Anonymous wrote:I wish I had insider tips on how to have fun in Madrid. I have been a lot of places, including multiple trips to many European capitals. Madrid was one of our biggest duds in a lifetime of travel.

I also would have chosen off-resort restaurants in Bali more carefully. I got "Bali Belly" which is probably the same thing as "Montezuma's Revenge".

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Anonymous wrote:UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER EAT REEF FISH IN THE CARIBBEAN.

This could save you many, maaaaany years of pain and suffering.

What is reef fish? Where is it sold? Never heard of it and I’ve been to the islands. And what kind of all cap letters years of suffering would be saved? Please explain?

Did you have years of reef fish poisoning?

Anonymous wrote:Skiing out west is much much tougher than skiing in the east. Until a few years ago, I’d only skied in New England and New York. I’m an intermediate skier. All I ever heard was, oh you would love skiing out west, the powder is fantastic and so much easier and more fun to ski than the ice in the east, etc etc. So I planned a trip to Utah.

Turns out, the trails are so much harder out there, much steeper and bumpier, not nearly as much grooming - a blue out there is definitely equivalent to a black on the east coast, and frankly, probably harder than a lot of black trails in the east. The resorts are huge and the trails go on forever (a good thing, yes!) but you have to pay close attention to trail signs (trails wind here there and everywhere, cross cross with other trails, it can get very confusing) because you can easily end up at the top of a trail that’s above your ability level with no alternative way down (and you know why I know that). Also it’s hard to ski powder if you don’t have experience! Several years into ski trips out west and I’m now much more comfortable out there but it was not at all the slam dunk at the beginning I’d been led to believe it would be.

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Anonymous wrote:Monkeys are never, ever cute, from Gibraltar to India to China to South Africa.

Monkeys are your enemy. Proceed accordingly.

So true! Gibraltar monkeys were so bold! Ain’t nothing cute about having one land in your head! All I could think of was a diseased little nail scratching my skin.

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Anonymous wrote:UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER EAT REEF FISH IN THE CARIBBEAN.

This could save you many, maaaaany years of pain and suffering.

What is a reef fish?

Fish like sea bass, some types of eels, grouper, barracuda, etc..

I’ve eaten sea bass and grouper more times than I can count, including IN the Caribbean, and it’s on every seafood menu in America. I don’t personally know anyone that’s gotten sick from it.

Why are you saying it’s dangerous? That doesn’t sound correct.

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Anonymous wrote:UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER EAT REEF FISH IN THE CARIBBEAN.

This could save you many, maaaaany years of pain and suffering.

What is a reef fish?

Fish like sea bass, some types of eels, grouper, barracuda, etc..

Anonymous wrote:UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER EAT REEF FISH IN THE CARIBBEAN.

This could save you many, maaaaany years of pain and suffering.

Anonymous wrote:Pigeon Forge is like going to Myrtle Beach/Deliverance in the middle of the TN mountains.

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Anonymous wrote:That monkeys at Siam Reap are not cute and need to be avoided.

That the heat and humidity in Vietnam is so much worse than DC. Wear lightweight clothes.

That umbrellas don't work in Scotland. Bring a hooded rain jacket.

If you are traveling in a country where you can't drink the water, keep your mouth closed in the shower too.

+1 to the umbrellas in Scotland!

First time I experienced sideways rain was in the UK. Umbrella was useless.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish someone said the Grand Canyon is not kid friendly and pretty dangerous and it’s not that impressive in my opinion. I loved the arches at Utah but something about our Grabd Canyon trip was a bust.

Dangerous, how so? Thanks!

NP- A misstep on a trail and you are dead. You sit on a ledge and lose balance? You could be dead. It is a very dangerous place for small kids, you could not let a 2yo out of your sight for 2 seconds without them being at risk near the rim. I have vertigo so stayed on the paved biked trail and went viewpoint to viewpoint that way. I disagree about it not being impressive though, it is breathtaking, but the hiking is inherently dangerous.

This. A dear friend fell to her death in GC.

Sorry that happened.

We just got from GC with 5 yo twins and had a great time. It felt very safe. We hiked down the south rim. It felt like a calm, nature‐based Disney

Anonymous wrote:I learned after my cruise a couple years ago, that you can still get hit with the motion sickness a few days after your cruise, even if it didn’t bother you during the cruise.

I had the worst vertigo after I got back. It started about 3 days afterwards and lasted a week or so, it was awful, but the cruise itself was great.

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize how many of the bathrooms in London would not have a mirror, paper towels or a trash can. That took some getting used to.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish someone said the Grand Canyon is not kid friendly and pretty dangerous and it’s not that impressive in my opinion. I loved the arches at Utah but something about our Grabd Canyon trip was a bust.

Dangerous, how so? Thanks!

NP- A misstep on a trail and you are dead. You sit on a ledge and lose balance? You could be dead. It is a very dangerous place for small kids, you could not let a 2yo out of your sight for 2 seconds without them being at risk near the rim. I have vertigo so stayed on the paved biked trail and went viewpoint to viewpoint that way. I disagree about it not being impressive though, it is breathtaking, but the hiking is inherently dangerous.

This. A dear friend fell to her death in GC.

Sorry that happened.

We just got from GC with 5 yo twins and had a great time. It felt very safe. We hiked down the south rim. It felt like a calm, nature‐based Disney

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Anonymous wrote:Monkeys are never, ever cute, from Gibraltar to India to China to South Africa.

Monkeys are your enemy. Proceed accordingly.

So true! Gibraltar monkeys were so bold! Ain’t nothing cute about having one land in your head! All I could think of was a diseased little nail scratching my skin.

Aghhhhh! A dozen rock ape babies jumped on me at the same time. Literally thought i was going to die