Beach, temples, chill
04/11/2026	Uluwatu > Lovina	Ride through Belimbing Rice Terraces, see Blamantung Waterfall
05/11/2026	Lovina > Kintamani	Sunrise dolphin swim, snorkel, ride along coast to Air Terjun Carat waterfall, temples, three mountain view, arrive at Mahen Sunrise Camp
06/11/2026	Batur Valley/Kintamani	Sunrise climb Mt Batur, Toya Devasya Hot Springs, views of lake Danau Batur
07/11/2026	Kintamani > Ubud	Chill ride through Ubud, Sari Organic Walk
08/11/2026	Ubud > Padangbai	Chill ride to beach, snorkel, chill
09/11/2026	Padangbai > Gili T/Denpasar	Ferry/Flight

There's a lot online about monsoon season but lots of people seem to be saying it's quite sporadic and it could be ok. Would I be better off cutting out some of the central itinerary and going north instead?

This is my first time going to Vietnam and keen to see as much as possible so I'd rather not miss out on central Vietnam entirely.

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Date	Place	Outline
21/09/2026	Hanoi	Fly to Hanoi
22/09/2026	Hanoi	Old Quarter
23/09/2026	Hanoi	Tay Ho, bus to Ha Long
24/09/2026	Ha long bay	Cruise
25/09/2026	Ha long bay	Cruise, sleeper bus to Ninh Binh then taxi to Tam Coc
26/09/2026	Ninh Binh/Tam Coc	Trang An boat trip (longer route 1)
27/09/2026	Ninh Binh/Tam Coc	Huang Mua 'hike', Bich Dong Pagoda, sleeper bus to Phong Nha
28/09/2026	Phong Nha	Cave tour
29/09/2026	Phong Nha	Cave tour, sleeper bus to Hue
30/09/2026	Hue	War history
01/10/2026	Hue	Temples, either train or easy-rider/car via Hai Van Pass
02/10/2026	Da Nang	My Khe Beach, surfing, massage
03/10/2026	Da Nang	My Khe Beach, surfing, private car via marble mountains
04/10/2026	Hoi An	Beach/Surf
05/10/2026	Hoi An	My Non Sanctuary
06/10/2026	Hoi An	Old town, cooking class, sleeper bus/train to Nha Trang
07/10/2026	Nha Trang	stopover on trip to HCMC, sleeper bus/train to Da Lat
08/10/2026	Da Lat	Xuan Huong Lake & Lam Vien Square
09/10/2026	Da Lat	Sleeper bus to HCMC
10/10/2026	Ho Chi Minh City	Cu Chi Tunnels
11/10/2026	Ho Chi Minh City	Mekong delta tour
12/10/2026	Ho Chi Minh City	War museum

Has anyone else noticed how hold music for most companies’ customer service gets louder and louder the longer you wait?

No one waits with their phone next to their ear for their turn in the queue for longer than 2 minutes, we all put on speaker phone and go about our business.

So what do companies do? They gradually crank up the music for those first few minutes, we gradually turn our volume down, then when we finally get put through to someone they’re so quiet that you don’t hear them unless you’re right next to your phone and they can hang up without dealing with our problems!