Travel

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Really just notes for my own references of travels I've done or planning to do.

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Next travels

  • Things to remember for next London trip Ask Slashdot [1] [2]:
    • Check some dj shops: Phoncia, BM Soho, Rough Trade
    • Bletchley Park, Enigma codebreaking + early computing
    • Science Museum
    • British Museum
    • Hummus Bros [3]
    • Just Falafels [4]
    • Adadgio Teas Regent Street
    • Mildreds Vegetarian Restaurant, Soho [5]
    • Spuntino, Soho - Eat around a big bar [6]
  • San Francisco trip:
    • The Long Now museum - mechanical computing
    • Apex Electronics, Sun Valley - Surplus electronics store
    • TechShop - tinkerer's perfect playground
    • Amoeba Music - Large independent music store
  • New York trip:
    • Gray's Papaya - Hot Dog specialists
  • Wisconsin trip:
    • House on the Rock [7]
  • Trip to Japan, Tokyo:
    • Find a good apartment near a metro line
    • Akihabara
    • Tokyo tower
    • Shinkansen ekspress tog
    • Kyoto
    • Osaka
    • Green Tea Icecream
    • Eat on other than first floor, quieter, better food [8]
      • Shinjuku
    • Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
    • Komeda Coffe - Lots of small dishes, nice atmosphere
  • South America trip:
    • Rio De Janeiro
    • Chile, Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert
  • Trip to France:
    • The Great Dune of Pyla - Gigantic sand dune at the coast stretching 3 km [9]
  • Trip to Spain:
    • Caminito del Rey - Old walkway used for maintenance of a hydroelectric power plant, epic heights and deterioration [10]
  • Trip to China:
    • Beijing:
      • (Tourist traps) Forbidden palace and Tiananmen square, the temple of Heaven and the beautiful Beihai park, the Great Wall at Badaling [11]
      • Old Hutongs of Beijing - back lanes of the city
  • Trip to Canada:
    • Biosphère in Quebec - unique and spectacular structure [12]
    • Vancouver - Lovely city
    • Try Poutine - French fries and cheese curds [13]