If you go to egypt…..avoid the pyramids. So much more to do in other egyptian locations.
The official tourism thread.
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Hey guys :D I'm back from my trip! I will share my experiences later, but I just wanted to say this:
ALWAYS order the "Kosher Meal" on planes! Special meals are always served first, and omg, the kosher meals come completely encases and wrapped up, gives you so many little snack additions, and the entrees themselves taste alright!
So yeah. Go Kosher meals.
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Hey guys :D I'm back from my trip! I will share my experiences later, but I just wanted to say this:
ALWAYS order the "Kosher Meal" on planes! Special meals are always served first, and omg, the kosher meals come completely encases and wrapped up, gives you so many little snack additions, and the entrees themselves taste alright!
So yeah. Go Kosher meals.
I got the same thing when I told the airline I was lactose-intolerant. Meant I got different meals to everyone else even when the other meals didn't contain cheese or whatever, and I swear I had some of the nicest fish of my life…while flying high over the Arabian Sea XD
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I had some of the nicest fish of my life…while flying high over the Arabian Sea XD
Are you sure it wasn't the Bay of Bengal?
As a Bengali I'm obligated to tell you that you've not had the nicest fish in your life unless you've had one in (or prepared by someone from) Bengal (Bangladesh + the Indian state of West Bengal).
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Are you sure it wasn't the Bay of Bengal?
As a Bengali I'm obligated to tell you that you've not had the nicest fish in your life unless you've had one in (or prepared by someone from) Bengal (Bangladesh + the Indian state of West Bengal).
Nope. I was in a half-sleep for that part of the flight and the deep shade of the blue the Bay turned before dawn will never leave my memory. But this fish had nothing to do with the Indian subcontinent anyway - the flight in question came from Abu Dhabi.
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I traveled to Foz do Iguaçu during the New Year and visited both argentine and paraguaian cities in the region, Puerto Iguazu and Ciudad del Este, respectively.
! Foz do Iguaçu is a city made to feel like a normal brazilian big city; it has restaurants, bars, hotels, even a shopping, but it isn't that great; I mean, besides visiting the zoo (which we didn't had time to do) and the waterfalls park, there's not much to visit and do in the city. The Iguaçu Falls' brazilian park was crowded, the queue felt like an amusement park's queue (almost 1 hour and a half). After the queue and purchasing the entrance, we took a tour bus until the proximities of the waterfalls. The trail to the waterfalls is mainly stairs and scenic platforms in the middle of the vegetation; you can get a good view of the waterfalls from everywhere, and the closer plataform to them really makes you wish you had brought waterproof capes. The vegetation wasn't that attractive, probably because it's summer, but the animals caught my attention; there were a lot of pretty birds, like toucans.
Puerto Iguazu feels more tranquil, although it's still a little tourism city with some little shops and restaurants; atleast the people are very nice to you. The Iguaçu Falls' argentine park was less crowded and it felt cozy. Slow trains travels through the park's stations and you can even see, while riding one, birds and insects flying at the same speed as them. The scenic views of the waterfalls are somehow scary, since it's possible to see the old, ruined platforms (which I guess weren't even finished) while you walk through platforms above the river to get to the falls; the last view is pratically above the falls, it's a powerful and scary view.
Ciudad del Este is terribly crowded. It's an ambulant shopping. It wasn't pleasant. But I guess it's just like that because of the people that try to find slightly cheaper stuff to buy. Also, it's probably just the part of the city that's close to the frontier, we didn't have the wits to go further.
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I'll travel around Brazil on the 17th until the 29th of this month. Passing by a state for each region, except the southeast.
North: Amazonia (Manaus)
Northeast: Sergipe (Aracaju)
Midwest: Brasilia
South: Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre)I will stay three days in each city, has anyone here visited any of these cities? If yes, I wanted tips of places to go.
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Is good to be back at AP, here how my trip went.
Photos of Aracaju (Sergipe)
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[hide][/hide]Now the text:I went to the beach, played a accordion along a group of frevo (no, I didn't danced .. impossible thing), I ate açai for the first time (loved) and I went to a Micareta, which are blocks of people who follow a eletric bandwagon (with sound speakers) as they drink, dance and sing songs of forró (a very popular type of music in the norteast).
What I really liked was the fact that several songs (brazilian and international), has versions in forró. Being able to hear Mozart version forró is something unique.
I will post the rest of trips later on.
Next stop….Manaus (Amazonia).
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Manaus: I visited the historic center of Manaus and the "Amazonas theater", I embarked on a raft on the Amazon River, I saw several animals (capybara, jaguars and macaws), ate a blue soup, a traditional dish from there. On the second day I went to a tribe of Indians, along with other tourists and participated in a ritual, I got my name in Tupi Guarani (Naara) meaning (Young, vivacious and cunning spirit).
Next stop: Brasilia
Brasilia: Participated in some protests against the government, visited several buildings built by Oscar Niemeyer, ate pizza (the irony) and went to a show of a cover band.
Last stop: Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre: I drank chimarrão for my first time (bitter as hell thing), I learned about the culture of the gauchos, went to a traditional gaucho barbecue and danced a folk dance.
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Spent xmas week in Bali (rather uneventful, probably because i been there at least once a year so i have seen the essentials but let me blame the rain) and amazing NYE in Vietnam. Which probably the best NYE i have ever experienced. Lots of historical sites (marble mountain was humongous and beautiful as well as the old french colonial villages), nice people, cheap shit (happy hour consists of 20 cents for a glass of beer and its buy 1 get 1 so all the better. And the leather goods were really cheap. I bought myself a wallet that costed me $30, made off elephant leather. Please dont judge me).
And the NYE celebration was too much fun. Not much of a firework. But very joyous and happy. Floating bars and restaurant on the Hoi Ann river. Different area for different people (local stuff, the youngsters, tourists stuff and many more)
I even got free Jagermeister shot at local nightclub. When i asked how much was it the girl said
"It's new year! Everything is free!"Love it