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Good friend has bought a 25% share in a UK canal boat , he loves the puttputt tiny diesel at 3kms per hr . Stopping overnite near a pub . It’s rather bucolic, but also therapeutic. They have huge rub rails and are designed to not steer all that well. He married a tea bag and loves all things in Coronation St. I’ll end up there eventually. It’s a boat and I like boats .


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If you don't like crowds just don't book a Caribbean cruise on a mega ship or anything like that, as reality is, there's crowds. That's not be said that too can't find quiet places to sit and relax away from said crowds, not to mention your own balcony if you book a balcony stateroom, but there will be times that it'll be very peoplely.

A more mature cruise line like celebrity, on an itinerary that's less likely to have the party atmosphere and will have an older clientele would be more your alley I think. We're nearing the age where we're thinking of this as well.

As for the canalboats, those have been on my radar for a few years now and look totally up my alley, however I looked a year or so back and they were quite expensive. And then there's the whole thing of unfortunately not having infinite amounts of vacation time. I can't imagine doing that sort of adventure for anything less than two weeks all in
 
The fritter like stuff on the top left was delicious, as was what I assume is some form of barbacoa on the tacos, sweet and Smokey 😍
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jc100 said:
what’s the bun thing and the two pastry things on the left…I’m hungry now. That looks delicious.
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But I believe the Round one is called conchas (sweet bread) it’s very good, light and fluffy, with a hint of sweetness.

The other rectangular ones were filled with what I can describe as a mix between apple pie filling and caramel, much more sweeter.

I usually avoid deserts but when in Mexico 🤷‍♂️
 
bigpoppa said:
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But I believe the Round one is called conchas (sweet bread) it’s very good, light and fluffy, with a hint of sweetness.

The other rectangular ones were filled with what I can describe as a mix between apple pie filling and caramel, much more sweeter.

I usually avoid deserts but when in Mexico 🤷‍♂️
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Was it called dulce de leche? They like that a lot in sweet things. It is caramel I think.
 
So what’s protocol at all inclusives in Mexico? Cuba I would toss some pesos for every drink, coffee, meal, or service that we had. And we would bring 2 luggage worth of toys, hygienic products, medicines, and colouring books for the staff (work gloves and knee pads for gardeners) etc.

What’s the protocol in Mexico? Just cash tips I assume? USD or CAD?
 
mimico_polak said:
So what’s protocol at all inclusives in Mexico? Cuba I would toss some pesos for every drink, coffee, meal, or service that we had. And we would bring 2 luggage worth of toys, hygienic products, medicines, and colouring books for the staff (work gloves and knee pads for gardeners) etc.

What’s the protocol in Mexico? Just cash tips I assume? USD or CAD?
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I don't usually tip anyone in Mexico except our butler and housekeeper at the end of the trip

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mimico_polak said:
So what’s protocol at all inclusives in Mexico? Cuba I would toss some pesos for every drink, coffee, meal, or service that we had. And we would bring 2 luggage worth of toys, hygienic products, medicines, and colouring books for the staff (work gloves and knee pads for gardeners) etc.

What’s the protocol in Mexico? Just cash tips I assume? USD or CAD?
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No idea tbh, I’m nowhere near a resort, here partly on vacation, and partly for business. Everything is in pesos(including tips)

I’m staying at a small hotel in Guadalajara
I usually go do some sight seeing everyday, then go eat, wander around aimlessly(yes even after dark😲), occasionally talk to people in my mediocre Spanish.
 
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Scuba Steve said:
I don't usually tip anyone in Mexico except our butler and housekeeper at the end of the trip

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That hasn’t crossed my mind in all honesty. We’re so used to tipping heavily in Cuba I know nothing else.
 
jc100 said:
Was it called dulce de leche? They like that a lot in sweet things. It is caramel I think.
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It was at a fancy schmancy buffet restaurant, no idea what anything was called, but that sounds about right.
 
mimico_polak said:
So what’s protocol at all inclusives in Mexico? Cuba I would toss some pesos for every drink, coffee, meal, or service that we had. And we would bring 2 luggage worth of toys, hygienic products, medicines, and colouring books for the staff (work gloves and knee pads for gardeners) etc.

What’s the protocol in Mexico? Just cash tips I assume? USD or CAD?
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Can't speak to resort protocol, but normal practice is a 10% tip for service in Mexico
 
bigpoppa said:
But I believe the Round one is called conchas (sweet bread) it’s very good, light and fluffy, with a hint of sweetness.
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Yeap. The round one is a concha. You can have "vanilla" and chocolate conchas. The chocolate ones are one of my favorite Mexican sweet bread.
bigpoppa said:
The other rectangular ones were filled with what I can describe as a mix between apple pie filling and caramel, much more sweeter.
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I was also wondering what that thing was. I thought that it was a chocolatine.

jc100 said:
Was it called dulce de leche? They like that a lot in sweet things. It is caramel I think.
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As far as I know, in Mexico, we don't use the term "dulce de leche." I think that term is more common in South America. We have something similar that is called "cajeta" and it is made from goat's milk.

regder said:
Can't speak to resort protocol, but normal practice is a 10% tip for service in Mexico
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I agree; the normal practice is to tip 10% of your bill. But that might be different in the resorts, where waiters and staff know that most of the people are foreign tourists.
 
Evoex said:
Obligatory Khao San Road stop
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Glad to see some things haven't changed! Went back and looked it up, I was actually there in 2005/2006, which turns out to be the best time ever for the exchange. You could live like a king for about $15CAD/day as it was over 350 THB to the dollar. Didn't spend a lot of time in Bangkok, but had fun there. Chatuchak Market was a trip, as was watching Muay Thai in a medium arena with lots of screaming and bookies and gambling happening through chain-link fencing. (It was also where I learned that it wasn't just Americans that are awful travellers. Brits, Germans, Swedes and Israelis all did their bit to embarrass themselves.)
 
90 percent of bikes are smaller single cyl bikes, every now and then I’ll see a more modern bike.

Cops seem to like middleweight adv bikes (bmws vstroms)
 
crankcall said:
Holding a beer , giving the rock on hand sign and wearing his missus purse . Oy vey .


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worst of all, He’s not even a ducatisti anymore
 
Whopping 18 degrees this morning, should have brought my hoodie
 
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