The New Travel Thread: Now with write ups in the OP

I’ll add to this that “Hawaiian food” isn’t that bougie anyway. Things like poke, laulau, loco moco, etc... are good but they’re not fancy. And the good hole-in-the-walls aren’t just cheaper, it’s better food too. Save your expensive meals for local stuff like lobster, axis venison, wagyu; or use them on non-Hawaiian or fusion joints.

 

I agree - for instance, Loco Moco at a hotel restaurant isn't worth $22 nor better than the $10 one you can get from a local stand.

 

Did a tasting menu at JuneBaby. $45 plus booze.

 

Going to Amsterdam and Paris for the a week starting Feb. 28. Need recommendations por favor.

 

In Paris, start every conversation with a local with "parlez vous anglais? or they might be rude to you

 

A couple things for Paris. Go to the Louvre in the evening on a day it's open late. We went after dinner on a Wednesday and didn't stand in line at all. Notre Dame has kiosks where you get a timed ticket to go up the towers. If you go early in the day you'll have your pick of ticket times. Biggest tip for Notre Dame though is this...when you get let in, you climb some stairs to a shop where you either purchase tickets or show your museum pass. Each entry time lets in around 20-30 people so it takes a few minutes for everyone to get checked in. Once you're set, linger back by the door that you walked into the shop so that you're at the front of the pack when they give you the go ahead to continue up the stairs. This will prevent you from getting stuck behind the large group as the stairs are narrow and steep so people are very slow. We were at the top of towers it seemed like 10 minutes before the rest of the group made it up

 

Amsterdam
- Good Foodhall: http://foodhallen.nl/
- Do the museums: Van Gogh, Rijksmuseum
- Weed: Dampkring, Grey Area, Greenhouse Seed
- https://albertcuyp-markt.amsterdam/
Restaurants

• http://www.cafeparhasard.nl/
  
• https://restaurantstork.nl/reserveren/
  
• https://www.rongastrobar.nl/en/
  
• https://cafedeklepel.nl/
  
• http://www.cafegeorge.nl/george-wpa/menu/breakfast,-lunch-en-dinner
  
• http://www.lanskroon.nl/
  
• https://upstairspannenkoeken.nl/the-menu/?lang=en (dont go too stoned or you will fall down the stairs)
  
• http://www.kaasvankef.nl/

- Get some good Indonesian Food
- Brewery: http://www.brouwerijhetij.nl/pub/?lang=en


And Paris:

 

TO: Beijing (PEK)
Boston (BOS) - $386
Chattanooga (CHA) - $408
Chicago (ORD) - $372*
Cleveland (CLE) - $396
Dayton (DAY) - $408
Denver (DEN) - $396
Fort Wayne (FWA) - $396
Indianapolis (IND) - $396
Las Vegas (LAS) - $383
Miami (MIA) - $396
Nashville (BNA) - $403
Orlando (MCO) - $403
Palm Springs (PSP) - $383
Peoria (PIA) - $396
Philadelphia (PHL) - $396
Phoenix (PHX) - $383
Pittsburgh (PIT) - $396
Portland (PDX) - $369
Raleigh (RDU) - $396
Rochester (ROC) - $403
San Diego (SAN) - $372
San Jose (SJC) - $369
Seattle (SEA) - $369
South Bend (SBN) - $396
St. Louis (STL) - $394

TO: Shanghai (PVG)
Austin (AUS) - $396
Bloomington (BMI) - $403
Boston (BOS) - $386
Cincinnati (CVG) - $403
Cleveland (CLE) - $386
Dayton (DAY) - $403
Denver (DEN) - $369
Fort Myers (RSW) - $403
Fort Wayne (FWA) - $401
Houston (IAH) - $372
Indianapolis (IND) - $396
Killeen–Fort Hood (GRK) - $384
Las Vegas (LAS) - $372
Miami (MIA) - $416
Nashville (BNA) - $403
New Bern (EWN) - $403
Orlando (MCO) - $396
Palm Springs (PSP) - $379
Peoria (PIA) - $401
Phoenix (PHX) - $369
Pittsburgh (PIT) - $386
Portland (PDX) - $369
Raleigh (RDU) - $403
San Diego (SAN) - $369
San Jose (SJC) - $369
Seattle (SEA) - $369
South Bend (SBN) - $403
St. Louis (STL) - $403
Washington DC (DCA) - $386
Washington DC (IAD) - $386

* - nonstop / direct
WHEN: Varies by route. Generally February through May 2019.

 

So, serious question, how would you handle this?

I feel like I'd rather be arrested. I can't imagine I would stay on there 14 hours

 

I'd just sit there and hate it and hopefully they let me pee

 

I don't think I'd handle it well. I feel like the common sense thing there is to deplane and just have a strict section of the airport where passengers have to stay since there were no Customs officers. Obviously there are several issues with that theory but it seems like the rules should be allowed to be bent in extenuating circumstances such as this

 

Always pack some nippers in your liquids bag.

 

Mistake fares


TO: Bogotá (BOG)
Los Angeles (LAX) - $290

TO: Buenos Aires (EZE)
Boston (BOS) - $401
Miami (MIA) - $426
New York City (JFK) - $236

TO: Cusco (CUZ)
Miami (MIA) - $249

TO: Lima (LIM)
Chicago (ORD) - $216
Ft. Lauderdale (FLL) - $279
Los Angeles (LAX) - $252
Miami (MIA) - $227

TO: Santa Cruz (VVI)
Miami (MIA) - $267

TO: Santiago (SCL)
Boston (BOS) - $377
Chicago (ORD) - $378
Los Angeles (LAX) - $331
Miami (MIA) - $192
New York City (JFK) - $202
Orlando (MCO) - $396

TO: São Paulo (GRU)
New York City (JFK) - $349

 

I want to go to mongolia

 

Delicious horses

 

Mistake business class flights too to the same area for $600-700

 

Anyone been to Montenegro? Thoughts?

 

The Balkans are dope

 

I was there for 2 weeks this summer. It sucks it’s a little difficult to get there because it’s a nice little country. You can see the whole country in basically in 7-10 days.

Kotor has a pretty sweet old town. Definitely do the hike up the fortress steps. Get out on the bay somehow. The hostel I stayed at had a party boat which was pretty disastrous.

Ulincj has great beaches. It’s very undeveloped and untouched. Haven’t experienced anything like that anywhere. A lot of people go there to learn how to kite surf. Would have done that if I had the time and I wasn’t a poor backpacker.

Durmitor National Park is home to my favorite hikes. I love this place. There’s a great hostel there that will hook you up with trail maps and transportation to the trails.

I’d skip Bar and Budva, once you’ve been to Kotor you basically get the idea of the old towns. Plus those two places are overrun by dirty Russians.

If you’re doing the hostel thing, there’s some good hostels apart of the Balkan Backpacker association. I can give you some names if you want. Or if you want more detail about anything else.

PS fuck rakija. Never again.

 

Sooooft

 

It could just be the aforementioned hostel forces rakija down everyone’s throat until the whole boat was blacked out but rakija appears to be no ones friend.

 

Love me some grandma juice shout out to josko

 

What time of year did you go? I was considering late March but worried about cold and rain

 

Go in the summer. Summertime Balkans are sick

 

I was there the last week of July and first week of August.

 

Man Kauai was incredible, in the airport now. Could not have gotten luckier with the weather, it didn’t rain a drop. In the 80s the whole time—great break from the PNW winter.

Actually liked Waimea better than Hanalei, but theyre both great. Can’t remember if it was FriendsofJtyler or CoastalOrange (all you Clemson bros are the same), but big shoutout for Polihale Beach and Awawaapuhi Trail. The hike was one of the best I’ve ever done.

Will get a write-up this week, but go here with your spouse. Food was amazing, too. It is expensive AF tho

 

I would 100% go to jail. I’d lose it.

 

Great to hear that’s awesome! And those were my recs

I can’t believe it didn’t rain at all. That’s impressive. I’ve gone twice and it rained for a part of almost every day.

Did you go down on the ledge on Awawaapuhi? It’s a little sketchy but that view...

 

Every local we talked to mentioned how lucky we were with the weather. It was like summer. Barely any clouds, too. Just perfect.

Got drinks at the St Regis last night—wow.

Yea, we went all the way down. I’ve done some pretty gnarly hikes, but rarely where one misstep on a 1-2 foot wide ridge and you’re dead.... Got some amazing pictures and had the GoPro on, too. Will get it uploaded soon.

 

Kauai is awesome. Much preferred than the crowded beaches of Oahu.

 

Me too. Not even close, Waikiki is terrible.

 

Josko is dead?

 

I have three days. In Maui for seven then was thinking Waikiki. Should we not?

 

I’m sure it’s part recently bias, but if/when I come back, I have zero desire to check out another island. Would 100% come back to Kauai. No real ‘city,’ hell I don’t think I saw a building over 3 stories. And still so much more of the island to see. I really want to climb one of the peaks.

Only thing I noticed is not much of a nightlife, so may be different if you were solo or looking for a rage trip. But we would get loaded at dinner, asleep by 10-11, awake by 7 every day.

 

My Josko is from Croatia too. He's the host of the Split hostel that Arkadin and a few of us stayed at

 

Our josko is alive. He was posting on Instagram earlier today. Unless he has since pased

 

Thread’s getting old

 

Ours is older. But he has a crazy brother so nobody would be surprised if either of them just died one day

 

Would only be surprised if they didn't take several people with them

 

I’m more of a day drinker, she’s a lightweight. I don’t think we saw midnight once

 

Ok phew I was about to say that seems late