Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by peacengine(m): 11:06am On Aug 10, 2018 |
Jonra:
How did we get here again? The Lebanese and Indians come for the treasures in our soil while many of us only see fruits in gardens afar Bro, nature is the cause. One man can live in a house for years in poverty, finally he sells the house and moves to his village another person moves in and while gardening he discovers treasures worth millions of $$$ which the former owner never saw while suffering in poverty. What u are meant to see u will see, what u are not meant to see u won't see even if u are sitting on top of it. The wealth in Nija is meant for Lebanese, Indians and a few Nigerians to reap, it's nature that made it so. 5 Likes 1 Share |
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by patani(m): 11:07am On Aug 10, 2018 |
OP, your writing skill is on point! Keep it up |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by DanielPop(m): 11:12am On Aug 10, 2018 |
It is true! 20usd gets you entry into Turkey if you have US, UK, Schengen visas. I do it all the time sir! ERIN01:
Kindly clarify dat 20usd to immigration in Turkey for transit visa..as many persons plan according to infos gotten here.. Let me explain what i kno of Turkish transit single visa
Once u ave a valid shenghen,uk,usa visa u would need a transit turkish visa b4 arrival if u wish to spend days in istanbul..
Either embassy visas or cable visas..(online visa) below is the process and fees
Filling of the form and 60usd for visa and another 40usd govt charges..making a 100usd or + for the cheapest visas urgent visas come expensive than d total of 100usd
20usd for turkish transit visa is not true sir |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Jonra(m): 11:14am On Aug 10, 2018 |
Reminds me of Paulo Coelhos 'The Alchemist' Maktoub! (It is written) But now that many of us see what they're doing, and that there's a method to the madness of creating economic value, still the innate craving for oyibo life persists? as if there's no commitment to the motherland ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) peacengine:
Bro, nature is the cause. One man can live in a house for years in poverty, finally he sells the house and moves to his village another person moves in and while gardening he discovers treasures worth millions of $$$ which the former owner never saw while suffering in poverty. What u are meant to see u will see, what u are not meant to see u won't see even if u are sitting on top of it. The wealth in Nija is meant for Lebanese, Indians and a few Nigerians to reap, it's nature that made it so. 1 Like |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by MARKETfund: 11:15am On Aug 10, 2018 |
olujastro:
If you have a steady income that shows you can fund your trip and will return to Nigeria, then you don't need an invitation. For affordable accommodation, I use airbnb.com whenever I travel, to rent apartments that I stay in for that duration. It's cheaper and more convenient especially if you rent an entire apartment. I've been to Paris as well but I don't know your preference in this case. Paris has lots of monuments to see but I enjoyed Budapest more. If cost is a consideration, go to Budapest. Or you can as well visit both before returning to Nigeria (if you can afford it) since schengen visa covers both countries. Thanks for your prompt response. I use airbnb too, just wanted to know the rate(guess I'll found out using same).
The highlighted is particularly noteworthy. It never occured to me that France is part of Schengen Countries. Cheers bro |
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by adedayoadeoye(f): 11:19am On Aug 10, 2018 |
one day i wil experience this too by God's grace whoever can tell,it may b dis month.i strongly believe 5 Likes |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Saladin25(m): 11:27am On Aug 10, 2018 |
TheGuyNextDoor: Anything to escape Naija.... this thread will be flooded soon and turned to visa enquiry section.
My Naija people, I hail thee!!!! Questions like: How much did you pay for the visa? Are works available there? What is the cost of living or standard of living? I hail my people. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Nobody: 11:33am On Aug 10, 2018 |
Phinity318: I have plans to visit 3 west African countries next year.. But I think it did be fun if we were in group.. Say NL'ders exploring Africa should be opened and then we can discuss logistics.. What say you? Mind giving list of countries and planned date? 2 Likes |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Oyerinde16(m): 11:38am On Aug 10, 2018 |
The op must be high on codein, so u drop few post n network vamuos abi keeping us suspense,, if u don't come n continue by d next time I check ehh, just tell d thunder coming how u prefer it, hot or cold 6 Likes |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Nobody: 11:40am On Aug 10, 2018 |
Phagyrhe:
Mind giving list of countries and planned date? Of course.. Prolly open a new thread with the caption "Nl'ders Exploring Africa" drop the link here. Suggestions, opinions and conclusions will be made there.. Cool,, yeah? |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by JOHNSONSOLAFUNMI(m): 11:42am On Aug 10, 2018 |
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by pwetie: 11:47am On Aug 10, 2018 |
Nice post from the poster. But all this painstaking procedures just to visit another shore on same earth! 4 Likes |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by MARKETfund: 11:47am On Aug 10, 2018 |
Mcowubaba:
Turkish Airlines are relatively cheaper, but most times they have very long layovers in Istanbul, like 10 or even 15 hours, you may lose your mind ![cheesy](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cheesy.png)
I have attached a screenshot of a flight itinerary from London to Lagos, using Turkish Airline
You know most of these National carriers mostly stop over their State/Country of Origin, for maintainance, to serve as connecting flights, bureaucratic reasons or other reasons unknown to me
Like Fly Emirates will mostly stop over in Dubai Etihad will mostly stop by in Abu Dhabi Klm.... Amsterdam Air France.. charles de gaulle Airport, Paris Etc..
They do the stop over thing mostly to aggregate the passengers of each countries in one flight coming in from different countries with different flights to fly to their home countries using one flight (hope this didnt sound confusing. Lol). This is mostly to curtail waste of spaces were they to fly you direct from your location to your home country as the number of people going to your country may not even fill one tenth of the available space.
You'll notice that they usually use smaller planes compared to the airbus that carry passengers transitting through their country from other part of the world during connecting flight to your country or when airlifting passenger from your country to theirs to connect to your flight to any country you are headed. 3 Likes |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Dearlord(m): 11:58am On Aug 10, 2018 |
Welcome to travellers world,
I hope you bought Galla for us |
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Nobody: 12:02pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
Ugosample:
The same reason why Europeans left Europe to America and Africa to loot and cart resources back in the day
What you typed makes no sense at all.
Africa/Nigeria is neck deep in the ocean of ignorance and foolishness
The black folk who tried to effect a change is sabotaged by that same poor, ignorant and "deplorable" populace he is trying to save
So the smart, resourceful and smart ones are fleeing in their droves to climes where they will be more useful
That's just the truth.
Ignorance, wickedness, tribalism and barbarism that is prevalent in Africa is hindering the progress, and the frustrated ones leave
Now not all of Africa is barbaric, but a huge huge chunk is (60-70% in my conservative estimate) You're from the east we think alike 1 Like |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Ugosample(m): 12:06pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
ezenwajosh:
You're from the east we think alike
nwanne kee way ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) 1 Like |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Ugosample(m): 12:06pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
ezenwajosh:
You're from the east we think alike
nwanne kee way ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) 2 Likes |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Ugosample(m): 12:12pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
akinola83: I advice everyone that plans to travel out of the country to Europe to first travel by road to Ghana but make sure u travel with one of this registered transportation company like Chisco, GIG and so on. And after some months again travel to Togo republic again by road so ur passport will be full. And it shows you have broken the veil of the passport. From experience bcuz those immigration officers and other security agencies at the port are rogues. Big rogues I tell you ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png) |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Imustreturn(m): 12:13pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Ugosample(m): 12:19pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
kenevision: Sorry for the delay guys ![sad](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/sad.png)
So I was able to locate my boarding gate and queued up for boarding when it was time. We passed through the necessary checks and lined up to enter the plane. We were directed through a narrow tube that kept winding left and right and would bounce you up with every step. It felt good, I felt good too.
Then we came to a door where two white female KLM crew stood smiling at every one and muttering some word I could not hear from afar. But by the movement of their hands, I could tell they were directing people somewhere. But where? Perhaps the final stop and search point. But I thought we have done all the necessary checks? These oyibo people too dey suspect blacks sha. Little did I know ![sad](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/sad.png)
It was now my turn, standing right on the door that seemed to be vibrating from underneath, I could not make out the nature of the cozy environment I just found myself in. Perhaps this is a scanning machine about to scan us for weapons I was still lost in my world of imaginations when the lady demanded for my boarding pass. She looked at it and motioned me to the next door. Two steps through the door and the reality hit me. This is an airplane I mean AIR GODAMN PLANE! The first couch (if that is the right word) was almost filled up, as my seat number falls in the second.
Then that claustrophobic feeling started setting in on me. And with each step I took, I felt as if I was going into a tunnel of no return. I wanted to turn back and leave, at least to set my eyes on the starry sky one more time, if not the last time. But the long queue of passengers pushing through behind me only forced me to go forward. I have been desiring this moment all my life and the moment is right here. Guess I wasn't prepared psychologically.
I located my seat and sat, and immediately went into the mood of prayer. A second later a woman touches me and with an American accent said am seating on her seat. She was gentle. She was calm. Short of words, I handed her my boarding pass, she then told me that the next seat in the middle is where I should sit. Right next to her. I adjusted. And so the frenetic movements of passengers continued until everyone was settled on his/her seat.
A female crew passed by my side and perhaps noticed me handling with my phone camera. She offered to take a picture of me and I obliged. She asked if could help me with anything else. Fly the damn plane to Holland and set me free , I muttered under my breath.
Moments later, a voice from the cockpit started speaking and I could barely pick out few words. Perhaps, Pilots are trained to fly and not to talk. Same way doctors are trained to cure and not to write. Good luck trying to decode a prescription written by a doctor Then I heard something like drop in air pressure, oxygen, in case of emergency evacuation, emergency exit , I prayed even more, hoping it will not be my portion At least none of my village people is aware of my travel ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png)
We were all set for take-off. The cabin crew did their job and prepared everyone for take off. The pilot fired up the engine, sped on the run way and up we went into the sky. Few seconds after take off, I felt the plane falling backwards, a feeling I would get in my subsequent flights. I am yet to understand why that happens. Up and up into the sky we went, on our way to Holland.
Explorers justwise Ugosample I'm glad yiu have the experience Travelling opens your mind to so many things. Its my best hobby. You learn new languages, try new food, New music etc 5 Likes |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by busky101(m): 12:31pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
spiritedtete:
Do you mean to say Turks are more racist? .... If your impression was this... It's a bigggggg no. Turks are more accommodating than any white guys I have seen(especailly to blacks) . I have been practically every where.... So I am talking from experience.
They prefer the blacks more than the Iranians and the Georgians even in business.
Turks help selflessly.... With looking at your colour... I remembered when I was in Ankara.. I was like a with man in Africa... They were asking to take pictures with me..
I know the reverse might be the case in Istanbu is more cosmopolitan just like Lagos .. they hardly greet.. However they don't hate.
Unlike Italy where you are at first sight looked with a bad impression... Yeah.. Amsterdam is cool... No doubt you have practically been everywhere, then you be spirit indeed like your moniker implies... Lol |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by kenevision(m): 12:34pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
WELCOME TO VIENNAAfter about an hour thirty minutes of flight from Amsterdam, we landed in Vienna, Austria. It was smooth, it was enjoyable. The airport in Vienna is as massive as that in Holland. We disembarked from the plane and I moved to the baggage area. There were no security checks this time, since we were already checked and stamped in at Amsterdam. At the baggage area, I saw bags coming out through some dark holes and waited for mine. I carried my bags and was ready for the exit. I needed a trolley from a line up of trolleys chained together. I tried to pull one out but they were firmly chained to each other. On inquiry, I was meant to understand that I need one euro coin to unlock it. Ok, I quickly changed my 5 euro note to coins. I pushed the one euro coin into the slot and it unlocked. I carried my luggage down to the train station for my onward journey to Linz by train. The train station is like a tunnel under the airport. Most travelers arriving Vienna often take the train to their final destinations. Thankfully I arrived early at the station and waited for my train scheduled for 11:05am. I was dead tired by now, but not too tired to park the trolley well and take back my 1 euro ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) By 11am, our train pulled up at the entrance gate and we boarded. The journey from Vienna to Linz by this train is one hour fifty minutes. The train was very scanty, much to my pleasure. I brought out my camera and ------- changed the battery ![tongue](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/tongue.png) Then I took pictures ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) 18 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by spiritedtete: 12:41pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
busky101: you have practically been everywhere, then you be spirit indeed like your moniker implies... Lol Well... I am very adventurous.... However... I have not been to all over the world... But at least I have been to so many and lived with different people from different culture... In all this I am yet to fulfil my dream... Which is "sky diving" I can't wait for this day to come. 1 Like |
Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Mcowubaba: 12:44pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
MARKETfund:
They do the stop over thing mostly to aggregate the passengers of each countries in one flight coming in from different countries with different flights to fly to their home countries using one flight (hope this didnt sound confusing. Lol). This is mostly to curtail waste of spaces were they to fly you direct from your location to your home country as the number of people going to your country may not even fill one tenth of the available space.
You'll notice that they usually use smaller planes compared to the airbus that carry passengers transitting through their country from other part of the world during connecting flight to your country or when airlifting passenger from your country to theirs to connect to your flight to any country you are headed. Yeah, you're right That's what I said "Connecting flights" |
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by Cyberknight: 12:48pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
kenevision: WELCOME TO VIENNA
After about an hour thirty minutes of flight from Amsterdam, we landed in Vienna, Austria. It was smooth, it was enjoyable. The airport in Vienna is as massive as that in Holland. We disembarked from the plane and I moved to the baggage area. There were no security checks this time, since we were already checked and stamped in at Amsterdam. At the baggage area, I saw bags coming out through some dark holes and waited for mine. I carried my bags and was ready for the exit.
I needed a trolley from a line up of trolleys chained together. I tried to pull one out but they were firmly chained to each other. On inquiry, I was meant to understand that I need one euro coin to unlock it. Ok, I quickly changed my 5 euro note to coins. I pushed the one euro coin into the slot and it unlocked.
I carried my luggage down to the train station for my onward journey to Linz by train. The train station is like a tunnel under the airport. Most travelers arriving Vienna often take the train to their final destinations. Thankfully I arrived early at the station and waited for my train scheduled for 11:05am. I was dead tired by now, but not too tired to park the trolley well and take back my 1 euro ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png)
By 11am, our train pulled up at the entrance gate and we boarded. The journey from Vienna to Linz by this train is one hour fifty minutes. The train was very scanty, much to my pleasure. I brought out my camera and ------- changed he battery ![tongue](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/tongue.png)
Then I took pictures ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) OP, you're doing well so far, but you're not observing your surroundings as well as you could - Vienna's Schwechat Airport does not compare to Schiphol in size. 1 Like |
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by codemaniacs: 12:52pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
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Re: Traveling To AUSTRIA – My Experience On A Virgin Passport! by bedspread: 12:55pm On Aug 10, 2018 |
Mcowubaba:
Turkish Airlines are relatively cheaper, but most times they have very long layovers in Istanbul, like 10 or even 15 hours, you may lose your mind ![cheesy](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cheesy.png)
I have attached a screenshot of a flight itinerary from London to Lagos, using Turkish Airline
You know most of these National carriers mostly stop over their State/Country of Origin, for maintainance, to serve as connecting flights, bureaucratic reasons or other reasons unknown to me
Like Fly Emirates will mostly stop over in Dubai Etihad will mostly stop by in Abu Dhabi Klm.... Amsterdam Air France.. charles de gaulle Airport, Paris Etc..
Bro, are u not lodged when u have long hrs of Stopover?? |