Comment by elimo on January 29, 2012 at 4:54pm

I've been to Thailand a few years a go. And that was a veggie/vegan heaven! Everywhere we came they already knew I was a vegetarian. (we told our travel agency, who told the restaurants/local people where we visited etc.) Everything was completely vegan, that was an amazing experience! One time we visited a restaurant in the hotel. They weren't informed.. so they just gave me the menu card. There were no veggie/vegan menus, that was a kind of disappointing to me. I asked the waiter if they had anything veggie/vegan served in the restaurant. And if they do! OMG he came up with another menu card, way bigger than the other one! Full of veggie/vegan menus!! I was flabbergasted! 
But.. this was an arranged trip, we didn't go out by our selves, so I haven't experienced how it go's out there.   

Comment by Francesca_Bee on January 29, 2012 at 6:05pm

That sounds amazing that they had already pre prepared this for you!! But from what my partners nanna and grandad who have traveled  throughout Thailand quite a lot is that you have to be careful when you eat vegetarian there. As sometimes animal bones are used to make stock whether its vegetarian or not. So be careful peeps :) 

Comment by Kevin Sven Lucius Gómez on January 29, 2012 at 6:57pm

i would love visit thailand and australia, new zeland especially..i have only been travelling in europe and spain..

the most beautiful place i have been is Menorca (balerian islands). you know, white sand, clear water and trees around the beaches.

i have been touring UK and Europe with Further seems forever when i was booking agent...

i like to travel to see the places and enjoy good shows.meet new people and learn for other cultures..!!!

Comment by Daniel griego on January 30, 2012 at 2:06am

I haven't traveled at all but my first stops are Iceland and the Czech republic! But Berkeley California has some awesome vegan restaurants!

Comment by Rebekka Hegarty-van den Bos on January 31, 2012 at 7:20pm

I lived in Thailand for almost a year, You have to be careful, as they use a lot of fish sauce, ground pork or ground shrimps in their dishes that look vegetarian, also most varieties of Tofu have beef fat in them.

The easiest way we found is to say 'gin jao' spelling is probably wrong - people who are gin jao in Thailand eat no meat, fish or stuff which they believe is just for meat cookery (such as onions and garlic) That seemed to work well.

However learning a few 'safe' dishes is pretty much the best way to approach travelling, most asian countries where you visit street side stalls or restaurants, do not always have a menu, (China and Thailand especially, and even if they do the menu is mostly in local characters, as opposed to roman alphabet, making it illegible) so we learnt how to write and say a few safe dishes, which always gives you something to fall back on!

Comment by Francesca_Bee on February 2, 2012 at 8:38pm

Actually I'm going to London in March so that would be helpful for me. Inspiral is the only place I've been to and I wasn't impressed. 

Comment by Lauren Woods on February 10, 2012 at 7:38am

@ Trevor: What are some good cheap/free things to do in London?

Comment by Isa on February 20, 2012 at 4:39am

great group!

Comment by Francesca_Bee on February 20, 2012 at 6:15am

don't you know it :)

Comment by Amber Griffin on February 22, 2012 at 10:35am

I've always travelled for the food. Being a Vegetarian was challenging.... being a vegan can be ridiculous! Spent the Summer in Iceland.... had to bring almost all of my food. Maybe I'll go easy on myself and go somewhere Vegan Friendly next... like Thailand. Mmmmmm.

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