Opinions - The best and worst
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Hottest curry
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Kohn i Noor, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Maharajah, Singapore
Favorite junk food
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Fish and chips
Strangest food eaten
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Cow glands
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Chicken feet
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Kangaroo
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Crocodile curry
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Beetroot Burger
Best party town
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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New Orleans, USA
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Las Vegas, USA
Wildest nightlife
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Wanchai, Hong Kong
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Padre Borgos Street, Makati, Philippines
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Pat Pong, Soi Cowboy, Nana Plaza, Bangkok, Thailand
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Orchard Towers, Singapore
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Walking Street, Pattaya, Thailand
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Fields Ave. Angeles City, Philippines
Best massage
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Oberoi Hotel, Bali
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Dhara Dhevi Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Worst massage
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Siem Reap, Cambodia
Best sunset
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Legian Beach, Bali
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Destin, Florida, USA
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Boracay, Philippines
Longest sequence of flights without a break
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Atlanta - San Francisco - Hong Kong - Singapore - Bali.
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Fort Walton Beach - Atlanta - Seoul - Bangkok.
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Palau - Tokyo - Seoul - Atlanta - Destin/FWB
Longest non-stop flight
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Newark to Singapore – 18 hours 50 Minutes
Restaurant most out of place
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Hooters in Guatemala City
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Starbucks in Sanur Beach, Bali
Most crowded beach
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Waikiki, Oahu
Least crowded beach
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Pumpkin Bluff, North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
Least favorite beach
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Tybee Island, Savannah, Georgia, USA
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Western-Super-Mare, England
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Brighton, England
Worst place in which to get lost
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Moscow, Russia
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Helsinki, Finland
Worst place to break the law
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Bogota, Colombia
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Singapore, Singapore
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Yangon, Myanmar
Never trust a taxi driver in.
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Delhi, India
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Manila, Philippines
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Yangon, Myanmar
Most expensive taxi rides
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Sydney, Australia
Taxi drivers with best personality
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New York, USA
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London, England
Most widely heard music during travels
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Santana
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Yanni
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Dire Straits
Most underestimated musicians from
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Philippines
Classiest hotel bar
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Captain’s Bar, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong
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Strand Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar
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Long Bar, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
Most boring hotel bar
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JJ’s at the Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel, Vietnam
Missed flights from oversleeping
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – twice
Airport with most overnight layovers due to flight delays
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Newark, New Jersey
Airport with most overnight layovers due to flight connections
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Changi, Singapore
Scariest airport runway landed at
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Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Paro, Bhutan
Hardest airport to navigate for non-locals
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Madrid, Spain
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Paris, France
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Manila, Philippines
Largest Airport
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London Heathrow
Smallest Airport
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Savu Savu, Fiji
Busiest Airport
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Atlanta, USA
Most expensive hotel for food
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Conrad, Maldives
Places to visit on the “bucket list”
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Manaus, Brazil
Countries worth considering a move to
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Singapore
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Thailand
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England
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Spain
One time visit is enough
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Venice, Italy
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Jakarta, Indonesia
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Belize City, Belize
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Istanbul, Turkey
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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Dubai, UAE
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Penang, Malaysia
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Delhi, India
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Cairo, Egypt
Multiple visits are in order (not including USA and UK)
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Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Hong Kong, China
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Singapore
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Phuket, Thailand
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Sydney, Australia
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St. Petersburg, Russia
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Palau
Friendliest countries
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Thailand
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Netherlands
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Australia
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.. and I could go on and on