Okay, what is the not widely known attraction that blew you away?
Sep 30, 2015, 12:16 pm
#557
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The butterfly garden in Singapore Airport...and the entire airport!
Singapore Airport is my favorite airport in the world, partly because it's so well organized but mostly because it has a lot of fun features. And the most fun of all is the lovely butterfly garden. What a pleasure to wander through such a place in the middle of an international terminal!
Obviously I'm not recommending anyone plan a trip around simply passing through the airport. But if you have a choice between a quick transit there and one that gives you a few hours to explore the place, I'd recommend the latter. (And for even longer transits, they offer free city tours.)
Obviously I'm not recommending anyone plan a trip around simply passing through the airport. But if you have a choice between a quick transit there and one that gives you a few hours to explore the place, I'd recommend the latter. (And for even longer transits, they offer free city tours.)
Sep 30, 2015, 8:12 pm
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Singapore Airport is my favorite airport in the world, partly because it's so well organized but mostly because it has a lot of fun features. And the most fun of all is the lovely butterfly garden. What a pleasure to wander through such a place in the middle of an international terminal!
Obviously I'm not recommending anyone plan a trip around simply passing through the airport. But if you have a choice between a quick transit there and one that gives you a few hours to explore the place, I'd recommend the latter. (And for even longer transits, they offer free city tours.)
Obviously I'm not recommending anyone plan a trip around simply passing through the airport. But if you have a choice between a quick transit there and one that gives you a few hours to explore the place, I'd recommend the latter. (And for even longer transits, they offer free city tours.)
Also, public transit at night is virtually nonexistent. Not that it's so expensive to get to the city by other means, but that's another aspect for which I don't care for SIN.
OTOH, I'd much rather be at Changi than in Singapore...
Nov 10, 2015, 7:45 am
#560
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Singapore Airport is my favorite airport in the world, partly because it's so well organized but mostly because it has a lot of fun features. And the most fun of all is the lovely butterfly garden. What a pleasure to wander through such a place in the middle of an international terminal!
Obviously I'm not recommending anyone plan a trip around simply passing through the airport. But if you have a choice between a quick transit there and one that gives you a few hours to explore the place, I'd recommend the latter. (And for even longer transits, they offer free city tours.)
Obviously I'm not recommending anyone plan a trip around simply passing through the airport. But if you have a choice between a quick transit there and one that gives you a few hours to explore the place, I'd recommend the latter. (And for even longer transits, they offer free city tours.)
Nov 10, 2015, 4:26 pm
#562
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Tonto National Monument in Arizona. I'd never heard of it while living there but it's a 14th Century Cliff Dwelling about 100 miles from Phoenix. You hike a half mile up to it and then have views over a beautiful desert valley:
http://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm
Nov 10, 2015, 5:51 pm
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May 23, 2016, 9:40 pm
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Gota Canal - Sweden
We started in Stockholm (Baltic side of things)
& ended in Gothenburg (Atlantic).
Fantastic way to see gorgeous countryside.
http://www.gotakanal.se/en/
We started in Stockholm (Baltic side of things)
& ended in Gothenburg (Atlantic).
Fantastic way to see gorgeous countryside.
http://www.gotakanal.se/en/
Sep 11, 2016, 2:03 pm
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I left the Pioneer Village Museum in Minden, Nebraska a few hours ago after visiting it for the second time in twenty-five years. We let the numerous billboards on I-80 advertising it lure us there the first time and didn't regret it for a second.
Tens of thousands of casually-curated artifacts of the progress of (mostly American) technology overwhelm the visitor. If you ever wondered what a limelight is, how much a microwave oven cost in 1956 ($1,150), how brooms are made, or what a thresher drawn by 32 horses looked like, this museum will answer your questions.
Tens of thousands of casually-curated artifacts of the progress of (mostly American) technology overwhelm the visitor. If you ever wondered what a limelight is, how much a microwave oven cost in 1956 ($1,150), how brooms are made, or what a thresher drawn by 32 horses looked like, this museum will answer your questions.
Sep 11, 2016, 9:03 pm
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The Great Court at The British Museum in London. Sounds funny, but having been to countless intl landmarks and world wonders, this space really took my breath away. I felt so small and in awe. No idea why. Maybe the things we don't expect to impress us are the most impressive?
Sep 12, 2016, 6:50 am
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(Haven't read all 38 pages so far, so apologize if this has ben mentioned already)
Wife and I were in Key West about 10 years ago and we stumbled upon this day trip to the Dry Tortugas National Park. We didn't have any plans and said 'what the hell, let's do it'
Man, what a gorgeous and very historical place that is. We spent the day walking around, exploring every nook and cranny of the fort and finished it off with an awesome snorkeling session.
If anyone is in Key west, I highly recommend it
https://www.drytortugas.com/
Wife and I were in Key West about 10 years ago and we stumbled upon this day trip to the Dry Tortugas National Park. We didn't have any plans and said 'what the hell, let's do it'
Man, what a gorgeous and very historical place that is. We spent the day walking around, exploring every nook and cranny of the fort and finished it off with an awesome snorkeling session.
If anyone is in Key west, I highly recommend it
https://www.drytortugas.com/
Sep 12, 2016, 11:07 am
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(Haven't read all 38 pages so far, so apologize if this has ben mentioned already)
Wife and I were in Key West about 10 years ago and we stumbled upon this day trip to the Dry Tortugas National Park. We didn't have any plans and said 'what the hell, let's do it'
Man, what a gorgeous and very historical place that is. We spent the day walking around, exploring every nook and cranny of the fort and finished it off with an awesome snorkeling session.
If anyone is in Key west, I highly recommend it
https://www.drytortugas.com/
Wife and I were in Key West about 10 years ago and we stumbled upon this day trip to the Dry Tortugas National Park. We didn't have any plans and said 'what the hell, let's do it'
Man, what a gorgeous and very historical place that is. We spent the day walking around, exploring every nook and cranny of the fort and finished it off with an awesome snorkeling session.
If anyone is in Key west, I highly recommend it
https://www.drytortugas.com/
Sep 12, 2016, 2:36 pm
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The same for thousands of churches we've stumbled across while walking around various cities. You never know what you're going to find when you step through that door. Total beauty or not, you never know. A classic was the church in Rome we nicknamed "Our Lady of the Chandeliers" for the dozens of gaudy hanging light fictures. But then, we wandered into a church it Viterbo and just stood there and gawked. A little jewel box.