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What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« on: October 06, 2011, 04:36:39 PM »
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2011, 05:04:17 PM »
Depends how to rank them. 

In order of desirability to return to?

Hawaii (Kauai/Big Island/Maui/Oahu)
LA
Israel
Brazil (Iguacu/Rio/SP)
Paris
Sydney
Venice
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Japan
Chiang Mai

Places I've been to that I don't feel a strong desire to return to:
Phuket
Melbourne
London
Pittsburgh and NYC but I know I'll be back there like it or not ;)
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2011, 09:29:26 AM »
couldnt narrow it down, sorry
paris
london
rome
venice
barcelona
zermatt
agra
beijing
hong kong
istanbul
dubai
chiang mai
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2011, 01:08:04 PM »
Here's the list in no specific order, it'll make me seem boring compared to most of you...

Israel
Crater Lake, Oregon
Rural Colorado
Bellingham, Washington
Venice, Italy
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Whistler. British Columbia
Calgary/Banff, Alberta

Same as my other top 10 list (places I've been to), I'm going to reserve the last two spots...
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2011, 01:33:13 PM »
Yup, Crater Lake is gorgeous!
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2011, 01:49:26 PM »
1)   Atlantic City-Don’t remember any of it but B’H we managed to hitch a ride home. Still trying to piece together the rest of it
2)   Los Angeles- Went collecting there with a bunch of Chevra on Purim. Rented a convertible and blasted music all day. Yeshiva took a 10k loss and now gets paid by a local Baal Habus not to send guys there. Need I say more?
3)   California-Would highly recommend for anyone going to L.A. Nature is amazing
4)   San Diego-Had to show my passport to get in, but cheap beer and ATV’ing can’t be beat. Also known as Tijuana
5)   Las Vegas- Didn’t really go there but tell everyone I did because we flew over it on the way to L.A. 
6)   Hunter Mountain-Skiing+Cheap Beer=Free Snowmobile Rides
7)   ESPN Zone (Anywhere)-Not sure why, but the girls I take usually think it’s a bit much for a first date (Sore losers)
8)   Shea Stadium-Especially fun this summer when Stubhub actually paid you to go. Much better hot dogs than Yankee Stadium
9)   Montreal-Went to friends Chasuna there and learnt  French curse words. 3 speeding tickets in each direction. Anti Semites at the border told us that Niagra Falls was on the way to Toronto. Is Canada really that big?
10)   Woodbury Commons-By a small margin over Jersey Gardens (during the zman) and Franklin Mills (Bein Hazmanim)

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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2011, 02:01:21 PM »
Places I've been to that I don't feel a strong desire to return to:
Phuket
Melbourne
London
Pittsburgh and NYC but I know I'll be back there like it or not ;)

Always wanted to go to Phuket. Did you not have a good experience?
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2011, 02:23:28 PM »
1)   Atlantic City-Don’t remember any of it but B’H we managed to hitch a ride home. Still trying to piece together the rest of it
2)   Los Angeles- Went collecting there with a bunch of Chevra on Purim. Rented a convertible and blasted music all day. Yeshiva took a 10k loss and now gets paid by a local Baal Habus not to send guys there. Need I say more?
3)   California-Would highly recommend for anyone going to L.A. Nature is amazing
4)   San Diego-Had to show my passport to get in, but cheap beer and ATV’ing can’t be beat. Also known as Tijuana
5)   Las Vegas- Didn’t really go there but tell everyone I did because we flew over it on the way to L.A. 
6)   Hunter Mountain-Skiing+Cheap Beer=Free Snowmobile Rides
7)   ESPN Zone (Anywhere)-Not sure why, but the girls I take usually think it’s a bit much for a first date (Sore losers)
8)   Shea Stadium-Especially fun this summer when Stubhub actually paid you to go. Much better hot dogs than Yankee Stadium
9)   Montreal-Went to friends Chasuna there and learnt  French curse words. 3 speeding tickets in each direction. Anti Semites at the border told us that Niagra Falls was on the way to Toronto. Is Canada really that big?
10)   Woodbury Commons-By a small margin over Jersey Gardens (during the zman) and Franklin Mills (Bein Hazmanim)
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2011, 02:46:27 PM »
1)   Atlantic City-Don’t remember any of it but B’H we managed to hitch a ride home. Still trying to piece together the rest of it
2)   Los Angeles- Went collecting there with a bunch of Chevra on Purim. Rented a convertible and blasted music all day. Yeshiva took a 10k loss and now gets paid by a local Baal Habus not to send guys there. Need I say more?
3)   California-Would highly recommend for anyone going to L.A. Nature is amazing
4)   San Diego-Had to show my passport to get in, but cheap beer and ATV’ing can’t be beat. Also known as Tijuana
5)   Las Vegas- Didn’t really go there but tell everyone I did because we flew over it on the way to L.A. 
6)   Hunter Mountain-Skiing+Cheap Beer=Free Snowmobile Rides
7)   ESPN Zone (Anywhere)-Not sure why, but the girls I take usually think it’s a bit much for a first date (Sore losers)
8)   Shea Stadium-Especially fun this summer when Stubhub actually paid you to go. Much better hot dogs than Yankee Stadium
9)   Montreal-Went to friends Chasuna there and learnt  French curse words. 3 speeding tickets in each direction. Anti Semites at the border told us that Niagra Falls was on the way to Toronto. Is Canada really that big?
10)   Woodbury Commons-By a small margin over Jersey Gardens (during the zman) and Franklin Mills (Bein Hazmanim)

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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2011, 02:57:16 PM »
Here's the list in no specific order, it'll make me seem boring compared to most of you...

Israel
Crater Lake, Oregon
Rural Colorado
Bellingham, Washington
Venice, Italy
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Whistler. British Columbia
Calgary/Banff, Alberta

Same as my other top 10 list (places I've been to), I'm going to reserve the last two spots...


Bellingham, WA - care to elaborate?

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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2011, 04:12:28 PM »
Bellingham, WA - care to elaborate?

Visited my buddy who is the local Chabad Rabbi, went to check out the nearby Larrabee State Park, Amazing sights. I've seen similar views of the Pacific from the Oregon coast.
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2011, 07:14:46 PM »
1)   Atlantic City-Don’t remember any of it but B’H we managed to hitch a ride home. Still trying to piece together the rest of it
2)   Los Angeles- Went collecting there with a bunch of Chevra on Purim. Rented a convertible and blasted music all day. Yeshiva took a 10k loss and now gets paid by a local Baal Habus not to send guys there. Need I say more?
3)   California-Would highly recommend for anyone going to L.A. Nature is amazing
4)   San Diego-Had to show my passport to get in, but cheap beer and ATV’ing can’t be beat. Also known as Tijuana
5)   Las Vegas- Didn’t really go there but tell everyone I did because we flew over it on the way to L.A. 
6)   Hunter Mountain-Skiing+Cheap Beer=Free Snowmobile Rides
7)   ESPN Zone (Anywhere)-Not sure why, but the girls I take usually think it’s a bit much for a first date (Sore losers)
8)   Shea Stadium-Especially fun this summer when Stubhub actually paid you to go. Much better hot dogs than Yankee Stadium
9)   Montreal-Went to friends Chasuna there and learnt  French curse words. 3 speeding tickets in each direction. Anti Semites at the border told us that Niagra Falls was on the way to Toronto. Is Canada really that big?
10)   Woodbury Commons-By a small margin over Jersey Gardens (during the zman) and Franklin Mills (Bein Hazmanim)
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2011, 07:50:58 PM »
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2011, 07:54:25 PM »
1 Paris
2 Manchester
3 New York
4 Tel Aviv
5 Amsterdam
6 Oslo
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2011, 09:48:15 PM »
1 Paris
2 Manchester
3 New York
4 Tel Aviv
5 Amsterdam
6 Oslo
7

Really manchester? Can't be the one in england i hope...

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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2011, 08:46:34 AM »
Really manchester? Can't be the one in england i hope...

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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2011, 08:47:38 AM »
I've got only one: Meo Sheorim (more specifically, the shtiblach)

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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #18 on: October 10, 2011, 12:02:29 PM »
Always wanted to go to Phuket. Did you not have a good experience?
Was nasty, smelly, very 3rd world.  That works for me in Chiang Mai where I come expecting it, but it was a bit of a shock to have that in a resort destination like Phuket.
If you're thinking of a honeymoon there you may be in for a surprise.

To be fair I was warned beforehand by Levi, but didn't believe hm based on the hype of the place. 
The Le Meridian Khao Lak was nice, but we had major issues with our pool villa (see trip report on DD) that were never addressed properly.  And it took many scary hours of driving to get there from Chabad of Phuket.
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Re: What Are The Top 10 Places You've Been To?
« Reply #19 on: October 10, 2011, 12:16:22 PM »
To be fair I was warned beforehand by Levi, but didn't believe hm based on the hype of the place. 
The Le Meridian Khao Lak was nice, but we had major issues with our pool villa (see trip report on DD) that were never addressed properly.  And it took many scary hours of driving to get there from Chabad of Phuket.

Really depends on the part of the Island you are staying on. I've found both "towns" in Koh Samui and Phuket to be touristy and disgusting though other points of the Island to be gorgeous.

My advice would be to try and stay in one of the all-villa resorts such as SALA or the Banyan Tree as they have a much more Asian feel to them and feel more exotic