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 countries…Morocco, 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)