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Usually in the US if a multi day stay...or I might wanna come back to the same hotel again. I leave a couple of dollar notes under the remote, I find they leave random coins alone. I always tip waiters/restaurant, taxi/drivers/guides and concierge IF I use them. Never tipped a bellboy, but...

I was actually in Vegas on Halloween in 2012 when they filmed the scene with Chow parachuting off the roof of Caesars Palace...actually there were 3 different parachute guys and they all landed on the closed off road, didnt know until later on what the movie was but. Blurry blue smudge is a...

Usually best part of the whole show.

Look at my Trip Report here https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/ill-explane-my-north-american-trip.112014/ I was unimpressed by Pikes Place...or any... markets. The bubble gum wall there was my highlight of the place, but it is on every To Do list in Seattle and it was...

Is McDonalds a country? (joke) Was plenty of starving tech nerds there the other day while I was eating my Big Mac.

What gets me wondering is how many women forget their underwear before flying on a plane judging by the numbers of Victoria's Secret shops in airports....

There are many different helicopter tours, the most popular basic one doesnt do the North Rim but just flies from Vegas and lands in the Western Indian Controlled area for a picnic. No tourist landings in the main National Parks are allowed. Sunset is the most popular time to do these, you leave...

Did the Toyota Factory Tour in Toyota-Shi years ago...I can look it up in my diaries if you like. From memory it was another suburban train and then a bus to the factory, took another hour or so from Nagoya. It was back in 2010 or so when the Prius was big news. I remember the girl chasing me...

Good report. I dont ski much but have been to Niseko a few times and just hire equipment there to avoid all this drama. I have friends there who get me a locals discount. I get what you mean about all the Aussies over there but. About 18 years ago (pre Bookface and InstaTok) I went to the...

Actually was overtaken today at high speed by a New Ford Raptor with a NSW (Im in FNQ and doing speed limit) personal plate saying...ARE SOUL...well its accurate, but does nobody check these things??? No time for a photo, even if it was legal.

A friend bought 6 (cleaned) but jagged metal pieces of a crashed WW2 aircraft to Australia from the UK, in his hand luggage, all bubble wrapped etc. to give to the relatives of the dead veterans. He had to show customs/security obviously, so had some tape to re wrap them. Got in to Aust, flew to...

The Queensland version of that joke is insert VB for xx_X... Though I have had tourists ask me "Why are there so many Sex shops around here"? Noticing my baffled look they say "There is xx_X everywhere..." I reply, "How do you spell SEX in your country?" before explaining about the beer and...

Just an update... The road over the Daintree ferry opened last week to self drive tourists but only as far as Thorntons Beach. There is a rough dirt track to Cape Trib but it is not accessible to the general public yet, if you are on a tour bus you may get through. But it closes after a heavy...

I apologise for getting sunlight on you by opening the blind....

Hate them...avoid 787 if I can...yes I realise my days of control of the window are numbered. I prefer window seats and have many pix from them. If we cant look out of the windows then just do away with them altogether. We can then book WALL, MIDDLE or Aisle. Have had some locked some not...

Good on him. Cant be a real big fan but as he had to read it from a script...all the reporters are doing it now. Someone will probably complain and he will be fired tomorrow... I saw ACDC once and the train driver put on Runaway Train (loud) over the PA...we all liked it.

Yes I thought there was some benefit to the Go Card, I just tap it and dont care about the amount, recharge it when its low. I only use it on occasional visits but if you do it daily it pays to research each leg I guess. Kinda related... Does anyone actually pay for the Gold Coast Tram, or in...

My last visit they were in the middle of changing it to accept all major CC...but I also catch the ferries a bit and these didnt do CC last time so I kept the Go Card. And does it do a daily/weekly cap if you use multiple times/modes on the CC's?

Been going for a longtime since after covid I think. I have used it several times. Bit annoying using paper ticket or showing phone to guard but it is half price. Sometimes a mate drops me off but Im still no worse off. One thing I notice is all the crossrail works are on the weekends when I...

Yes - I wanted to go there but ran out of time and money... Have done some South Carolina but veered onto the Blue Ridge Parkway so not much of North Carolina.... Next Trip maybe.