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[Reiko]

Hello!I am Japanese girl. I'm 20 yeas old.I want to travel various places of the world.various place where you like,and the place you recommend.I wait for your reply.

[Gunji]

Hello!! I'm 20 yeas old,　too. I like travel very much. Last month, I went to Okinawa with my friend. Have you ever been to Okinawa?

[keiko-surry]

Hello! I live in Japan.
I like travel too! I want to go to Okinawa
I want to go to Hawai too. What beautiful!!
Next, let's go to travel to me.

[U-jin]

If Thailand: skip Bangcock (hehhee, oh and if anyone says how great BKK is...IT IS NOT, it is full of crap) and go to Phuket island. Have a 3 day stay, first day just take the tour (very small) second just enjoy the beach, lazily go and spend time on the beach, get a tattoo, get ur hair braided. Totally AWESOME!~ beautiful to say the least~ (skip the trip to coral island...u are already on the island!) and just enjoy it there. At the end of the 2nd day go to those open bazaar and eat all the seafood u want very cheap. DONT FORGET TO HAGGLE!!! USUALLY THE PRICE IS 1/4 of what they say.Example a t-*beep* for a good price should sell about 60-100 bahts!!!! the price is just inflated just for you (u are a stupid tourist). YOU MUST haggle there. REMEMBER BE FIRM BUT POLITE! IF YOU DONT WANT IT DONT HAGGLE. ALSO THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS THE SAME (I REPEAT THE SAME PRODUCT) maybe few meters away!!!!A lot of them are very good now, and will not bagain with you for a cheap stuff, just walk away, they are just jerks. Example this lady was trying to sell me tshirt for 800!!!! BAHTS!!! I waS like byatch, *beep* u! (hehehe in my mind that is) because I was in WB store and they were selling harry potter tshirts for 150 bahts and they are AUTHENTICS!! Err..OHH GET A MASSAGE IN THAILAND!! Ask your tour guide for recommendation.

Oh on the first night go see The "Simon show" (transsexuals).

Malaysia: Umm that place is sh`t. NOT worth going there. Penang island is bad version of Phuket (not bad, but not nice either) avoid the East side of Malaysia or west part of Philippines. Patrona towers (tallest towers until Taipei 101 is build) are architecturally interesting, but to go there just for it not worth it. Lots of pirated VCDs ,CDs, con artist, and though good Chinese food there could be found. Gentings (the gambling place) is lousy and dead. Go to Las Vegas! Now that is the capital of gambling and glitz!

Singapore: Modern city rivaling any modern European high tech place. Combination of shopping (not the cheapest, but you know you will not get ripped off) and gooooooooooood food! cheap good food. Spend no more then 2 days. day 1 go to shop and eat. In the evening you MUST go to the evening wildlife zoo. It rocks. Then walk around orchard road and the next morning take off to another place. Try durian if u have a chance. Go to bugis junction, or Boat quay for drinking. It is a small area, but it is very clean, and has lots of good places of different foods, which is cheap or good price. Imagine japan in tropics, but cleaner, and better organized. Also the place is much cheaper then Japan. Sim Lim area is famous for good electronics (cheaper then japan). And govt is very strict on people who try to cheat tourists.

Indonesia: skip the main island crap, but Bali is nice, and cheap now hehehe ..i wonder why it is soo cheap :D Bali and Phuket have very good beaches, but I like the smaller town feel in Phuket which is more relaxed then Bali.

China: this is a hard one. Ignore HK~ Go to Beijin and see the capital. Lots of things to see, enjoy it while it is still "communist". Shanghai ? i would skip It is like going to HK. Great Wall...umm your choice. Wuhan area is nice, but need to know where to go. In Beijin stay as close to Teinammen square. Wow ~ that area is great. Best to get a tour to see all the palaces. Place smells really bad in small streets. Stick to the center of the city.

Korea. This one is a hard one. I always found the place drab. Though some things are of interest there if you like to 1: drink 2: buy very good imitations 3: go snow skiing (but then japan has some too)

Russia: Stopping in Vladivastok should not be of any great interest. Skip it. Russia is just lots of snow, and struggling people. Depressing is the word.

Australia: Gold cost, perth, but skip the hot air balloon rides. THEY ARE BORING! zZzZzzz we even landed in cow dung !!!! hahahaha Movie World is interesting , at least to me. Koalas ARE SOOOOOOOOO CUTE , but they have big claws, -_-!

Taiwan: waste of time. You think Beijin is polluted? Think again, Taipei is much more so!My eyes would tear up after a while, and I had to caught for long time after each trip.
just to get all the crap out of my lungs.. NAstyyyyyyyyy...food there..umm okay though interesting .I would rather go to Singapore, and to rather have indian, chinese, malay, japanese (though not as good as in japan), western, thai, indonesian food. Which is very good and authentic there...and things are CLEAN! going to Taiwan just for food, is not worth it. Taipei is very tourist unfriendly too. Kaoshing might be a better choice. but the national taiwanese museum is SOMETHING u HAVE TO SEE!! (well if u ever go there, it is in Taipei) It is all the stolen stuff from Forbidden City, Beijin. Some stuff is over 6-8 thousand years old! Amazing. Hot springs are nice, but Japan already have some which are as good. Most sights of interest there are in Taipei really but in my opinion it is bad. They are building the tallest tower there Taipei 101, but again just take a look at the picture~:p instead. In the country side and smaller cities is air is much better, but boring besides seeing how people live there.

India: AVOID THAT PLACE LIKE A PLAGUE!!! Unless you just want to go there just to say "I been there" that place is horrible. you WILL HAVE DAIRHEA THERE!! EVEN IF YOU EAT the food in all the proper places. And it is also a rip off place. It would be something like 10 US dollars for tourist and 10 cents for locals. That is just messed up. Let me repeat YOU WILL HAVE DAIRHEA THERE!!

Vietnam: Highly recommend it. Take a tour. Very unique, and food is for sure great. Run down, but costal areas and cities have a very nice charm to it. Eat some Pho there is a must, and vodka with snake blood~!! Though I wish some smaller hotels, wouldn?t turn off the lights after some period at night. Skip Hanoi, and go to Ho Chi Ming city(Saigon). Watch out for all those mopeds!

Philippines: Besides a war museum, golf courses, scuba diving that place never has anything that I found interesting. But then again I am not into prostitution. =_=


Cambodia: Ang Kor (sp) is amazing, only the grand palace in Bangkok is more outstanding. You know what, do go to Bangkok if you have a chance to spend one night over there. Grand palace, and numerous temples are worth it. Recommend you to stay next to world trade center in Bangkok (the famous 4 face Buddha is right around the corner).

Err I am getting carried away, next we can talk about Europe. Do tell me which country you wanted to visit~ then we can talk.


Enough of my ranting already.
^o^ yawn


next would be USA or Europe. That is if I am in the mood...kekeke

[BakaGaijin]

Eh. Now that just made me not wanna go anywhere near that place. Not that I wanted to in the first place or anything but it just kinda made it so that I really don't want to now. Hmm. I wanna go to Japan.
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[U-jin]

Ahh~! that is just my opinion based on my experience. Take everything you read with a grain of salt. I am not telling anyone where they should go or not, I am just sharing my travel experience. And as you know "experience will very with person and time" (or something like that)

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[BakaGaijin]

lol Something like that. It depends on the persons preference.
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[a96024ils586]

Hello everyone!I'm from Taiwan .I live in Kaohsiung.That's a great place.
There is beautiful sea and the weather is sunny.You can come to Kaohsiung for a tour.
I like travel ,too.I want to travel around the world.

[YCC]

Hi Gunji!!
I'm YCC,from Japan, 19 years old.
I like Okinawa very much.
Where did you go in Okinawa?
Whree do you live?

[aloha]

I want to introduce the interesing place in Thailand, the city of Chiangrai. It is one of Thailand's northernmost cities and the main city within a province that borders both Laos and Burma. Like many of Thailand's smaller cities, it takes great pride in the preservation of its historic temples and the people of Chiangrai welcome visitors to view these temples at their leisure. Much of what you will see at Chiangrai's temples stems from its old heritage. Among many temples within Chiangrai you may wish to visit, the most famous temple you should visit is Wat Prasingh. It is a reproduction of the Pra Buddha Sinhingh, a Buddhist image from the Sukhothai period. There is located close to the boat pier along the Mae Kok River, which borders Chiangrai on one side. This city is one of the best in Thailand but if you want to know all the best I recommend you to come to Thailand. My country has many amazing place to visit like the word " Amazing Thailand "

[tiptop]

I have ever been to Koh Wai, small island in Chang archipelago, and I think that is the very wonderful place in Thailand that I have ever been. I think I must go to there again

[Kay]

Hello! I'm a Thai girl. I'm 20 years old.
I like travelling very much. I always go to the sea in Thailand. It's beautiful sea and white sand beach. There a lot of activities to do such as diving, swimming in blue sea, camping etc. You will enjoy it very much. Do you love seafood? There are a lot of fresh and dilicious seafood for you. Thailand has a lot of beautiful sea such as Kor Samed, Phuket Island, Kor Samui. Do you want to visit there?

[lsmo]

i am beijing,china.
welcome everyone.
i will be a good cicerone.

[Yodmongkol]

yes
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[DreamingCanada]

Can't beat this country when it comes to mountains, nice people, beautiful scenery, cost, and ease of travel. There are so many beautiful places in the world to recommend, however it's nice to go to a country where you can do a little bit of everything from going to a beautiful beach and whale watching to going to the mountains.
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