Monday, May 31, 2010

A few tips that could help newbies...

The train tickets are quite expensice sometimes, especially to Monaco and back. I used to buy tickets every time I travelled, until one South African girl told me buying tickets were useless. If you got asked and you didn't have a ticket, you just got a 35 euro fine, which was about two days of travelling. The thing was, because the time between each station was so short, noone actually checked whether you had tickets or not, so for the past week I have not bought a ticket and saved tons of money! However... I just found out today that you can buy a week's pass to the railway from Cannes to Monaco for 20 euro, so I think I might invest in that just to be safe.

The crew houses are also pretty expensive, starting at 120 euros a week. Most people move into apartments, and some people I spoke to even got apartments for 140 euros a week, for four of them, making it 35 euros a week. The only plus about the crewhouses are that you always around people in the yachting industry, which makes networking a lot easier, and you keep learning about the industry.

For those people looking for sim cards, Mobiho I found is the way to go. You can find the sim card at any tabac shop, and they are definit

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