Holiday Travel Advice & Travel Q&A - Wolters World
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I would also advise against Southeast Asia in the summer, because that's the rainy season. And by that, I do mean biblical amounts of rain. Every day. I'm going to Thailand myself this January where the weather is a bit drier
Date: 2022-02-04
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Japan:
Food is outrageously expensive, but good. Coffee is great, but finding black tea is difficult to impossible.
The Japanese try to be helpful, but few of them speak English. That does not mean they will not try to speak to you. If you know a little about Japanese ways and speak a little Japanese (arigato gozaimasu, they will love you.
I recommend you google Japanese holidays before you go. My wife and I showed up in Kyoto on the first day of the Cherry Blossom Festival; who knew? Very crowded everywhere. Stayed at the Westin Kyoto. I recommend that hotel. Expensive ($192. 00/night) but EVERY EMPLOYEE INCLUDING THE MAID speaks English.
Trains are expensive. Our last time in Japan, we went from Hiroshima to Nagasaki. Trains accounted for 60% of our expenses, including food, hotels, taxis, souvenirs, clothing, gifts, and travel to and from Japan.
You cannot walk a block in Kyoto without tripping over a shrine. They number in the thousands. Shrines and temples, shrines and temples. You cannot swing a cat without hitting a shrine or a temple.
You can spend months in Kyoto and not see everything. Likely you will see things we did not.
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Japan:
Food is outrageously expensive, but good. Coffee is great, but finding black tea is difficult to impossible.
The Japanese try to be helpful, but few of them speak English. That does not mean they will not try to speak to you. If you know a little about Japanese ways and speak a little Japanese (arigato gozaimasu, they will love you.
I recommend you google Japanese holidays before you go. My wife and I showed up in Kyoto on the first day of the Cherry Blossom Festival; who knew? Very crowded everywhere. Stayed at the Westin Kyoto. I recommend that hotel. Expensive ($192. 00/night) but EVERY EMPLOYEE INCLUDING THE MAID speaks English.
Trains are expensive. Our last time in Japan, we went from Hiroshima to Nagasaki. Trains accounted for 60% of our expenses, including food, hotels, taxis, souvenirs, clothing, gifts, and travel to and from Japan.
You cannot walk a block in Kyoto without tripping over a shrine. They number in the thousands. Shrines and temples, shrines and temples. You cannot swing a cat without hitting a shrine or a temple.
You can spend months in Kyoto and not see everything. Likely you will see things we did not.
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bluetransparency
Thank you for talking about the kids and their ears hurting! As frustrated as I am with kids crying, I feel terrible for them because I know their ears are hurting. Re Tokyo, for a free view of the Tokyo skyline, head to the Metropolitan Towers. If you have the JR pass and have a free day, you could head out to Matsumoto, the Matsumoto Castle is one of the more unique ones, and while you're there, you could try the local delicacy, Basashi. In the Kyoto/Osaka region, check out Mount Koya, really serene place and a nice experience doing a temple stay. I had an amazing vegetarian meal that came with the stay. No wifi though. Kobe beef is amazing, expensive, but pretty worth it. There are plenty of restaurants that serve Kobe beef in Kobe, but try and eat there for lunch, because the lunch menu is generally cheaper compared to the dinner menu. Also try beef katsu in Kyoto.
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Thank you for talking about the kids and their ears hurting! As frustrated as I am with kids crying, I feel terrible for them because I know their ears are hurting. Re Tokyo, for a free view of the Tokyo skyline, head to the Metropolitan Towers. If you have the JR pass and have a free day, you could head out to Matsumoto, the Matsumoto Castle is one of the more unique ones, and while you're there, you could try the local delicacy, Basashi. In the Kyoto/Osaka region, check out Mount Koya, really serene place and a nice experience doing a temple stay. I had an amazing vegetarian meal that came with the stay. No wifi though. Kobe beef is amazing, expensive, but pretty worth it. There are plenty of restaurants that serve Kobe beef in Kobe, but try and eat there for lunch, because the lunch menu is generally cheaper compared to the dinner menu. Also try beef katsu in Kyoto.
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theapparatus
Greetings. I'm the one who asked about the three gray hard covers. I realize that was a rather strange question so I wanted to explain. I ran a Waldenbooks for 4. 5 years back in the mid 90's and have a Masters in Library Science. One of the lines of books we sold were reprinted classics with those gray spines. Since then, I've had 7 strokes and my long term memory isn't the greatest any more. Every once in a while, certain memories come back to me and those books were one of them. I've missed the previous streams and was rather surprised this one came up. Sorry for the bizarre question and I thank you for answering it. I don't travel (I'm not allowed to) so watching these videos are a joy. Thank you again.
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Greetings. I'm the one who asked about the three gray hard covers. I realize that was a rather strange question so I wanted to explain. I ran a Waldenbooks for 4. 5 years back in the mid 90's and have a Masters in Library Science. One of the lines of books we sold were reprinted classics with those gray spines. Since then, I've had 7 strokes and my long term memory isn't the greatest any more. Every once in a while, certain memories come back to me and those books were one of them. I've missed the previous streams and was rather surprised this one came up. Sorry for the bizarre question and I thank you for answering it. I don't travel (I'm not allowed to) so watching these videos are a joy. Thank you again.
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Timothy
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COMCAST, VERIZON, OPTIMUM, Direct Tv. When you are granted a government protected monopoly and the government is preventing Cities like Philadelphia and NYC from operating free or very low cost internet and when the current head of the Fed Com. commission wants to eliminate Net Equality, what did you expect. I hope to hell you guys vote. I was in central Europe last November. I couldn't get anyone to talk to me about the US. It was embarrassing. I was embarrassed to be a US citizen, even in Hungary that was re affirming the presidency of Victor Orban.
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South Korea:
Nothing to see. All the historical sites in Korea were destroyed in the war or by fire. They rebuilt everything, but it is rebuilt, not original. Most Koreans are friendly, but there is some anti-American sentiment. By percentage of the population, more Koreans speak English than Japanese speak English.
For a short trip, Korean food is okay, but after a month, it becomes monotonous.
The Korean language is the easiest language in the world to write, but it is ludicrously difficult to speak.
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South Korea:
Nothing to see. All the historical sites in Korea were destroyed in the war or by fire. They rebuilt everything, but it is rebuilt, not original. Most Koreans are friendly, but there is some anti-American sentiment. By percentage of the population, more Koreans speak English than Japanese speak English.
For a short trip, Korean food is okay, but after a month, it becomes monotonous.
The Korean language is the easiest language in the world to write, but it is ludicrously difficult to speak.
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Don
I have enjoyed your videos for a long time now! I am heading to Germany in a few weeks, this time is my first to see Christkindlmarkts, and wanted you to know I added a day in Bamberg solely due to your recommendations. I look forward to the smoke beer! Danke Walters World! I look forward to hearing about the Galappagos Islands, it is on my long range plans.
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I have enjoyed your videos for a long time now! I am heading to Germany in a few weeks, this time is my first to see Christkindlmarkts, and wanted you to know I added a day in Bamberg solely due to your recommendations. I look forward to the smoke beer! Danke Walters World! I look forward to hearing about the Galappagos Islands, it is on my long range plans.
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Nichole
I absolutely love your videos! Thank you for all your tips and advice. It's incredible and so helpful!
Also I'm so excited to hear about your upcoming trip to Ecuador because I lived there for 2 years and think you'll love it! If you can visit Cuenca and Banos they are fantastic as well. But either way I look forward to seeing your videos! :)
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I absolutely love your videos! Thank you for all your tips and advice. It's incredible and so helpful!
Also I'm so excited to hear about your upcoming trip to Ecuador because I lived there for 2 years and think you'll love it! If you can visit Cuenca and Banos they are fantastic as well. But either way I look forward to seeing your videos! :)
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chinolatino
Try the tsukumen noodles at Rokurinsha (eg, Tokyo station. You may already know that in a lot of places, you order via vending machine before going into the restaurant, so you won't have time inside to study the menu at the table. But there is usually someone to help out. I think usually the upper left option is the most popular.
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Try the tsukumen noodles at Rokurinsha (eg, Tokyo station. You may already know that in a lot of places, you order via vending machine before going into the restaurant, so you won't have time inside to study the menu at the table. But there is usually someone to help out. I think usually the upper left option is the most popular.
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Maribel
Been to Japan many times. Download google translate for Japanese to help you. The people are friendly but few speak English. Also upon arriving at the airport, buy Japanese sim card enough for the amount of time you are there so you have wifi all the time. This esp helpful when using google maps.
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Been to Japan many times. Download google translate for Japanese to help you. The people are friendly but few speak English. Also upon arriving at the airport, buy Japanese sim card enough for the amount of time you are there so you have wifi all the time. This esp helpful when using google maps.
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