CS91's Bar trip to Asia (ICN, CNX, USM & HKG)

[CS91]

Day 4: Zip Lining

We woke up early on Friday morning because Eagle Track was picking us up from our hotel at 7:30am. We ate some food that we had in the room for breakfast. The ride to Eagle Track was about an hour.

When we got there, our daughter was in a pretty good mood so we decided to go zip lining first while the other couple watched our daughter. Like I mentioned in the last installment, we bought the bronze package, which was 15 platforms, and it took about an hour. We thought that was about the perfect amount and didn’t really feel like we should’ve done a longer package.

We really enjoyed the zip lining. The staff members that were with us were hilarious and made my wife think she was falling on numerous occasions (I know, mean, but it was hilarious for me to watch ). They also always offered to take our phones ahead to the next platform with them so that they can take pictures/videos of us on the zip line.







After we went zip lining, we watched the other couple’s kid and eventually got back to our hotel at about 1pm. We hung out at the hotel for a couple of hours until my appointment at Green Bamboo. I highly recommend a visit to Green Bamboo while in CNX. I’ve gotten numerous massages at 5-star hotels where I’ve paid $150+ and this massage beat it by a landslide. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so relaxed in my life. It was definitely a great way to head into Shabbos.

After my massage, I went back to New Moda because they had told me that they’d be ready for my first fitting before Shabbos. When I got there, they told me that they weren’t ready because they realized after I left the night before that they were out of the material that I chose so they were getting it shipped in from Bangkok, and that I should come back for my first fitting on Saturday night. It was definitely annoying and I didn’t understand why they couldn’t call or email me, but what can you do. So I went back to the hotel and got ready for Shabbos.

Friday night at the Chabad was really nice. The room was completely full for dinner and the food was good too. Rabbi Pickel is very nice and welcoming (and of course at some point during our stay in CNX asked me if I was a DD guy and if I flew there in F ). There were two dinner shifts, so dinner was over pretty quickly because they had to get the second shift in, but it didn’t feel rushed at all. After dinner, Rabbi Pickel got one of the workers to push our daughter back to the hotel in the stroller.

[EJB]

I don't doubt there are things to do, I just don't think 5 days are needed based on what I've seen. I'd say 2-3 would be enough.

1. If you're getting clothing done you'd want 5
2. If you're staying over shabbos, you lose 1.5 days of activities
3. I stayed for 4 days and could have definitely stayed an extra day while finding fun things to do

[EJB]

And CS91, you calll that ziplining!!!!

[CS91]

And CS91, you calll that ziplining!!!!

Anyone ever tell you that you're a Flying Squirrels elitist? 

[Yehoshua]

1. If you're getting clothing done you'd want 5
2. If you're staying over shabbos, you lose 1.5 days of activities
3. I stayed for 4 days and could have definitely stayed an extra day while finding fun things to do

I guess we'll have to see what happens when I plan my trip there.

[yitzyul]

I guess we'll have to see what happens when I plan my trip there.

I stayed in CNX for 3 days (including the day of arrival and departure, not over Shabbos) and found it more then enough time. I wasn't traveling with kids and I do things quickly.

The monkey show by far is the worst thing ever. You can actually see the monkeys chained up in a 4x4 area. Its horrible. THe othere shows the animals didn't look that bad off, but hey what do I know? Its been awhile since I was an animal

[mendy from lakewood]

nice TR

[EJB]

Anyone ever tell you that you're a Flying Squirrels elitist? 

No that one wasn't great either. But at least it was real zip lines. High up over far distances.

[Aaaron]

Anyone ever tell you that you're a Flying Squirrels elitist? 

Flying Squirrels was very tame. 

And about the animal shows, I only did one of the elephant reserves, and Tiger Kingdom.  I definitely felt the tigers were drugged and some were housed in too-small cages.  But I felt the elephants where we went were treated very well.  We were taught basic commands, fed them loads, bathed them and just generally had a good time. 

[CS91]

Day 5: Shabbos

Going to Chabad for Shachris on Shabbos morning meant that I got to sleep in! I’ll take 10am minyan any day of the week haha. On Friday, I spoke to the concierge and arranged for them to get me from my room at 10am and then to go pick up DW and DD from the room closer to noon and have someone push the stroller for us to the Chabad. They were extremely accommodating and were more than happy to help (they were also super knowledgeable as to what we could and couldn’t do because it was Shabbos).

At 9:55am sharp there was a knock on my door to take me downstairs. Davening at Chabad was very nice. We finished closer to noon at which point DW showed up to the Chabad with DD. Lunch again was really nice, and after lunch we went back to the hotel and hung out in the lobby for a few hours before going back to the room to hang out for the rest of Shabbos.

Right after Shabbos I went to New Moda to have a fitting, and then we decided to go to the Saturday night market. We honestly weren’t impressed with it and thought that the booths near LM were a lot nicer and had more stuff that we would actually buy. We did buy a couple of souvenirs but it was really crowded and I definitely don’t think it’s a must. It could be that it’s popular for tourists who don’t keep Kosher because there are a lot of food stands with local ethnic food, but for us who couldn’t eat it (though some of it did smell really good), we didn’t really see what the draw of the Saturday night market was. After walking around the market for about an hour, we went back to the Chabad to have a late dinner with EJB and then called it a night.

Sorry for the lack of pictures in this installment, but I’ll get back to posting pictures with the next day’s installment which will include BaanChang Paradise!

[Luvtotravel]

really enjoying your TR! why did you need an escort to Chabad? was it for carrying something, doors, safety, something else?

[EJB]

really enjoying your TR! why did you need an escort to Chabad? was it for carrying something, doors, safety, something else?

No eruv

[Yehoshua]

Not judging, but does Chabad have a mincha minyan on shabbos afternoon and/or seuda shlishis?

[EJB]

we went back to the Chabad to have a late dinner with EJB and then called it a night.

!!! How many EJBs are there??

[EJB]

Not judging, but does Chabad have a mincha minyan on shabbos afternoon and/or seuda shlishis?

They have a mincha and maariv minyan, but I can't tell you if they have a formal SS

The mincha minyan is right after the meal. CS forgot to mention how beautiful the leining was.

[Luvtotravel]

No eruv

=carrying something

[CS91]

really enjoying your TR! why did you need an escort to Chabad? was it for carrying something, doors, safety, something else?

Needed someone to push my kid in the stroller. Happy you're enjoying!

CS forgot to mention how beautiful the leining was.

It sucked. 

[EJB]

It sucked. 

You must be referring to the yemenite than leined sheini

[CS91]

You must be referring to the yemenite than leined sheini

Lol

[moisheyb]

Just wondering if your going to finish this tr.
Great and informing tr so far