Travel
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Some great early comments surrounding Singapore. @NTA if your wife is worried about some other countries nearby that are also clearly good suggestions, Singapore is easily the most sanitised and safest of the lot. Makes it easier to convince someone with anxiety.
Best thing to do in my mind (even in the heat), is do the half day bicycle tour early in a visit. It covers many historical landmarks and areas which get explained. By doing this early when we went, it allowed us to not only find our bearings easier, but find some bars/restaurants/locations we wanted to go to later in our holiday, that we didn't know about before we arrived.
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Right so fuck anywhere overseas apparently
all of them come with a host of problems, particularly anything I've suggested like fucking Japan in fucking winter because apparently "there is nothing to do".Instead, Port Douglas is now on the cards because her bestie went there back in January and it was great.
I've pointed out the level of sweaty bullshit and chafing but hey: her bestie said it was fine.
So @mariner4life you're from crazy tropical Queensland. Any recommendations?
Ha! Don't fucking bother because IT'S NOT HER FRIEND'S IDEA SO FUCK YOU THAT'S WHY!
(Honestly as long as we go somewhere there is alcohol, a pool, and copious copulation I don't give a single shit)
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Stay: Peppers Beach Club
Eat: salsa, melaleuca
Drink: courthouse and central are both great
Visit: the wildlife habitat Port Douglas. And swim with a saltie
Reef: I think the nautilus still goes out of port and it's a good day -
If you want to go to Cape trib let me know and I'll get you on our tour
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@mariner4life @canefan cheers gents. I'll put that forward as coming from Anyone But Me and see how it goes
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Reassure her
As a tourism professional my opinion matters
And I stay up there all the time -
@mariner4life said in Travel:
Spoiled by the loud yank woman who went off the marked path and told her husband to "come quickly and take a photo there's teeth in the dirt
god fucking dammit the Americans are the most annoying tourists
In the last few years (up until last year anyway) I have noticed some very loud and angry and arrogant Russian tourists.
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@NTA from Sydney, why not New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, or the Pacific in general? Hanoi in Vietnam has some great food, but if you have teenagers I suspect you'll find something for everyone in Japan.
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@nostrildamus I don't think selling it to @NTA , or providing him ANY amount of good/useful insider/marketing-info to sell it to his wife, is going to help.
You need to get introduced to one of his wife's friends, and sell it to THEM.
Maybe take a hit for a mate - hook up with one of them, take them to one of the great spots, and "show them a good time". -
@nostrildamus I don't think selling it to @NTA , or providing him ANY amount of good/useful insider/marketing-info to sell it to his wife, is going to help.
You need to get introduced to one of his wife's friends, and sell it to THEM.
Maybe take a hit for a mate - hook up with one of them, take them to one of the great spots, and "show them a good time".Very sensible. And obv all Ms NTA friends must feature in the Hawt thread.
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Well I can tell you many years ago when a Singaporean lady was trying to impress me she took me to an Indonesian resort island with a bar in the hotel pool for a quick weekend trip (it is only an hour or two boat trip from Singapore?) Bintan I think (or the other one just as close to Singapore).
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@NTA Not to rain on your missus' parade (pun intended) but you were thinking mid-Jan, right?
and she went off Singapore because it would be hot and humid....?
What time of year did her friend go?
I remember going up to Port Douglas years ago and striking up a conversation with a Kiwi lady working in a shop on Macrossan Street. She said even the locals clear out to the Hinterland in the new year because it's so damn hot
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Contrarian View:
Been to Port Douglas once, stayed at Peppers Beach Club. On the whole, I gave the holiday about 6/10.
Pluses: GB reef trip was absolutely epic. Incredible snorkelling, great day out on the boat. Only place better for snorkelling was the Maldives. Cant comment from a diving perspective as I only breath air, not tanked air. Others on the boat said it was great, but there's better to be had elsewhere. The massive Garoupa at some restaurant was great, that thing is fucking massive. We ate out at resto's a couple of times and once at a backpackers and, like all of Oz honestly, the food was absolutely brilliant & well priced (Take Sydney out of the equation for well priced)
Not So Plus. Pepper's is great if you've never been to a SE Asia resort. It's not even close to a Thai / Malay / Vietnam / Philippines resort. Not even close. Additionally, we felt the town had very little holiday feel. I.e when your walking around it, it felt like your in a small town, not a holiday/resort place. And lastly, not sure if this is still the case, you couldn't swim at the beach due to the stingers.
Summary: It's not shit and if you do it right, you can have an awesome time. But make sure your expectations are managed.
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@NTA Not to rain on your missus' parade (pun intended) but you were thinking mid-Jan, right?
and she went off Singapore because it would be hot and humid....?
What time of year did her friend go?
January, I'm told... But then her friend is also a bit more outdoorsy (races offroad etc) so isn't adverse to a little discomfort.
And yes I reminded her it is the wet season and her counter was "but it's the wet season everywhere up that way"
Anyway I've passed it on. I look forward to the next change of mind
