Thursday, May 4, 2017

Highights of 2017 Spring Trip


                                               Highlights of 2017 Spring Trip

4 plane rides, 2 cruise ships, 4 continents, 2 oceans, and 13 countries in 98 days! Did we have fun? LOADS!!! 

 

                                                   Most Manicured City Gardens ……Singapore.




                            Tallest Building…….. Petronas..... Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Most Modern Ports…..Hong Kong, China and Singapore


                                       Most Stately British Style Port…. Port Kelano, Malaysia



                                                             Best Waterfall...Ko Samui, Thailand
                             Most Unique Mosque…..National Mosque..... Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Best Bands....Magic Islands (Steel Drums) and the Neptunes (50's-90's three instrument combo) 

Most Beautiful Beaches…..

                                                       Nha Trang, Vietnam and.... 



                                                      DaNang, Vietnam, and.......



                                                               Ko Samui, Thailand

                                       Most Scenic Mountainous Beaches……. Taiwan


Busiest Beach…..Pataya  Beach, Thailand


                                                
             

                                                    Cleanest City…..Singapore


                                                        Poorest Country.....Cambodia


                                              Best Ferry System.....Hong Kong, China




Friendliest Country…..  
                                                                             Jordan and ......




                                                                              Taiwan

                                Most Unusual Form of Transportation...a tuck-tuck....Sri Lanka

Best Movies Watched.....The Word, Manchester by the Sea, Eddie the Eagle, Finest Hour, Allied, Mr. Church, Hacksaw Ridge.......Most favorite....Hidden Figures


Smoggiest countries…..
                                                                                 China and......
                                                                              Vietnam


                                        City with the Most Fountains.....Barcelona, Spain


                                        Most Unusual Art....Bottled Sand...Aqaba, Jordan
                          Largest Buddist Temple….Big Buddha, Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China
                                                               Most Colorful Temples….Taiwan


 
                                           Most Unusual Temple....Hindu Temple..... Sri Lanka
                                                     Most Artistic City.....Barcelona, Spain

Most Scenic Fishing Village….Tia O, Lantau Island, China

Largest Stadium....Athens, Greece




   Most Unusual Skyscraper....Singapore


Best Books Read.....Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson, Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall,  How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gill, True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy, And the Mountains Echoed by  Khaled Hosseini




                                     Most Unusual Bridge....The Dragon..... Taiwan


Dirtiest countriesMorocco, Cambodia, India





                                                                Most Graffiti…..Greece


                                             Second Highest Cliff in Europe......Mediera, Portugal



                                     Most Unusual Occupation...Snake charmer....Sri Lanka




  Best Transportation….Singapore

                                                 City with the  Most Statues....Barcelona, Spain


         Most Beggars….Greece and Morocco



                                         







Most Unusual Fruit.....
Dragon Fruit.....Vietnam









Most Scenic Islands….                            

                         Madereia, Portugal; and


                                                                Mykonos, Greece... and....

                                                    
                                                                      Mallorca, Spain




Oldest historic areas….                        
                                                                Crete, Greece...... and


                                                                   Athens, Greece.... and


                                                                Elephanta Island, India... and....


                                                                     Nafplion , Greece...and


                                                                     Rhodes, Greece...and

                                                                         Petra, Jordan


                                                           Best Seaside Walk......Cadiz, Spain

                                              Most Shopping Malls.....Singapore



Most Scenic Cities….


                                                                            Cadiz, Spain and,


 Funchal, Portugal, and....

                                                                       Barcelona, Spain...and.....

                                                               Nafplion, Greece




                          Most Unusual Museum.....Buddhist Temple Museum..Sri Lanka
                                                        Most exotic country….Oman



Hottest places visited…
                                                                       Cambodia ...and


                                                                            Vietnam...and


                                                                            Sri Lanka....and
                                                                      Mumbia, India

                                        Most Tiresome Port Entries….India and  China





                                                 Best Scooter Ride....Madeira, Portugal



                                                        Biggest Scam.....Sri Lanka Gem Stones

Best Ports….

                                                                      Rhodes, Greece and.... 
                                                                   Valleta, Malta and.....

                                                                    Cadiz, Spain


Animals.....


Mules and Donkeys in Jordan

                                                                  Camels in Jordan

Jackass in Spain


Elephant in Sri Lanka

                                                            Horseback ride in Jordan
                                                             



                                                     Best Street Acts.....Barcelona, Spain

Newest Ocean Experience….Indian Ocean




Most unusual precautions….Barbed Wire and Water Blasting hoses installed for pirate protection



Best  Castles….

                                                                 Rhodes, Greece....and.....

      Nafplion, Greece (3 fortresses) and

Cadiz, Spain and


Mdina, Malta







Most Unusual Phenomenon While at Sea.... a  gorgeous sunrise and full moon at the same time and....

a waterspout (tornado at sea)

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