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  • Heikki2@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Have you ever traveled outside of America? (Not to Canada or Mexico)
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    6 months ago

    As an American, I have been out side the US and not just Canada or MX.

    Central America: Panama and Costa Rica Panama was nice as you could drink the water.

    Costa Rica the people were great. Land was a little more wild. Highlight was fishing and some locals caught some scallops. After talking with them for a bit they gave me fresh one to try with a squirt of lime juice. Briney with enough acid made it great.

    Euorope: Ireland, UK, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, and Spain Ireland was my honeymoon. Stayed south mostly. Farthest north we made it was limerick. Wish we spent more time around Cork

    UK i was visiting my sister in Bristol. Cool town was there during the Hot Air balloon festival. Also spent some time in Edinburgh. Definatly recommend going to Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival. Lots of free show or pay what you can shows.

    Iceland we stayed around Reykjavik. The city was alot of fun. Definatly recommend visiting the bath houses to relax

    Denmark we were in Copenhagen. Christina land was very freeing to visit. Food was great too. Stayed for 2 nights

    Germany we did Octoberfest is Munich. Had a ton of fun. Did the tourist and local version. The local version was toned down a bit and more casual to drink at. Remember pace yourself. We did a day trip from Munich to visit Salzburg. Definatly a city worth seeing. Trains are fun.

    Spain we did a quick trip over a long weekend. Stayed in Madrid mostly doing tours. Became full of pickpocket. The tours there were always a few people sulking around bumping into people. They all knew each other trying to make distractions for one another. Went to Valencia too. Walked the former river park. Bought some of the best oranges ever. Ate too much paella.

    Asia: Indonisia, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore Indonesia was a work and vacation trip. Spend 5 days on Bali. Visited various temples and ate lots of good seafood. Spent a few days in Jakarta. I am definitely in about a dozen photo albums with some Indonesians on vacation who wanted a picture with a 6ft2in American. Work was in Bandung, again the food was great. My GF at the time, came along and spent her days shopping at the malls nearby. Lots of big brands are produced here. The last night in Bandung, my colleges and GF were at a small bar where a band was playing Classic Rock, when the power went out. We were in a corner booth next to the breakers. A bartender came over and opened the breaker box. There were flames inside. They simple sprayed it with an extinguisher, waited 5 minutes, and then flipped them all back on.

    Japan was a quick day trip, our layover after Indonisia on the way back was super long so we made it out of the airport and visited Tokyo. The government building was a great free sight seeing stop. Ate lots of good sushi and noodles

    Thailand we visited Bangkok, Ko Sumia, and Phuket. Things i learned about the food. If the chillis are diced up, you’re meant to eat them. If they are kept whole but split upto the stem once or twice, do not eat them. Ko Sumi was our favorite as the water was clean/clear the there were lots of places that you could walk to to buy food both restaurants and local shops. Phuket is know for being a party area. Tons of people, had to explain to my wife what a “Ping Pong” show was. Bangkok was crazy but great the night markets were the place to be.

    Singapore was an add on from our Thailand trip. Spent 3 days here. People were super nice and food was great. There are many michilelin star rated hawker stands. The food is great. Also you can drink the water. I like to tell people if they are worried about going to SE Asia, go to Singapore 1st. If it’s too.much for you then you cannot handle SE Asia. The botanical gardens were very cool to see

    Hope this helps any one unsure if they want to travel