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Re: the Hong Kong Survival Guide!

cathycracks — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:14:13 -0000

Hi Jan, yes people speak Cantonese there but Mandarin works just as well. Most of the Chinese people speak Mandarin. (indlucing Singaporean too) Sometimes when people travel between provinces Mandarin is not as understood because of the dialects.

Re: the Hong Kong Survival Guide!

Jan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:44:24 -0000

dialect of the locals is mostly cantonese.

Re: Snorkeling in Puerto Vallarta - Mismaloya

Kevin & Cathy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:41:42 -0000

Hi Terri

It's a local service. Just a guy and his boat.
The captain's name is Daniel and his boat is La Mantaraya. It's one of the newer boats on the beach. If you head to Mismaloya beach you'll see all the guys with their boats. You can ask anyone for Daniel and they can point you to the right direction.

(this is what Daniel look like: http://img.skitch.com/20090721...

We enjoy Daniel's service because he knows a lot of English and fun local stories. He is also quite nice.

Re: Snorkeling in Puerto Vallarta - Mismaloya

Terri — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:15:04 -0000

Hi! What you've described is exactly what we're looking for. NO crowds/parties--esp. with our 9 yr old son. ;)

Could you please tell me the name of the charter you took? We're heading there in October.

Thanks!

Terri

Re: Snorkeling in Puerto Vallarta - Mismaloya

Puerto Vallarta Explorer — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:47:12 -0000

To the fishies,

here comes a special recommendation for those who like snorkeling. besides the mentioned locations in the article please watch out for tours to the Marietta Islands, close to Punta Mita, at the northern tip of the Banderas Bay. There are many tours or private charters availabel. There You can experience true wildlife far away from the overcrowded places.

Best regards

Claudio

Re: Southern Sun in Taiwan | Good Fishies

picture cataloging software — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:27:32 -0000

I've visited Korea before and I really enjoyed my stay over their country, people are so nice and also the places I've been.. hope that I'll be lucky enough to visit kenting on my next trip to Korea.

Re: the Hong Kong Survival Guide!

Mouakie — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:40:32 -0000

I just got back from Hong Kong last week. I didn't experience too much shoving. We stayed in Tsuen Wan and it wasn't too bad out there. Also we knew to avoid the MTR during rush hours and only took it when people were at work. Overall Hong Kong was fun. We went around to various places and took a day trip to Macau. The only bummer was that it was expensive. Luckily I had a friend in Hong Kong who showed us around. Looking forward to next year...oh and the humidity suxed, but not too bad compared to Bangkok.

Re: Snorkeling in Puerto Vallarta - Mismaloya

Kite board — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:49:41 -0000

I have been there two times, the experience has truly been great, in fact I loved the local people over there, I have a few friends there as well!

Re: the Hong Kong Survival Guide!

Showa55 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:58:23 -0000

I like it makes me nostaligic good guide would like to be back there. Perhaps one day :D

Re: the Hong Kong Survival Guide!

YTSL — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:45:20 -0000

I live in Hong Kong and I have to say that I don't experience that much shoving -- only in Tsim Sha Tsui which is full of tourists (due to its having the most number of hotels of any part of Hong Kong). Re the "shoving" in the MTR: a lot of it is people tripping and falling into other people -- this especially when they don't hold on to handrails (sometimes it's too crowded to find space to get to a handrail!) on moving trains.

On a more positive note: am glad that you did make it out to places like Tai O to see a different part of Hong Kong -- and, also, that you liked what you saw while there. :)

Re: Camping at Toya Lake, Hokkaido.

Yellowstone Cabins — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:42:07 -0000

Nice pictures, that place is nice. I love the picture of those swan.

Re: Camping at Toya Lake, Hokkaido.

cabins Yellowstone — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:38:36 -0000

Wow!!! what a lovely pictures and nice place.. I like the pictures of those couple duck o are they a duck or a swan?

Re: How many trains does it take to get to Tokyo? (from Hokkaido to be exact)

Late Hotel — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:45:13 -0000

that's quite a long journey. 2 days non-stop of train travelling is a bit too much for me. I'd prefer to get a flight.

Re: Camping at Toya Lake, Hokkaido.

Camping København — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:18:10 -0000

nice post, thanks for sharing!

Re: Happy New Year 2009 from Taiwan!

Barb — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:40:35 -0000

Hey guys... this was spectacular.... an amazing sight - lucky you!! PV and the Bay of Banderas does a pretty good New Years... consider this as a candidate for future celebrations!

Re: Snorkeling in Puerto Vallarta - Mismaloya

Barb — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:50:18 -0000

Goodfishies site has a great new look for 2009.... ready to capture many of your new adventures for your sea of traveling followers. Happy that I was there to share in this maritime experience - the topic of the new launch! Looking forward to more installments! "Fish On!"

Re: Eastern Hokkaido Roadtrip

Barb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:17:31 -0000

Thanks for taking us along on your adventure!

Re: Camping at Toya Lake, Hokkaido.

Barb — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:27:04 -0000

Nice post Cathy.... were there other campers - or did you have the place to yourself? Sounds like a perfect adventure in your new tent!

Re: Biei Marathon

Barb — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:25:47 -0000

What are the comments from our "marathon runner"? Is her going to do this again??? And tell Matt... details - shmeetails....what's a few kilometers....? Congrats on his run too!

Re: Biei Marathon

matt — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:11:33 -0000

Biei is only about 75km away!
120 is just nuts, that means it is farther away than Sapporo.

Re: Kimono Dinner with the Soroptimists in Takikawa

matt — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:38:07 -0000

You guys might update your blog even less frequently than I do...

That's pretty tough.

Re: Goodbye Sam & Raf

Leah — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:08:54 -0000

Raf sez: "Hope you don’t get lazy like me and stop updating it…"

Re: Kimono Dinner with the Soroptimists in Takikawa

Kevin & Cathy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:53:07 -0000

Thanks guys, it was a pretty amazing experience!

The evening was organized for us free of charge. The event was the march banquet for the Soroptimist society, and they invited us along!

We have heard of previous gaijins attending the event, but it's definitely not a frequent occurrence. We feel pretty honoured!!

The bulging tummy is probably a symbol of manliness, or male prowess, Ron. At least from what we've been told. Nice to see you checking in on our blog! =)

KJ CW
-Goodfishies

Re: Kimono Dinner with the Soroptimists in Takikawa

ronaldihno — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:21:46 -0000

I'm curious about the "illusion of a bulging tummy" --- what is the cultural significance of that?

Re: Kimono Dinner with the Soroptimists in Takikawa

Leah — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:09:20 -0000

That must have been an amazing experience!