JIM HAMILL
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travel  local

When you meet a local I think the question you want to ask is...if it's your last night here, where do you go out for a meal?  If it's your last day here, what do you do?  With travel I think people are so concerned with the traveler enjoying their experience that when asked where to eat or what to do the response is often the "best experience".  I know from my own background there's a completely different answer between where to eat in Los Angeles or Philadelphia and where I ate my last meal in those cities.  It's even more complicated of an answer when it comes to what to do on your last day.  

Hong  kong

hong kong
Home for a couple of months - I loved Hong Kong.  It has the vibrant big city feel yet only a few minutes away are mountains and beaches.  Half day trips around the island reveal a long and deep culture.

SINGAPORE

singapore
Home for a couple of months - I liked Singapore.  It takes a little longer to discover and appreciate than Hong Kong. 

U.s.a.

USA
Home of many, may years.  My international travels are in no form an escape or a sign of disapproval of the U.S.  Regardless of any missteps the country makes, partisan politics, extreme views, and a somewhat hypocritical view of "US IS THE BEST!", I still say it is the best place to live.  If anything, travel has re-confirmed, not dismissed, this notion.

BANGKOK

BANGKOK
Pete lives in Bangkok and travels back and forth a bit to Tel Aviv.  No amount of pestering on my end has lead to him keeping a journal or documenting his experiences beyond photos and Facebook posts.  I keep this as a placeholder in the event he hopefully begins to memorialize everything he's done.
  • Lifetime Travels
    • Best Of... >
      • 2014 World Travels
      • Videos
    • Africa >
      • Egypt
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Asia >
      • East Asia >
        • China
        • Hong Kong >
          • Essentials
          • Attractions >
            • HK Free
          • Coffee
          • Cooked Food Centre >
            • Best Cooked Food Centres
          • Culture
          • Dining
          • Districts
          • Expat and Colonialism
          • HK Skyline
          • Nature
        • Japan
        • Macau
        • South Korea
        • Taiwan
      • Indian Sub-Continent >
        • Bangladesh
        • India
        • Maldives
        • Nepal
        • Sri Lanka
      • Southeast Asia >
        • Brunei
        • Cambodia
        • Indonesia
        • Laos
        • Malaysia
        • Myanmar
        • Philippines
        • Singapore >
          • Singapore >
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            • Central
            • Coffee
            • Dining
            • Hawker Centers
            • Kopitiam
            • Suburbicity
        • Thailand
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