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[youreWelcomeBk]

Anybody care to share some tips about Osaka , Japan or the country In general ? Heading there soon for a little over a week

 

[chineebai]

That what everybody say sadly. Literally everybody say it.

I hate to come off ass ignorant but I’m not a fan of strict Muslim society shyt no place for a person like me for multiple reasons. Too much extra shyt to worry about.


I’m going for 3days to check it out not expecting too much I was just trying to see if anybody got Dubai fun cheat sheet. But I’m just content with doing some sight seeing, eating, and relaxing.

The religion part has nothing to do with it. Its overrated because it's all fake and no authenticity. It's all tall buildings, malls, no real local culture. I enjoyed the desert stuff like atvs and night time dinner in the desert. I liked the tea time at that sail looking 7 star hotel, that was an amazing experience. I really liked the Pakistanis and Indian restaurants, super cheap. The Lebanese food is amazing and cheap. The malls are just everything wrong with consumerism but that's just me. The fish tank at the Dubai mall is incredible just a sight to behold.

If you adventurous there's sky diving.

 

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Anybody care to share some tips about Osaka , Japan or the country In general ? Heading there soon for a little over a week

I'll be back over there around around beginning of August if I can finish a grant RFP before the deadline.
I'll be a little south of you. Even if you don't speak Japanese, many places have directions and menus in English.
Learn a couple of directional and conversational phrases and you should be good. You going for vacay?

I'm visiting some friends and family. Gonna be lit!

 

[MikelArteta]

Don't know if you've already booked but you can't go wrong with either. Two different atmospheres, stating the obvious : Amsterdam is northern-europe, Lisbon southern. So it depends what you're looking for. I loved Lisbon because it's really laid-back, lots of culture, sunny of course, lots of street-art, cheap, good food, sea nearby, old school houses and streets, etc. No doubt one of my best trips these past years. There's an afro community in Lisbon obviously, but the one in Amsterdam might be more visible/established. If you've already been to London and Paris (I live in Paris, and totally understand why people would not like it so much lol) seeing Lisbon will be a different experience. Amsterdam too, but less imo. Language-wise I think the Dutch speak better english than the Portuguese but the younger Portuguese speak it quite well.

Haven't booked yet as I couldnt miss any raptor games but will do once they win

 

[Creflo ½ Dollar]

The religion part has nothing to do with it. Its overrated because it's all fake and no authenticity. It's all tall buildings, malls, no real local culture. I enjoyed the desert stuff like atvs and night time dinner in the desert. I liked the tea time at that sail looking 7 star hotel, that was an amazing experience. I really liked the Pakistanis and Indian restaurants, super cheap. The Lebanese food is amazing and cheap. The malls are just everything wrong with consumerism but that's just me. The fish tank at the Dubai mall is incredible just a sight to behold.

If you adventurous there's sky diving.

I most def can understand what u saying. I already knew Dubai was lacking in culture. I stayed 1 day in Doha and it just felt dead it was nice but felt weird so Dubai probably feel like an bigger and brighter Doha then. Im only going to be there 3days so that should be more than enough.

Lebanese food is tho.


Preciate the info imma see wassup.

 

[youreWelcomeBk]

I'll be back over there around around beginning of August if I can finish a grant RFP before the deadline.
I'll be a little south of you. Even if you don't speak Japanese, many places have directions and menus in English.
Learn a couple of directional and conversational phrases and you should be good. You going for vacay?

I'm visiting some friends and family. Gonna be lit!

I’m gonna be there at the end of July - thanks for the tips - I was thinking of learning stuff like bathroom and trying to figure out the subway lines - I’m hoping google maps come thru for me like it did in Barcelona .. shyt got me everywhere and you can download maps offline for when you don’t have service. Any must eat places I should know about ?

 

[brandy]

Y’all fukking with Dubai or what

It's alright. I enjoyed myself because I like relaxing getaways and don't really plan on doing too much. Would I go back? No.

3 days is enough to visit Dubai and see everything. My family and I stayed 6 days around Eid and it was very vibrant. If you go around religious holidays, everything will be open during the day and everything is open later.

Places to see:
Dubai Mall; same area as the Burj (highest building), the fountain, and center of downtown.
Old Dubai/Creek; the oldest part of the city, Souks everywhere, small vendors, and cultural food.
Abu Dhabi; 30-40 minute drive/ ride from Dubai. See the mosque and palace hotel. I don't remember the dress requirements for men, but glancing through my pictures, I don't think men have a dress code. If you are traveling with a woman, make sure she gets her abaya or covering before she gets there. They give you one if you don't. I didn't trust it.

Places to see if you want to waste time or have extra time
The Palm; its just hotels and the large hotel. All you can see is take pictures of it. You can't go inside unless you are eating there.
Burj al Arab: you can see it from most places in Dubai. Boat shaped hotel. It has a beach in front of it.


If you are looking for Emirati food, I can't help you with that. My mother doesn't eat foreign local food because of health concerns so we stuck to chains or high-end restaurants. Like the other poster said, if you are in the tourist areas, you probably won't see local food. You gotta kinda find it.

 

[Creflo ½ Dollar]

It's alright. I enjoyed myself because I like relaxing getaways and don't really plan on doing too much. Would I go back? No.

3 days is enough to visit Dubai and see everything. My family and I stayed 6 days around Eid and it was very vibrant. If you go around religious holidays, everything will be open during the day and everything is open later.

Places to see:
Dubai Mall; same area as the Burj (highest building), the fountain, and center of downtown.
Old Dubai/Creek; the oldest part of the city, Souks everywhere, small vendors, and cultural food.
Abu Dhabi; 30-40 minute drive/ ride from Dubai. See the mosque and palace hotel. I don't remember the dress requirements for men, but glancing through my pictures, I don't think men have a dress code. If you are traveling with a woman, make sure she gets her abaya or covering before she gets there. They give you one if you don't. I didn't trust it.

Places to see if you want to waste time or have extra time
The Palm; its just hotels and the large hotel. All you can see is take pictures of it. You can't go inside unless you are eating there.
Burj al Arab: you can see it from most places in Dubai. Boat shaped hotel. It has a beach in front of it.


If you are looking for Emirati food, I can't help you with that. My mother doesn't eat foreign local food because of health concerns so we stuck to chains or high-end restaurants. Like the other poster said, if you are in the tourist areas, you probably won't see local food. You gotta kinda find it.

Preciate the breakdown fam. Yea this just a stop to relax, get a haircut and do a little bit of shopping. I’ll be fresh off a deployment so I’m just stopping there to freshen up and get that 3rd world stench off of me then head on to my next destinations.


I’ be traveling dolo so I’ll be having plenty of time to waste lol. Sightseeing is a little faster when you just looking and observing by yourself.


Again preciate it breh

 

[MikelArteta]

@mbewane

no disrespect to paris :Strahldup:

I just found it extremely overrated like once I did all the tourist stuff I was like what else. While London there was so much to do so much to see and its such a easy city to get around.

 

[mbewane]

@mbewane

no disrespect to paris :Strahldup:

I just found it extremely overrated like once I did all the tourist stuff I was like what else. While London there was so much to do so much to see and its such a easy city to get around.

None taken breh I'm not even originally from Paris

It's indeed overrated in the sense of what they sell to tourists imo, it's much dirtier/rougher/whatever than I would guess people who don't live here would expect. Champs-Elysées is just shops, ain't nothing to do around the Tour Eiffel, etc. I like Paris though, but more because of particular areas and the cultural and afro-related activities, but that's not stuff you can easily be informed of as a tourist. Also I find it a cool city to walk around in, but not in the tourist areas obviously.

There's even a "Paris Syndrom" for Japanese tourists who end up in state of shock when they see what Paris really is vs what they imagined I heard some even have to be sent back home

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Like I have said before, I need to make more use of being in Europe as so close living in London - keep going states or Toronto lol. I had a ton of air miles with BA so booked a quick trip to Rome for the weekend.

Great city, lots of history, food and wine of course the best.

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Like I have said before, I need to make more use of being in Europe as so close living in London - keep going states or Toronto lol. I had a ton of air miles with BA so booked a quick trip to Rome for the weekend.

Great city, lots of history, food and wine of course the best.

Sistine chapel is amazing, TV doesn't do it justice, still amazes me the level of detail in the art work during the Renaissance period

Can see where Virgil gets a lot of inspiration for some of the T Shirts he designs

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Sorry dunno why they came out so huge lol

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Like I have said before, I need to make more use of being in Europe as so close living in London - keep going states or Toronto lol. I had a ton of air miles with BA so booked a quick trip to Rome for the weekend.

Great city, lots of history, food and wine of course the best.

Sistine chapel is amazing, TV doesn't do it justice, still amazes me the level of detail in the art work during the Renaissance period

Can see where Virgil gets a lot of inspiration for some of the T Shirts he designs

Dope. I'll be in Rome next week.

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Whats a good image hosting site, im using imgur but the pics are coming out too huge