Sunday, March 1, 2015

Things to Do and See in Some Popular World Cities



Thailand

·         Chaing Mai
o   Great for shopping and food
o   Tiger Kingdom
o   Elephant sanctuary
·         Ubon
o   A great quiet city to stay in transit.
o   Has train and bus stations and small airport
o   My favorite hostel is there: Fun Dee Mansion
o   Shopping area
·         Ao Nong, Krabi
o   Cheap massages beachside
o   Monkeys on the beach
·         Bangkok
o   Koh San Road- crazy partying and shopping area
·         Patong, Phuket
o   James Bond Island
o   Cave kayaking into beautiful lagoons
o   Monkey Island
o   Koh Phi Phi Island
o   Shopping, entertainment, dining


Laos

·         Don Det Island on the Mekong River
·         Kayaking from Laos to Cambodia
·         Stunning view
·         Bungalows

Cambodia

·         Angkor Wat, Siem Riep

Indonesia

·         Denpasar, Bali
·         Kuta, Bali
o   very touristy
o   beach wasn’t so great when I was there
·         Cultural
·         Spiritual
·         Beautiful beaches
·         Uluwatu and south  part of the island for beaches
·         Ubud
o    inland part of Bali
o   rice fields

Japan

·         Osaka
o   Osaka Castle
o   Less touristy city
·         Kyoto
o   Japanese gardens
o   Huge market places

Taiwan

·         Taipei
o   Food
o   Shopping
o   culture
  

Barcelona
  • Parc Guell- its free, awesome, and easy to walk up
  • La Segrada Familia and its surrounding park area- It’s amazing
  • Las Ramblas- a busy but interesting long tourist street that has lots of food and shopping vendors.
  • the various buildings/structures designed by Gaudi- they are so intricate and beautiful.
  • the waterfront and port
  • Arc de Triomf and its surrounding park area
  • Torre Agbar- the red/blue changing lights of this giant structure is cool. 
  • Theres also a really big mall/shopping center called Glories (or Glorias?) nearby.  There a huge grocery store (called Carrefour?) inside the mall.



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