I know beach holidays are best if its spent in a quiet place away from the tourists. I love the beach and crowded beach are always a turn off for me. I am living myself in a very tranquil place so I know what difference it makes. Tourists should be able to endulge themselves in beach culture. Not beach commercialism. Like this place - http:www.thecovehousepanglao.com
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I'd like to know what's on everyone's travel wish list? Here's a list of mine. I invite everyone to comment: http://jetsetandgo.blogspot.com/2009/11/before-kicking-bucket.html
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without a doubt the first thing i do when i get to Bangkok is head straight for the Khao San Road so i can begin my mental downloading of the melting pot they call the hub of south east asia - big up the Khao San Road and all who pass down her!!
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How to ordering at Chinese restaurants
Here is a basic description of the different types of ordering systems at restaurants and some helpful terms.
Normal
Order using a menu and pay the waiter or waitress when you are done. Servers will generally wait with you while you decide on what to order. They are there to answer questions and make suggestions.
If you need something go ahead and call a server over. You may need to call loudly; don't be afraid to do so, you will certainly see other Chinese customers yell for a staff member.
Some useful terms:
Mai dan (买单) = cheque please
Fuwuyuan (服务员) = server. Used to call waiters of waitresses over.By the end, you might thinking about how to tip in a restaurants.
Fast Food
These locales are just like a standard fast food restaurant anywhere in the world. Give them the money and they give you the food. Drive thru restaurants are very rare though.
Food on Display
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Trip to Sinai (Egypt) and Jordan South
We will be going to Sinai (through Sharm el Sheikh) and would like to visit the Mount St Catherine (I have already climb to Mount Moses). Is it possible to climb without a guide (as we did on Mt Moses), how long it takes the climbing?
We wille begoing to Jordan (Wadi Rum and Petra) via Nuweiba-ferry to Aqaba . Is it easy to sleep in a bedouin camp in Wadi Rum?
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How to Bargain when you traveling in China.
Bargaining in China is a game. If you know the rules and play the game with good humour you will find that you can often reduce prices significantly.
Where Bargaining is Acceptable
You can bargain for a better price at most types of businesses in China. You can bargain at the night markets, small clothing stores, street vendors, tour agencies, realtors and some indoor markets. You cannot bargain at stores that use barcodes to mark their items or when buying train tickets from the train stations.
If you are not sure if you can bargain at a specific place then look to the Chinese customers as an example. Do not listen to what the business has to say because they may say prices are fixed when in fact they are only fixed for people that don’t know any better.
How to Bargain
When bargaining take the attitude of "there’s nothing to lose."
Foreigners are often quoted prices that may be as much as 20 times as high as the eq...
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tradtional yes, you must bargain, or you will waste a lot of money.
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Virgin Atlantic emergency exit seats
I love the emergency exit seats when I travel. You can currently only get emergency exits when flying with Virgin at check-in on the day of travel. They normally cost around £75 per leg, which is in my opinion is a fair price.
However they have 2 seperate emergency exit seats by the window that they allocate for free. You need to ask for them specifically and I only know the seat I had on the way back from LAX which was 51A. Still if you don't ask you don't get!
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Travel tip for great photographs
While traveling through Europe, I learned that when you want somebody to take your picture you should always find somebody with an SLR camera. They usually know what they are doing.
I had a few people hold my camera upside down and ask me where the button was haha I also had two people that took the picture of just me, completely disregarding the Notre Dame behind me.
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