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icurhere2 Feb 15, 2010 11:53 am


Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 13392653)
I paid absolutely nothing extra yesterday while transiting PTY. Back in March '08 fozz and I had to buy an entry card for $5 but I didn't even have to do that this time. I just walked through the immigration line, tried to explain that I just wanted some lunch on my layover and then, a few hours later, headed back through security to departure.

The $5 tourist card scheme recently ended.

sdm1130 Feb 15, 2010 11:54 am


Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 13394120)
and I should know this but
Do points+cash earn stay credit ar SPG?

No, they don't.

icurhere2 Feb 15, 2010 12:04 pm


Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 13393069)
Was this AT&T or something else???

Was indeed AT&T data services - this was the night before / day I went to Houston, so you were out of town.

icurhere2 Feb 15, 2010 12:07 pm


Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 13393711)
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7D11 Safari/528.16)

Looks like today will be a good day for presidential bumps.

Some possibilities here as well - STL still looking better than the first flight out of SEA, though.

icurhere2 Feb 15, 2010 12:07 pm


Originally Posted by Trustguy (Post 13393743)
Workout was success. Now on to icing knees. :( Middle age is loads of :rolleyes:.

Try 8 hours of walking around YVR first.

colpuck Feb 15, 2010 12:11 pm


Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 13394087)
3 darts
2 bulls and a trip-20

that is all for today

It doesn't count when you stand one foot away from the dart board.:p

congrats!

Tinkerer Feb 15, 2010 12:11 pm


Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 13393704)
tell me more

The first time I had beaver tails, I said WOW! - churros, but flat and with stuff on them! ;) For those who don't know beaver tails, they are somewhat similar to beignets at Cafe to Monde in New Orleans (though I'd argue churros and beaver tails are closer to each other than beignets).
uncertaintraveler's opinion in a prior post

In Mexico, churros are sweet and traditionally coated with sugar + cinnamon. In some places you can also get them filled with chocolate, cajeta, or condensed milk (think hollow tube in the middle, but not all the way through so that the filling stays in it and doesn't fall out the bottom). Churreria El Moro which is downtown and an institution in Mexico for churros only makes the traditional ones.

BTW, if you decide to go, they have 4 types of hot chocolate:
Frances (French) - normal with vanilla
Especial (Special) - bittersweet chocolate with cinnamon
Espaņol (Spanish) - very thick and very sweet
Mexicano (Mexican) - neither very sweet nor very strong

You can get only churros, only hot chocolate or packages with both (e.g., one hot chocolate and 4 churros)

El Moro is a really old churreria (churro maker) which some would say is an institution in Mexico. They now serve meals in the back too, but churros is really their thing (for any meal downtown, I'd go to the Hosteria de Santo Domingo for great Mexican fare or Sanborns - The House of Blue for more international fare). At El Moro, they still make churros fresh (as they should be!) and it's fun to see them make them. They squeeze the batter out of an extruder and turn it in the oil so the dough makes large circles. Once done, they cut them up into long pieces and roll them in sugar and cinnamon. There's a few places that make them this way (more out of your way in Coyoacan and Las Flores), but El Moro is a piece of Mexican tradition and always serves them just-made as they should be.

Picture courtesy of wikipedia


Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 13393704)
If leaving out on the 13:34 Flights what time would you recommend leaving downtown? For both a Sat and Sun departure.
Does the subway run to the airport?
Better to take a radio taxi?
Thanks

I'd book an airport cab and have them pick me up at a predefined location downtown. They will also have the best info in terms of how long it should take that day. I'd guess half an hour, but I'd defer to the airport taxis.

When you call them, just be aware that they'll follow the recommendation to be at the airport 3 hours ahead of time for international flights (which this time of year I would consider a bit excessive, at least for frequent flyers on CO -- I have no experience w/CM). FWIW, the airport cabs I usually use are Sitio 300; phone # 5571-9344 as they have the best info re traffic (esp. if you request a taxi with a two-way radio).

Alternatively, have whatever establishment you are at call you a radio taxi ("taxi de sitio")

Tinkerer Feb 15, 2010 12:24 pm


Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 13394031)
I can't speak for the others, but the JW Marriott that Tinkerer references cuesta mucho dinero. I was there last summer, and our corporate rate was US$259/night.

But, if you do have status, their lounge is pretty good, and has a great view over the National Auditorium.

Key is rates plummet many weekends ;)

For example, the St. Regis had a weekend rate of $120 US avail recently (and it was the most expensive SPG property that weekend).

adelauro Feb 15, 2010 12:26 pm

Hello Box.


Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 13392483)
:eek::eek::eek: You have never had Cadbury's Flakes? The ambrosia of chocolate? Yummeh! Yummeh! Yummeh!

Just playing with you!! :D How many do you want?

adelauro Feb 15, 2010 12:30 pm


Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 13392694)
You're not the only one (don't know if that makes you feel better or not).

If I'm done before 10 pm tonight (class and rehearsal nonstop with two half-hour breaks) it will be a miracle.

No holiday here in London either.

cheepneezy Feb 15, 2010 12:32 pm


Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13394360)
No holiday here in London either.

How awful for you.;)

adelauro Feb 15, 2010 12:36 pm


Originally Posted by cheepneezy (Post 13392793)


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 13392959)
Ha. Ranger fans.

:D:D

jrzyshawn Feb 15, 2010 12:40 pm

Only an hour and 20 minutes left of w:rolleyes:rk

adelauro Feb 15, 2010 12:42 pm


Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13393471)
Note to self, when I need to charge a cell phone, find an ATM.


Huhh? :confused:

colpuck Feb 15, 2010 12:42 pm

I love getting a free day from work. I am getting paid to hang out in starbucks.


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