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Philob

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    Caribbean

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  1. Airport Express. It's HK's subway service from the airport to Kowloon Station or Hong Kong (Central) Station. These are dedicated trains that service the airport. You should be in Kowloon in 25 minutes. A taxi or private car will take about 45 minutes plus any traffic. Go here for information about transport: https://www.hongkongairport.com/en/transport/to-from-airport/airport-express.page
  2. Talk about a thread going off topic. Originally about crew eating in the buffet to going #1 & #2.😎
  3. IMO it's best to contact a local brick and mortar travel agent to handle this. Each party will have different needs, better to let the pro handle it, especially the $$$:
  4. These have a small fee, but the unhoused can get tokens or just break into them. This is SF, it's a "non-binary" facility.
  5. San Francisco installed pay toilets about 10(?) years ago. Hi-tech ones that self clean after each use and doors will open up after 10 minutes. https://sfpublicworks.org/services/public-toilets
  6. My uncle passed away while on a land vacation overseas. Hospital admin wanted their bill settled before they would release him to the mortuary. Mortuary took advantage and did the same before they would release him to the airline. Aunt was a total mess since uncle handles the money.
  7. Times are a changing... https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/02/23/crime/north-berkeley-bart-auto-break-ins/
  8. On our last NCL cruise the Captain sat down at the table behind us with another officer. We exchanged hellos, he said he loves curry pointing to his heaping plate of curry over rice. Guessing it was a work dinner, the Executive Chef showed up later.
  9. The only requirements of citizenship is jury duty and the privilege of paying taxes 😉
  10. Transit through Narita (NRT) several times in the past to change planes (one ticket). Each time I had to go through security. You get off the plane on the lower arrival level, security, and escalator to the upper departure level. The closest was 45 minutes on JAL; they were "last call" when we got to the departure gate.
  11. Better check the terms of your healthcare plan. Back in the 90s a friend of mine had to be air-ambulanced from Anchorage to Seattle. It was a non-emergency transport and the co-pay was pretty hefty.
  12. Philob

    Tips

    Don't forget in certain Bay Area cities there's the employee health insurance surcharge, soda tax, take out container surcharge, and lest we forget the auto glass surcharge 😉
  13. NCL would have a pp fee that'll cover most items on the menu or if you order 3,4... extra desserts or entrees.
  14. Bring your own or hack into the ship's GPS 😎
  15. Best to have a copy of the policy coverage page and telephone numbers handy. "it's back on the ship. I'll go get it," may not work some times 😎
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