good stuff, thanks both Regarding flights, since we’ll be using my flight benefits we’ll have to fly to Bangkok, Hong Kong, or Singapore first and we can get to either city easily from there.
Don't know much about it besides where it is, that it's tiny (entirely walkable), and there's not much to do. Always looked beautiful in pictures though
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Poke takes the place of cold cuts at grocery stores. Big pots bought by weight. It’s the OG poke before the fad.
Dalat is incredible, I honestly took too long getting to the north so most of my trip was in the south of Vietnam. I really liked Hoi An and Dalat. You can do Saigon in a day or two tops. You should definitely do Phong Nha in the north if you can.
Going to Seattle for a wedding/long weekend next weekend. First time there besides the airport; staying at an Airbnb in Belltown. Friday: land late morning, Pike Place Market, Taylor Shellfish for some oysters, Ooink for ramen, Cloudburst Brewing, walk around UDub, reservation at Junebaby, bars somewhere TBD Saturday: brunch near Belltown, wedding in Snohomish, Umi Sake House for dinner if we get back in time and maybe a Belltown bar or two Sunday: going to try to get up somewhat early, get high, and go to Olympic Sculpture Park, brunch at RockCreek, Fremont Brewing, check out Gasworks Park, brewery crawl around the Ballard area, Walrus and the Carpenter for some oysters and such, Kedai Makan for dinner, hit some Capitol Hill bars Monday: Pike Place Market again (gf wants to go to the original Starbucks...), Space Needle, lunch TBD, fly home mid-afternoon Anything glaring I'm missing?
That covers a ton, but is also aggressive AF. Add 'Le Pichet' for a breakfast, it's in front of Pike Place on 1st street. Awesome french restaurant, Anthony Bourdain made it pretty famous. It's legit Cloudburst is one of my favorite breweries. Holy Mountain is another lesser known one. 'Some Random Bar' is a really good spot in Belltown. So is Screwdriver. Shorty's is my favorite dive bar. If you're staying in Belltown, 'No Anchor' is an awesome restaurant and beer bar. On Sundays both Fremont and Ballard have farmers markets with a bunch of food trucks, highly recommend.
Yea I know it’s a bit much. I prefer to over plan and chop stuff if necessary so we’ll see how it plays out. Some Random Bar is the one I have in mind for Saturday actually.
Going to Italy. Starting in Rome then heading to Siena and ending trip in Venice. Having trouble figuring out how to get from city to city. Don’t want to rent a car since you cant drive in Siena for the most part. Bus seems to be the easiest per all websites but all the bus websites are super shitty and hours of googling and reading are not helping. Train also an option but wife will probably have 1000 bags and no direct trains means lugging those bags all over the place. Anyone have any suggestions? If I found a bus website that worked that would be great.
Anyone have any hard opinions on using UR points for rental cars?? They are the $0.015 per point equivalent. Was wondering if there was any reason to not use them or major reason against it. Wish I could use UR points for an Air BnB or VBRO
You need to give her a speech about packing then, she should only need 1 bag. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B079L91D2J/ref=sspa_mw_detail_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Ive Driven and done Train in Italy. And Id rather Train whenever possible. Only Bus I took was from Treviso to Padua to get to a Train....and it was an interesting experience. Had a drunk guy from Ethiopia pull his junk out and caused a fight with the locals.
We just went from Rome to Siena in late November by train. One transfer, at Chiusi-chianciano Terme. 20 minute layover, but the train from Rome was 25 minutes late. The second train waited for us, since just about everybody taking that puddle-jumper to Siena was coming from Rome on that particular train. Chiusi is a small station, so it was just down one flight of stairs, under the track, then up another flight of stairs and we were at the second train. I got the impression that most of the trains that go to Siena from Rome Termini go off of the two ancillary tracks off to the side of Tracks 1 and 2 (they're also called 1 and 2, but they have a prefix before the number). You walk to the left of Tracks 1 and 2, then along the tracks for several hundred meters to get to the ancillary tracks that get you to your train. It's well marked, but you have to know what your'e looking for. At any rate, that's the long walk - it's in Rome Termini, not at the transfer station; the transfer was easy and quick by comparison. We took a taxi from the train station into Siena to our airbnb across from the Duomo Baptistery. You certainly don't want to drive in downtown Siena, especially if you're unfamiliar with the winding streets. The bus station is about halfway between Il Campo and the strain station, IIRC. Depending on where you stay, you'd probably want to taxi from the bus station too, if you decided to travel by bus. As an aside, we decided to walk from our place to the train station on our way out of town, and the wife didn't realize how far it was, and how hilly the town can be. We walked because we didn't want to have to order a taxi since you don't just find them in town, but in retrospect it probably would have been the better play.
Is a 5 hour layover long enough for me to get out of the airport in singapore? Or should I just stay in the lounge, stuff my face, drink, and go back another time?
That’d be cutting it close since its about a 30 min drive each way into the city. You’d probably have time to go grab some food and walk around for a bit. That being said Changi is probably one of the best airports in the world to have to kill a few hours at.
Those of you who have been to/are in Rome, is it better to book guided tours to see the historical sites or is it easier to tackle it independently? We’ve never been there. Will have 5 days in Rome and the Lazia region.
Plenty easy to do it yourself and also allows a little more flexibility. Book advance tickets to Vatican City on the website for a timed entry to skip that line (also follow previous instructions to go through the Vatican, end in Sistine Chapel, and blend in with groups for immediate access into St. Peter's). We also got the Roma Passes which gave expedited entry into your first two museums so we skipped the line to get into the Colosseum as well. Can't remember the exact issue but the pass did not apply to the Forum so we had to wait in a short line there. Girlfriend downloaded several Rick Steves podcasts in which he has guides for each of the major sites and those were interesting at times, although a little quirky. Gave you the guide experience for free and details about where you are that you might be unfamiliar with
Thanks, yeah just really want to try that Michelin starred hawker stall, see marina bay and turn around and drink in the private lounge of Singapore
Ive heard the wait for that particular stall can be hours so thats out, but you certainly have time to grab a bite to eat at another place. Lau pau sat market has a ton of options and is right in central Singapore so you could see MBS as well.
We'd never been there, and we tackled it independently in November. We decided against the Roma Pass, but we got reservations to the Colosseum and the Vatican Museums. Walked into both, no line, no problem. We also had a bit of a line to get into the Forum, but we went in at the Arch of Titus right near the Colosseum, and I understand that if you want to walk around the Forum and use another entrance it's less crowded. We exited on the Via Dei Fori Imperiali, and there were no lines to get in there. I think Rick Steves says that there's another entrance near Palatine Hill, off to the south on Via Di San Gregorio, but we didn't see it. We did the Capitoline Museums the next day because after the Colosseum and Forum (and Trajan's Market and Imperial Forum across the street) we were all ruined out. I figure we missed out on some interesting and important stuff by doing it ourselves, but we also did things at our pace and not the tour guide's. We have three teenagers, and going at somebody else's pace probably wouldn't have gone over too well. But unless you do your homework and research beforehand, you probably risk missing out on things if you decide to do it yourself. We did a fair amount of research, but I recall getting burnt out just because there's so much to see that you can't possibly internalize everything without just getting there and immersing yourself. One regret is not getting to the Galleria Borghese. Another place where you need to book well in advance.
All those Michelin star street stalls are. There's one in Bangkok and the people hate owning it now lol
Anyone got Mexico City recommendations? Heading there in March. What neighborhoods should I be looking to stay in and which should I avoid? Likes: Mexican food, markets Dislikes: Beheadings
Any dish that is a must order? Once I realized I wasn’t going to have have much time there I didn’t do any research
Chicken rice is the thing Singapore is kinda known for so you should try that. Our cab driver told us we had to try Laksa, which was good as well. Satay street is right by Lau pa sat so you can just sit down and order sticks of meat and beer. Frankly pretty much everything is great, and theres too much to try, so just go with what looks good.
I’ll be there in a few hours, thanks for the tips Edit: flight to Singapore delayed by 1.5 hours, going to stay at the lounge. Looks like I’ll have to do Singapore properly another time
bummer. Definitely worth a trip back, just for food. I have heard though that theres really good authentic Singaporean food in the airport, so may want to google and walk around to see what you can find.
anyone bring a chromecast/fire stick or whatever when they travel? thinking of snagging one but heard mixed things on chromecast and know some stuff is region locked