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midtown

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  1. 35L worth lol You can probably get 4-5 days worth of clothes in it
  2. I have that bag as well. Super solid bag.
  3. You're insulting trash
  4. As long as it's not in your line of sight
  5. Sellini just standing there gets a red?
  6. This is the most aggression from spurs on the day
  7. So you're in St. Ignacio?
  8. Just a heads up that people will name their crabs the most vulgar things and the ring master will call every single name out. "slimy pussy" and "cock and balls" etc
  9. Jesús. Left to do a school pickup and bam. This team is painful to watch
  10. Pretty sure you were the blue tang recommender. Ritchies (asian) and Caye Mart (arab). For some reason I end up in the Caye Mart unless Im buying more cooking stuff. Right around the corner going north is a better fruit/veggie stand FYI. Tino recommended it.
  11. I'm not a big cocktail kind of guy (I normally just drink my 11.2 oz Belikens) but like cooter when I've been in the water and need to get that salt water out a cocktail hits the spot. All the mixed drinks at Palapa are good and strong. I have never in all my visits seen a dog nor have I ever even had my bags opened. I carry on so I am usually one of the first few in customs even if I am not in the front at immigration. Once I was asked a close ended question. Do you have only clothes in your bag? Yes and that was that.
  12. Please post some photos and color on St. Ignacio. It's 100% on my next visit. Are you driving over there or flying? @Buzzrock
  13. Did I tell you about the time in Hue when I couldn't find my hotel for the life of me. I have a crazy great sense of direction. I never ever get lost even in brand new cities and never forget what hotel room I am in. (Back then GPS and google maps didn't work in Viet Nam) Even in an intoxicated state. What I didn't know was that in smaller towns in Viet Nam they turn off all the lights to the hotels, buildings and houses to conserve energy after about 10pm. At least they did. Its surreal. The whole block looks abandoned. I walked up and down the same street and the two streets paralleling my hotel street at least 4 times looking for a lit up hotel. Finally some guy who must have been watching on a motorbike saw me confused AF and told me he would take me to my hotel. Jumped on the back and he's going exactly where I had been. He pulls up to what looks like an abandoned building only for me to realize its my hotel. At least when I got to Hoi An I was prepared to be walking down pitch black streets after about 10pm. So when I left this brits room at 11pm in Hoi An at least I knew I was in for a 45min walk in the dark.
  14. In a lot of places it's camouflage
  15. It is and its much easier today than it was 8 years ago. Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos all have e-visas. I think it took me a 3-4 weeks to receive it by email.
  16. Welp. No manager no director. Just blow this fucker up
  17. This must be where the term pee shooter came from
  18. What we really need is a pinned post with links to the thread for each different countries/regions as a travel guide vs having to search. The amount of travel knowledge and experience on surly is pretty deep
  19. Lots of countries on the level 3 that do not give me pause. Level 4 yes. Btw Chicago should be level 5 but I took my kids their last year. The problem with those travel warnings is that they are general for the entire country and not granular. There are simply some regions and towns that you would have no reason to go to and in most touristy areas security and police is pretty beefy.
  20. I will admit that there are certain levels of comfort I want to have when I travel at my age. I don't need a five star hotel but I'm also not down with sleeping on a dirt floor when its 90 degrees in a mosquito net. Nor am I going to spend 18 hours on a train with a squat toilet to save $100 on a flight. I will admit though that one of the most fun days I had was finding the backpakers in Hue and hanging with them. They welcomed this old dude into their flock
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