top 5 destinations

[MK11]

hell no,,too much work ,,nothing special on those pictures anyway,one from hambug messan,the other one where u can see berlin subway or whatever the **** they call it

It wouldn't take as much as posting this post but, you know better.

hey do u know artemis in berlin? my favorite place in europe

You mean that artemis Lol, Of course, I've no idea about it. ahem..ahem...

 

[Zulu]

#1 Hong Kong -- Po Lin Sitting Buddah

It wasn't so much the statue that I liked, though there was a lady selling some noodle soup at the bottom of the stairs and it was delicious. It was the bus ride to get there. A large bus driving up an uncontrolled one-lane canyon road with bicyclists and other busses coming the opposite diretion to contend with. Several times the bus had to stop quickly and then back up the road to let another bus through. More than once the girls seated at the front of the bus screamed in horror thinking we were about to crash or run over a cyclist.

#2 Perth, AU -- Brass Monkey Bar and Hotel

Pretty decent bar, if I'm remembering the right one. They also had a pretty nice casino. If you do visit the casino be aware, they do not burn cards in Texas Hold'em and tipping the dealer is not allowed.

#3 Singapore -- Raffles Hotel Long Bar

This place ended a disaster of a tour I wasted a full day of liberty on. The good news was half the tour group bailed before we got there, so those of us who remained got to drink all the extra Singapore Slings they made for us. I had 4.
#4 Victoria BC --

Couldn't find a pic of the strip club we spent most our time at, so here's a much nicer looking picture.


#5 Dubai UAE -- International Seaman Club

When you mix a bunch of seamen together from all over the world you never know what sort of ******* spawn you'll end up with. The place was intended more for the oil tanker crews, but they let us Navy folks in anyway. They had the cheapest drinks in town and decent pool tables. The bartender made a perfect black and tan.

Can you suggest anything for me when I head to Dubia in May??

 

[Jerry Lundegaard]

LMAO.. Saltair is the hometown of the protagonist in one of the funniest movies of all time.

 

[Gameface]

Can you suggest anything for me when I head to Dubia in May??

Well, first, Dubai is an amazing city. Very friendly and metropolitan. However, I saw it as a U.S. Navy Sailor. You are not allowed to leave the ship by yourself or be alone in the city at all. Very strict buddy-system policy. Why I'm telling you that is because I didn't really get to go to all the places I wanted or do the things I wanted to do. We usually went out in groups of around 6. If you try to get 6 sailors to agree on what to do you always seem to come up with the same option--go to a bar (or a strip club if you're not in a Muslim country). So, most of what I saw overseas was the insides of bars. In case anyone wants the mystery revealed, bars are pretty much the same wherever you go.

That said, go to the gold sook. It's probably nuts now with the price of gold, but imagine a huge open air strip mall except every single shop sells nothing but gold jewelry. Oh, and if you want a fake rolex or counterfit DVDs just catch the eye of one of the shady-looking guys lurking in the small alley-ways. I don't know if they all came out because an aircraft carrier was in port, but they constantly asked us if we wanted some bling-bling. If you go to the gold sook get the price of gold before you head out and know that you should pretty much pay for any jewelry item based on its weight. You can't buy a pack of gum in Dubai without haggling, so never ever pay the asking price. Once at the gold sook you'll be near several other sooks (for some reason one street is where they sell all the perfume, one street is shoes, one is tobacco). The spice sook is great! You can get saffron at amazing prices. I bought a full ounce of premium spanish saffron for about $50 USD. I also bought several very nice looking crystal perfume bottles that I gave to all the women I knew.

Other than shopping I was in a bar getting smashed. No one ever wanted to try local food so if I wanted some I usually had to beg to stop for a second at a street vendor selling shawarmas or something.

 

[Gameface]

LMAO.. Saltair is the hometown of the protagonist in one of the funniest movies of all time.

Gentlemen Broncos..haha

 

[Deleted member 848]

Other than shopping I was in a bar getting smashed. No one ever wanted to try local food so if I wanted some I usually had to beg to stop for a second at a street vendor selling shawarmas or something.

 

[Zulu]

Well, first, Dubai is an amazing city. Very friendly and metropolitan. However, I saw it as a U.S. Navy Sailor. You are not allowed to leave the ship by yourself or be alone in the city at all. Very strict buddy-system policy. Why I'm telling you that is because I didn't really get to go to all the places I wanted or do the things I wanted to do. We usually went out in groups of around 6. If you try to get 6 sailors to agree on what to do you always seem to come up with the same option--go to a bar (or a strip club if you're not in a Muslim country). So, most of what I saw overseas was the insides of bars. In case anyone wants the mystery revealed, bars are pretty much the same wherever you go.

That said, go to the gold sook. It's probably nuts now with the price of gold, but imagine a huge open air strip mall except every single shop sells nothing but gold jewelry. Oh, and if you want a fake rolex or counterfit DVDs just catch the eye of one of the shady-looking guys lurking in the small alley-ways. I don't know if they all came out because an aircraft carrier was in port, but they constantly asked us if we wanted some bling-bling. If you go to the gold sook get the price of gold before you head out and know that you should pretty much pay for any jewelry item based on its weight. You can't buy a pack of gum in Dubai without haggling, so never ever pay the asking price. Once at the gold sook you'll be near several other sooks (for some reason one street is where they sell all the perfume, one street is shoes, one is tobacco). The spice sook is great! You can get saffron at amazing prices. I bought a full ounce of premium spanish saffron for about $50 USD. I also bought several very nice looking crystal perfume bottles that I gave to all the women I knew.

Other than shopping I was in a bar getting smashed. No one ever wanted to try local food so if I wanted some I usually had to beg to stop for a second at a street vendor selling shawarmas or something.

Sweet, thanks for the info! I'm sure my wife will love it! Her favorite thing is market shopping!

 

[Stoked]

Traveld to are (in no order)
1. Tegucigalpa Honduras (in addition to about 20-25 other Honduran cities and towns)
2. Vancouver Canada
3. Various Crraibean Islands
4. San Salvador El Salvador
5. Various US cities (St. Louis, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, LA, SLC, Vegas, Memphis, Miami...)

Top 5 I want to go to (in no order)
1. Brazil
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. S. Africa
5. Toss up between Singapore & Spain

 

[Stoked]

Oh, thanks.

When I come to USA, I will travell all the inches of it. If I don't have enough money then, then I'll do it in the Forrest Gump fashion.

I strongly recomend the deep south, rocky mountains, and look for smaller towns (like 20-40k population)

 

[Zulu]

Traveld to are (in no order)
1. Tegucigalpa Honduras (in addition to about 20-25 other Honduran cities and towns)
2. Vancouver Canada
3. Various Crraibean Islands
4. San Salvador El Salvador
5. Various US cities (St. Louis, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, LA, SLC, Vegas, Memphis, Miami...)

Top 5 I want to go to (in no order)
1. Brazil
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. S. Africa
5. Toss up between Singapore & Spain

If you get to do South Africa go to the east coast! Durban is a beautiful city and has the best weather in south Africa! Plus just two hours north is an amazing game park called hluhluwe imfolozi game reserve! I'm doing a 4 day hiking safari there in May for my 30 th Bday!

And Australia is awesome as well!!

 

[The Black Swordsman]

Places I want to go

1) Mecca
2) Medina
3) Jerusalem
4) Dubai
5) Istanbul

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

If you get to do South Africa go to the east coast! Durban is a beautiful city and has the best weather in south Africa! Plus just two hours north is an amazing game park called hluhluwe imfolozi game reserve! I'm doing a 4 day hiking safari there in May for my 30 th Bday!

And Australia is awesome as well!!

I've been next to nowhere but have heard from a pretty well-traveled co-worker that South Africa is absolutely beautiful.