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Exotic with minyanim
« on: March 24, 2019, 08:53:22 AM »
What does anyone think is the most "exotic" vacation location with a confirmed 3X daily minyan within 30 minutes? Food I can figure out - but a minyan is either there or not...

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2019, 08:55:52 AM »
Thailand

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2019, 09:44:15 AM »

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2019, 10:24:45 AM »
Thailand
Probably not worth a trip to stay in Bangkok the whole time.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2019, 10:26:07 AM »
If you need a confirmed minyan 3x a day, you're basically restricted to cities.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2019, 11:21:45 AM »
Probably not worth a trip to stay in Bangkok the whole time.
why not?

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2019, 11:22:12 AM »
I think Manila is cooler...
theres  minyanim there 3x?

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2019, 02:51:17 PM »
If you need a confirmed minyan 3x a day, you're basically restricted to cities.
Possibly. But there can be exotic cities. I suspect that Bangkok is probably not a lot of fun for any extended period of time.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2019, 04:55:29 PM »
Manila is a horrible place.
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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2019, 07:40:50 PM »
What does anyone think is the most "exotic" vacation location with a confirmed 3X daily minyan within 30 minutes? Food I can figure out - but a minyan is either there or not...

All the Major tourist cities in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Koh Samui as other said BKK is not a very cleans city.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2019, 07:44:33 PM »
All the Major tourist cities in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Koh Samui as other said BKK is not a very cleans city.
3x a day in those places? If OP was fine with shacharis only, or shabbos only, there are many times the options. Once you need 3x a day, you are reliant on a community vs. a random Chabad.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2019, 08:30:37 PM »
3x a day in those places? If OP was fine with shacharis only, or shabbos only, there are many times the options. Once you need 3x a day, you are reliant on a community vs. a random Chabad.
+1 even HNL didn't have a minyan sunday morning

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2019, 08:33:39 PM »
Aside for a group tour, I'd say probably HKG, Johannesburg, or Buenos Aries.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2019, 10:54:07 PM »
Panama?

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2019, 11:16:26 PM »
3x a day in those places? If OP was fine with shacharis only, or shabbos only, there are many times the options. Once you need 3x a day, you are reliant on a community vs. a random Chabad.

Yes in peak season Thailand cities have 3x a day Minyonim, many Dati Leumi and some Charedim travel to Thailand.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2019, 11:45:57 PM »
Does OP require 3x minyan during the actual travel portion as well?

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2019, 06:59:11 AM »
For travel one can usually be creative and do hops.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2019, 07:19:06 AM »
Singapore has 3x day guaranteed. Not exotic, but certainly tropical and has that Asian feel. I much prefer it to Hong Kong and Bangkok.

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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2019, 09:06:12 AM »
Singapore has 3x day guaranteed. Not exotic, but certainly tropical and has that Asian feel. I much prefer it to Hong Kong and Bangkok.
Singapore is boring though, there just isn't that much to do there.
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Re: Exotic with minyanim
« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2019, 09:10:14 AM »
Vancouver feels more Asian than Singapore. Still worth a visit for a couple days though.
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