Gambling, Culture, Living, Traveling, Food, all things Vietnam and South East Asia

Tanko · 2025-05-05T09:06:51-0400

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Drunk Baker! This is an amazing bakery and a genius name. These are all over the city. You see these and Starbucks everywhere you go. Tons of locations.
Shanghai
I just asked them and they said they have 58 locations in Shanghai

Get me a couple cream filled long-johns Fly. Yep I said it, cream filled.

Tanko · 2025-05-05T09:09:03-0400

This is really looking like a fun trip Fly, Unlike the one you took to the northern area of Vietnam to help the flooding victims. Remember? That was the time you were slipped some ayahuasca and were lost in the jungle for a couple weeks.

flyingillini · 2025-05-05T09:50:01-0400

Tanko said:
This is really looking like a fun trip Fly, Unlike the one you took to the northern area of Vietnam to help the flooding victims. Remember? That was the time you were slipped some ayahuasca and were lost in the jungle for a couple weeks.

I prefer Vietnam any day of the week than here. It’s too nice here. Shanghai is probably the nicest city I’ve ever been to. Very expensive too. Can’t wait to get home in a couple of days. There are 8 huge apple stores here and there are 3 within less than a mile of each other. They are all packed.

Tanko · 2025-05-05T09:52:10-0400

flyingillini said:
I prefer Vietnam any day of the week than here. It’s too nice here. Shanghai is probably the nicest city I’ve ever been to. Very expensive too. Can’t wait to get home in a couple of days. There are 8 huge apple stores here and there are 3 within less than a mile of each other. They are all packed.

I have a new Iphone on my X-mas list Fly.....
Just sayin if you're planning that far ahead.

flyingillini · 2025-05-05T09:57:29-0400

Tanko said:
I have a new Iphone on my X-mas list Fly.....
Just sayin if you're planning that far ahead.

I have a crazy story to tell , I’ll post it when I get back. I went out last night until 4am. My friend was tried so I ventured out into the dark side of Shanghai and let me tell you it was an experience and education to say the least with a little bit of danger.

flyingillini · 2025-05-05T10:02:10-0400

Tanko said:
I have a new Iphone on my X-mas list Fly.....
Just sayin if you're planning that far ahead.

This is something very interesting. China is more advanced in every single faction you can imagine. Infrastructure is futuristic , the way they do business is light years ahead of America. But I have to research why this is. So I went to the Apple Store today to buy my friend a new iPhone. How weird is this. In China , they don’t have E sim. In America, all over south east Asia all newer iiohones only have E Sim. You can’t go buy an iPhone 16 in America that has a SIM card. It’s all E sim. In China they don’t. It’s bizarre to see new iPhones here with a Sim. Prices are the same as America.

BMR Genie · 2025-05-05T10:58:36-0400

Great photos, Fly. Looks like 1 week is not enough to visit all the tourist spots.

flyingillini · 2025-05-05T20:51:12-0400

BMR Genie said:
Great photos, Fly. Looks like 1 week is not enough to visit all the tourist spots.

China is very big. Just depends what you want to do. When I’m by myself I don’t do all the tourist stuff. I just roam around. This time I’m doing all the tourist stuff which I don’t like. But it is what it is.