Travel

[Legacy]

Feel free to post any travel info to countries you have visited, likes or dislikes, recommendations for sights or experiences, observations, photos, links or anything else.

 

[NDohio]

The off season threads are starting early this year...

 

[Southside Sully]

Headed to Iceland in about a month!

 

[ACamp1900]

I've been to the United States... I keep getting told how much it sucks.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Leaving for Rome tomorrow.

 

[PANDFAN]

Headed to Iceland in about a month!

friend at work just got back....EXPENSIVE drinks she noted, did the hot springs said it was awesome

 

[BobbyMac]

Going to Sudan. Looking forward to visiting a place where I'm short and fat.

 

[NorthDakota]

Canada is a shithole.

 

[BobbyMac]

Canada is a shithole.

Says the guy from South Manitoba, aye.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Says the guy from South Manitoba, aye.

I thought it was spelled "eh".

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Canada is a shithole.

Leaving for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Sunday for a whole week for work...

 

[NorthDakota]

Leaving for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Sunday for a whole week for work...

Lol that's exactly the place I was thinking of when I called the entire country a shithole. I'd say "have fun" but I don't want to get your hopes up.

 

[WestCoast]

Leaving for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Sunday for a whole week for work...

Better have a good answer ready in case they stop you at the border and want to know what business you have in Canada.

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[BobbyMac]

I thought it was spelled "eh".

You're right. They can't speak English correctly and they can't spell it correctly either.

 

[WestCoast]

I've been to the United States... I keep getting told how much it sucks.

Clearly you're going to the wrong places.

 

[Southside Sully]

friend at work just got back....EXPENSIVE drinks she noted, did the hot springs said it was awesome

Looks like Ill be hitting the duty free selection pretty hard then! Thanks for the heads up. We are doing the hot springs, hiking a glacier, some kind of snorkeling - No joke, and Northern Lights for sure. Hope to throw in a fair skinned blonde with blue eyes on the expedition to do list as well!

 

[Legacy]

Egypt

Egypt

Egypt provides an opportunity to see first-hand how civilization evolved with temples and pyramids that can be over 3000 years old. The Cairo Museum has artifacts that could not be carted away by Europeans or tomb robbers - and those from Tutankhamun's tomb which was found intact. Cairo also has a beautiful Coptic Christian church and, of course, the Pyramids.

Cairo is a city of 21 million and Alexandria has 17 million people. You must join a group tour to visit, see the Cairo sights for a couple of days, and fly to Luxor in ancient Egypt for a Nile tour where you will visit many temples, the Valley of the Kings, and Abu Simbel, which is very impressive.

Stay longer in Cairo if you want to visit older pyramids in Memphis or Alexandria's sights. Traffic can only be navigated by a native. No stop lights, no lanes, twenty-one million people, lots of polite honking, with most cars showing dents, unwritten rules. Accidents are resolved after the two drivers yell at each other and then fight. Smog is ever present, as bad a Beijing or India, not only due to the population but that most Egyptians can only afford Chinese cars without any catalytic converters.

Since the Revolution in 2010, tourist income has collapsed down by 90% from pre-2010 and teeters on disappearing if there is a large unrest event. Guides, for instance, who used to work five-six days a week, are working two days a month. They have years of study in archeology or in hieroglyphics. With a strong dollar and the Egyptian pound fixed by the government and a struggling economy, you may get good prices for tours. Young Egyptians visit and study in the U.S., if they can get the opportunity.

You'll go through checkpoints, with military carrying AK 47s. Security is tight in some areas to prevent incidents that would collapse their tourism. The food is plentiful on tours and the Egyptians you meet are very interested in making your visit memorable and in encouraging you to return.
Definitely, a trip of a lifetime, especially if you are a history, architecture, archaeology or just a culture buff.
Sweet-Toothed Egypt Endures a Sugar Crisis: ‘People Are Going to Snap’ (see other linked articles for more info on Egypt)

Both the Chinese and Russians have moved in with financial backing for projects while the U.S. wages its wars in the Middle East. The U.S. is losing any influence, and recently diverted over $100 million in aid from Egypt to Tunisia, announced after Egypt voted with the Russians on the U.N. resolution on Syria. China is funding a new capital for Egypt paying $45 billion to build it. Half of our billions in aid in past decades went to Egypt so they could buy weapons from the U.S. The Russians funded the Aswan dam and are planning a joint military exercise with the Egyptian military. Egypt has sold some military equipment to the Russians. Egypt has also obtained loans from the IMF and from israel and Saudi Arabia.
Egypt's Arms Deal with Russia: Potential Strategic Costs

 

[Fbolt]

I have done some traveling during my years. +/- 33 countries is my best guess.

Great experiences like eating street food in Bangkok with a Buddhist tattooist, my daughter commenting to a Chinese couple in Venice how well they speak Chinese, haha, in Chinese (she earned some cash for that one), getting drunk with Vietnamese passengers on a first class train in Vietnam (there is no such thing as a first class train in Vietnam btw). Good times....

Handful of countries I would like to travel to such as Israel, Morocco and Turkey (traveled through Ataturk airport but that's it).

 

[ndcoltsfan2010]

Just got back from Puerto Vallarta. Great authentic Mexican destination and very safe. Beautiful resorts BTW. Stayed at Grand Velas and velas Vallarto.AMAZING!!!. Very hot and humid, but staff and experience a must especially, at Grand Vellas which is phenomenal!!! Beautiful, warm friendly people and service to the max! Did not want for anything!!!!!

 

[kmoose]

I've actually done more travelling outside of the military than I did when I was in. Since I started working for this company, back in 2007, I have worked in Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Malta, Cyprus, Jordan, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and the Czech Republic. Eastern Europe is very cool, but you can't expect modern amenities everywhere, or even in most places. The Soviets were not big on infrastructure. But all of the major cities have Western hotels that provide most of the major amenities. Jordan was a fantastic country. It's an oasis of calm, in a sea of unrest. Syria to the North, Israel to the West, Iraq to the East, and the Red Sea to the south. The people were very welcoming and genuinely seem to not care either way that you are American. What always amazes me about other countries, is that it seems very inexpensive to dine out in them. Just something I noticed.

 

[nsisk157]

Just did Galway/Limerick (family visit), Berlin, Prague, Munich/Bavaria. Oktoberfest easily in my top 10 life experiences.

Hung out with randoms throughout the trip and the two topics that always seemed to come up: the election and the amount of vacation we have in the States.

Election, always great fun.

Most people we spoke with received 6 weeks of vacation per year. My schedule is flexible so i can get time off, but my wife was quite green with envy.

Planning South of Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and Poland for the spring.

 

[calvegas04]

England, loved London so much to do there and so many close day trips

Belgium such a beautiful country and great food

Ireland country side was amazingly beautiful, Dublin was good but not great. Guinness is poured perfect there.

Oslo Norway, beautiful city but wasn't much to do and very very expensive

 

[Legacy]

Any travel in South America and in Africa?

 

[ND NYC]

Canada is a shithole.

now now.

some of most beautiful places i've been to are in Canada.

 

[NorthDakota]

now now.

some of most beautiful places i've been to are in Canada.

Sure, like most places it has some pretty sites to see.

These clowns come to North Dakota on the weekends to shop and drink. Manitoba and Saskathewan are so bad.....they consider Fargo a vacation. As Trump would say...SAD!!! They are awful drivers and they need to stay on their side of the border. Their money looks like monopoly money. I'm hardly a patriot but every time I see them, my chest swells with pride, I can hear the national anthem, and have the urge to get a USA chant going.

 

[ND NYC]

Sure, like most places it has some pretty sites to see.

These clowns come to North Dakota on the weekends to shop and drink. Manitoba and Saskathewan are so bad.....they consider Fargo a vacation. As Trump would say...SAD!!! They are awful drivers and they need to stay on their side of the border. Their money looks like monopoly money. I'm hardly a patriot but every time I see them, my chest swells with pride, I can hear the national anthem, and have the urge to get a USA chant going.

who do they think they are --coming here and spending all their money shopping and vacationing in the USA!!

 

[BGIF]

Sure, like most places it has some pretty sites to see.

These clowns come to North Dakota on the weekends to shop and drink. Manitoba and Saskathewan are so bad.....they consider Fargo a vacation. As Trump would say...SAD!!! They are awful drivers and they need to stay on their side of the border. Their money looks like monopoly money. I'm hardly a patriot but every time I see them, my chest swells with pride, I can hear the national anthem, and have the urge to get a USA chant going.

"OH CANADA!"

 

[aubeirish]

Sure, like most places it has some pretty sites to see.
These clowns come to North Dakota on the weekends to shop and drink. Manitoba and Saskathewan are so bad.....they consider Fargo a vacation. As Trump would say...SAD!!!

That's like saying America is shit and quoting Nebraska as your reference...

They are awful drivers and they need to stay on their side of the border. Their money looks like monopoly money. I'm hardly a patriot but every time I see them, my chest swells with pride, I can hear the national anthem, and have the urge to get a USA chant going

You do realize that most of the modern world think that average Americans, like yourself, are short-sighted ignorants. You're not really helping your cause here...

 

[zelezo vlk]

Yeah Canada is awesome.



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[NorthDakota]

who do they think they are --coming here and spending all their money shopping and vacationing in the USA!!

I know right? Canucks get out!

That's like saying America is shit and quoting Nebraska as your reference...



You do realize that most of the modern world think that average Americans, like yourself, are short-sighted ignorants. You're not really helping your cause here...

Boooooooooo. Canada.....boooooo