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15 and 5. That might be somewhere I take the big one on our own.zzm9980 wrote:Sure, depending on the age. But the age I'm thinking of I wouldn't want to take them anywhere heh. And they may not appreciate it as much as an adult would.Hannieroo wrote:Would you take children to Shanghai?
N.O = New Orleans.
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There cannot possibly be a best for visiting. There are just too many different things to see, too many different places to stay, too many different places to eat.
London, Paris, Madrid, Athens, Berlin, Rome... or Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Sydney, Mumbai... how can one be best when each is so different?
London, Paris, Madrid, Athens, Berlin, Rome... or Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Sydney, Mumbai... how can one be best when each is so different?
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Yeah big one will probably enjoy it. Little one will just get bored as to him it will be another busy city.Hannieroo wrote:15 and 5. That might be somewhere I take the big one on our own.zzm9980 wrote:Sure, depending on the age. But the age I'm thinking of I wouldn't want to take them anywhere heh. And they may not appreciate it as much as an adult would.Hannieroo wrote:Would you take children to Shanghai?
N.O = New Orleans.
See I never thought New Orleans. Given Brah's Japanese interests, just assumed Naha, Okinawa

+1Strong Eagle wrote:There cannot possibly be a best for visiting. There are just too many different things to see, too many different places to stay, too many different places to eat.
London, Paris, Madrid, Athens, Berlin, Rome... or Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Sydney, Mumbai... how can one be best when each is so different?
look at this lonely planet guide:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/themes/best ... 10-cities/
The city at no 3 is a shocking choice, probably for its natives too.
For me if there 1 Indian city worth visiting it will be Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
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After living in Singapore, I would never again want to visit another superficial place that boasts of tallest, biggest, widest, richest, fanciest, fastest...yogaloungeforever wrote:call me shallow. but it's dubai for me. i especially love this city in the summer when the sun is just about setting and i am sitting in one of the bistros along Jumeirah.
I rather prefer a place with more character

If it is to work there as a wealthy expat, then its a different matter, but I will never "visit" that place with my own money. Same thing for Singapore also.

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Yes, I tend to agree, and am pondering this.Wd40 wrote: After living in Singapore, I would never again want to visit another superficial place that boasts of tallest, biggest, widest, richest, fanciest, fastest...
Where you choose, that works for you, also hinges upon where you are from, and at what stage of life you are.
Visiting the temples of Kyoto, or simply taking a taxi in NYC or London... each in their own way can be revelatory. But these options lie amongst the palette of maybe 100,000 that you will get to choose from in life.
[Getting a bit deep for 6pm, better go and get a beer man]
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i guess if you see past the shallowness of dubai then it will be a city with lots to do and memories to bring home. i like that i can go into a fancy restaurant like that of traders or meridien in shorts, t and slippers and no one stares at me (of course when the occasion calls for formal wear then i go according to instructions) and then after that straight to jumeirah for a stroll and you can see peeps still there swimming in the bright moonlight and the neverending seas (where i dont see a ship in sight) with the breeze blowing on my skin. i like that i can go have breakfast somewhere along jumeirah and then off to oman for the afternoon and then back in time in the evening to have dinner as part of the desert safari trip. i like the never ending souks with all that perfumes and spices and metals and interesting artifacts (and again go in shorts, ts and slippers) and then scoot off to skidxb for in-door skiing. i just love the hot sun that goes almost all year round. i also like that the high-ways there are build for almost cheap (sports) cars.Wd40 wrote:After living in Singapore, I would never again want to visit another superficial place that boasts of tallest, biggest, widest, richest, fanciest, fastest...yogaloungeforever wrote:call me shallow. but it's dubai for me. i especially love this city in the summer when the sun is just about setting and i am sitting in one of the bistros along Jumeirah.
I rather prefer a place with more character
If it is to work there as a wealthy expat, then its a different matter, but I will never "visit" that place with my own money. Same thing for Singapore also.
in singapore i just work, eat and sleep

Life is short hence I live it to its fullest, that is .... I eat and sleep
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I noticed that too that things HAVE to be advertised as such in Singapore.Wd40 wrote: After living in Singapore, I would never again want to visit another superficial place that boasts of tallest, biggest, widest, richest, fanciest, fastest...
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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