Can you still travel not being fit?

[georgegeorgia]

I try at least a few times a week to hit the gym do treadmill in a incline etc , balance work ,sit ups 

 

But....all the travel I done lately... carrying bags , reaching to get overlocker bags , 

Walking up stairs ,uneven footpaths ,dodging people on the street , walking up hills , crossing roads , 

Etc etc etc 

All part of travel 🧳 

 

And if I didn't keep myself fit I wouldn't be able to do it AND I'm fit but still found it hard !!!

 

I plan to go to Philippines in September, I'm now going to plan to hit the gym so I can make that trip !!!!

 

Squats , stretching , lifting luggage ,incline treadmill , etc training to travel !

 

Training for travel plan workout !

 

I found changing planes tiring ,going thru security checkpoints constantly, waiting in lounges , etc 

Not easy !!!!!! 😭 

 

So please please are you finding it more DIFFICULT physical to TRAVEL 🧳 🧳 

 

Have you cut your travel down?

I now go for DIRECT flights

 

How do you travel by yourself at 80?

 

 

 

Edited June 1 by georgegeorgia

[2baht]

32 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

How do you travel by yourself at 80?

Very carefully!..................................... Seriously!

 

 

 

 

Edited June 1 by 2baht

[georgegeorgia]

And you are right 

Travel carefully means PLANNING 

 

No one is going to help you on the flight ✈️ if your in economy

You need to get that bag out of the overhead locker yourself!

 

People are going to push in front of you , they are going to mow you down !

 

Imagine the ones getting on a bus from the plane door to the airport door.

Requires BALANCE 

That's why when I was riding the MANILA SkyTrain I did not use the Handles to hold onto ?

I merely BALANCEd myself as the SkyTrain went , nearly yes nearly toppling over into the crowd at stages BUT I had to train in BALANCE 

Don't just go to the gym to lift weights you must train to TRAVEL 🧳 🧳 

[Prubangboy]

I have the exercise bands and do a few pushups and planks.

 

I'll be adrift in Bangkok soon. 20 days 7 neighborhoods. Some days 'llI do a meetup, but mostly I'm on my routine of exercise and walkabout in the morning, meditation and writing in the afternoon, socializing or a well thought out dinner plan.

 

Grab Cab revolutionized travel for me, more than the internet. And I'm taking the train down from Chiang Mai.

 

The last travel I sort of trained for was to see the Tiger Temple in Bhutan. A two hour slog at a steep angle. Not much inside the Tiger Temple, if you're on the fence about it.

[JimTripper]

You end up just sitting in a condo as you get older. If you're low on money it's a small box condo like Nirun or View Talay. Entertainment is the corner bar where they serve you beer.

[pgrahmm]

I'll tell you in 4 years....However in our last US trip, weather & miss timed connecting flights cost us 3 extra days scurrying  2 different airports with the typical long distance brisk walking, lugging backpacks & other bags trying to make connections that eventually turned out not connecting due to a ticket printing error didn't tax me....At 76 & counting.....It should have been 2 days, ended up at 5.5 days.....

 

Edited June 1 by pgrahmm

[jayceenik]

A few years back a local airline rquested some sort of attestation of being fit or have a help companion on the web booking form for PAX older than some age.

I was aged less than the mentioned age so no problem but It made me worried about future air travel in LOS.

Sorry, I forget the details but, anyway, I haven't seen this notice for some time.

Still, being seriously old (but very fit) I always fret when they ask your DOB on the web booking request.

Next Thursday I fly UBP to DMK and then go to Silom by APT bus, then BTS, then... on foot!

Second such trip this year. I know this will become difficult one day.

 

[Tropicalevo]

To answer the original question -

Quote

Despite Christine’s intense desire to return to the UK, local doctors have yet to grant her a fit-to-fly certificate, anchoring her in Thailand.

(From another article on AN today)

[susanlea]

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I try at least a few times a week to hit the gym do treadmill in a incline etc , balance work ,sit ups 

 

But....all the travel I done lately... carrying bags , reaching to get overlocker bags , 

Walking up stairs ,uneven footpaths ,dodging people on the street , walking up hills , crossing roads , 

Etc etc etc 

All part of travel 🧳 

 

And if I didn't keep myself fit I wouldn't be able to do it AND I'm fit but still found it hard !!!

 

I plan to go to Philippines in September, I'm now going to plan to hit the gym so I can make that trip !!!!

 

Squats , stretching , lifting luggage ,incline treadmill , etc training to travel !

 

Training for travel plan workout !

 

I found changing planes tiring ,going thru security checkpoints constantly, waiting in lounges , etc 

Not easy !!!!!! 😭 

 

So please please are you finding it more DIFFICULT physical to TRAVEL 🧳 🧳 

 

Have you cut your travel down?

I now go for DIRECT flights

 

How do you travel by yourself at 80?

 

 

 

You went to Pattaya for 6 weeks. Carrying the bag would not be much.

[Chris Daley]

Being a teacher has ruined my health.  I went from being a fit person jogging everyday, doing weights and punching the bag to a fat person with back ache and I get out of breath walking up stairs on anti depressants.

 

To be born British is to win first prize in the lottery of life.  I used to have big dreams of travelling but now I realize that England has everything.

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, JimTripper said:

You end up just sitting in a condo as you get older. If you're low on money it's a small box condo like Nirun or View Talay. Entertainment is the corner bar where they serve you beer.

But there's so much to do in a condo!

Fast internet and big TV allow you access to unlimited music/movies/tv series/books/social networks.

And if your condo has a gym and pool, you can even exercise without ever leaving.

Not forgetting food delivery services will bring your Indian/Mexican/Thai meals to you for very little extra cost.

 

Thailand is probably the best place in the world to live as a retired person on a pension.

How can anyone not be happy here?

 

Back to the OP,

Yep, I've not really travelled anywhere since COVID, been everywhere, seen everything, lost the will to repeat myself.

Exercise, went out cycling with a pal this morning, 23Km, stopped at a lake, then 2 different coffee shops on the way back, not so bad for an old guy.

I'm enjoying myself as a retiree more than I could ever imagined when I was living and working in the UK.

Edited June 1 by BritManToo

[georgegeorgia]

4 hours ago, Prubangboy said:

I have the exercise bands and do a few pushups and planks.

 

I'll be adrift in Bangkok soon. 20 days 7 neighborhoods. Some days 'llI do a meetup, but mostly I'm on my routine of exercise and walkabout in the morning, meditation and writing in the afternoon, socializing or a well thought out dinner plan.

 

Grab Cab revolutionized travel for me, more than the internet. And I'm taking the train down from Chiang Mai.

 

The last travel I sort of trained for was to see the Tiger Temple in Bhutan. A two hour slog at a steep angle. Not much inside the Tiger Temple, if you're on the fence about it.

Meditation does what?

What does it exactly do for you 

I hope no one else does this in my opinion only ...it's "rubbish hocus pocus"

[georgegeorgia]

4 hours ago, Prubangboy said:

Grab Cab revolutionized travel for me, more than the internet. And I'm taking the train down from Chiang Mai.

Very true 

GRAB is so convenient for us older or should we say mature aged people,that it has ROBBED us if walking and exercise!!!

[georgegeorgia]

3 hours ago, JimTripper said:

You end up just sitting in a condo as you get older. If you're low on money it's a small box condo like Nirun or View Talay. Entertainment is the corner bar where they serve you beer.

Very true ,you forgot the FLYbird Condo and some sad cases there 

 

I was on a flight ✈️ yesterday 

I was lining up at the toilet to pee.

In front of me was a farang who looked very old but I would say 40's 

As the plane shaked he couldn't balance.

I stick my feet firmly to the ground bent my knees and balance without holding onto handles 

He liked at me weirdly as I was in the Horse stance 

Edited June 1 by georgegeorgia

[georgegeorgia]

11 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

But there's so much to do in a condo!

Fast internet and big TV allow you access to unlimited music/movies/tv series/books/social networks.

And if your condo has a gym and pool, you can even exercise without ever leaving.

Not forgetting food delivery services will bring your Indian/Mexican/Thai meals to you for very little extra cost.

 

Thailand is probably the best place in the world to live as a retired person on a pension.

How can anyone not be happy here?

Seems a bit xenophobic?

What about the Philippines?

Can't you get this there too? 😦 

[georgegeorgia]

33 minutes ago, Chris Daley said:

Being a teacher has ruined my health.  I went from being a fit person jogging everyday, doing weights and punching the bag to a fat person with back ache and I get out of breath walking up stairs on anti depressants.

 

To be born British is to win first prize in the lottery of life.  I used to have big dreams of travelling but now I realize that England has everything.

This is you that has done this to yourself!.

[georgegeorgia]

54 minutes ago, susanlea said:

You went to Pattaya for 6 weeks. Carrying the bag would not be much.

I'm going to be honest with you 

Some days ,I purposely walked from Arcadia Beach 🏖️ resort to Jomtien complex with my wheel luggage bag

Going up that hill where the Thai street food is 

Sweating pushing my legs on purpose 

[BritManToo]

8 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Seems a bit xenophobic?

What about the Philippines?

Can't you get this there too? 😦 

Been to the PI loads, it's a great place for a beach holiday.

But the internet isn't great, and the electricity tends to go off a lot.

If I didn't already have a house and family here, I might have considered it, or Vietnam or Cambodia.

 

I'm generally a happy person wherever i am, always plenty to do.

'Island of Thieves' by Glen Eric Hamilton is ready to read on my Kindle, not looked at today's movie/tv offerings on the torrent sites, chicken Madras in the freezer, I'll probably have that with spaghetti for lunch.

 

Too much choice of things to watch/read/eat/drink next to ever be bored.

Edited June 1 by BritManToo

[susanlea]

23 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I'm going to be honest with you 

Some days ,I purposely walked from Arcadia Beach 🏖️ resort to Jomtien complex with my wheel luggage bag

Going up that hill where the Thai street food is 

Sweating pushing my legs on purpose 

Maybe time for a girlfriend or boyfriend. Pushing luggage around for exercise or hobby is getting ridiculous.

[charleskerins]

39 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Meditation does what?

What does it exactly do for you 

I hope no one else does this in my opinion only ...it's "rubbish hocus pocus"

lowers your blood pressure

[ChumpChange]

Many of the foreigners living in Thailand aren't fit to do anything other than 500ml curls and somehow they managed to end up in the hub of moaning expats.  

[jaywalker2]

55 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Very true ,you forgot the FLYbird Condo and some sad cases there 

 

I was on a flight ✈️ yesterday 

I was lining up at the toilet to pee.

In front of me was a farang who looked very old but I would say 40's 

As the plane shaked he couldn't balance.

I stick my feet firmly to the ground bent my knees and balance without holding onto handles 

He liked at me weirdly as I was in the Horse stance 

Oh, man, I'd really like to know what drugs you're on

[ChumpChange]

27 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

Oh, man, I'd really like to know what drugs you're on

Inhales too many toxic floor cleaning chemicals at his job mopping hospital floors.

[Ralf001]

If lifting carry on that weighs no more than 7kg into the overhead locker is a chore.... maybe best not travel at all !

[georgegeorgia]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Been to the PI loads, it's a great place for a beach holiday.

But the internet isn't great, and the electricity tends to go off a lot.

If I didn't already have a house and family here, I might have considered it, or Vietnam or Cambodia.

 

I'm generally a happy person wherever i am, always plenty to do.

'Island of Thieves' by Glen Eric Hamilton is ready to read on my Kindle, not looked at today's movie/tv offerings on the torrent sites, chicken Madras in the freezer, I'll probably have that with spaghetti for lunch.

 

Too much choice of things to watch/read/eat/drink next to ever be bored.

You need to lift weights 

[Prubangboy]

8 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Meditation does what?

What does it exactly do for you 

 

Buddha said:

 

"To acquaint the heart with wisdom."

 

-Either you get it or you don't.

[Prubangboy]

12 hours ago, JimTripper said:

 it's a small box condo like Nirun or View Talay. Entertainment is the corner bar where they serve you beer.

I'm just not seeing the small condo-problem.

 

I eat all but breakfast out and I spend 95% of my condo-time lying in the king-sized bed.

 

How would more square footage build my self-esteem?

Edited June 1 by Prubangboy

[stoner]

9 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

Being a teacher has ruined my health.  I went from being a fit person jogging everyday, doing weights and punching the bag to a fat person with back ache and I get out of breath walking up stairs on anti depressants.

 

To be born British is to win first prize in the lottery of life.  I used to have big dreams of travelling but now I realize that England has everything.

 

sounds like you ruined your own health. get back on the horse and back to where you were. you clearly had the discipline. 

 

 

[JimTripper]

2 hours ago, Prubangboy said:

I'm just not seeing the small condo-problem.

 

I eat all but breakfast out and I spend 95% of my condo-time lying in the king-sized bed.

 

How would more square footage build my self-esteem?

Some of us don't live on a bed. We like things like tables, chairs and desks. I even splurge on a patio chair and house plant.

[still kicking]

I live in a 2-bedroom unit and still do all my own stuff and travel twice a year to Thailand