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1. Paro, Bhutan. "A320 VMC only approach / landing. Runway is over 7K ABOVE GROUND LEVEL in mountains. Fly over runway@4K and spiral down into a valley to fly over the river back toward the runway which can't be seen until short final. Runway is about 30 degrees offset from the valley and abuts a hill which must be avoided with a banking turn until over the threshold. Short runway with hard braking, then one of those 180 degree turns on the runway hoping the main-mounts won't sink into the fringe."

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2. Sabu. A small beautiful island in the Caribbean. Arrival or departure from the Sabu airport is better than any amusement ride you will ever take.

3. The old Hong Kong Airport. I only flew into this airport once back in '89. The planes had to come in right over the rooftops of apartment buildings that surrounded the airport. The distance between the plane and the roof tops left no room for error. Words can't describe it. I will never forget it.

[QUOTE=Fast Eddie 48;1209982]Fr worst large int'l airline I think the Philippines airline have to be right up there also take it once never again.Fast Eddie 48[/QUOTE]American Airlines gets my vote for the worst airline in the world. I had some miles accumulate over time with these guys. I used to fly with them to South America. Then one day I received an email that stated I had to buy something from their website or I would forfeit my miles. What BS. But the worst insult came about 5 years ago. I was in Peru with a friend when I received notice that my mom had died. I had several tickets with Taca Airlines to other cities in Peru and an international flight to Quito. I had a return ticket back to MIA with American. Taca gave my friend and I a full refund with no questions asked. American Airlines insisted on charging my friend and I $150 per ticket to change the date of our return flight to MIA. The plane was only 65% occupied.

Of course they were willing to give me a credit for the $150 fee once I provided them with a death certificate later on. My friend was not entitled to this credit. My reaction was fuck you! I will never fly your BS airline again.

But the point of my long story is; I always seem to receive better service from the smaller local outfits than the older established mainline companies. Taca, Lacsa, Lan are all much nicer to fly to SA than the big boys. Similarly, I prefer Air Asia, Cebu Pacific, Bangkok Air over their larger competitors. The smaller upstarts have better pricing and always seem to have prettier stewardess's too. That said, I will be flying Thai Airlines from Manila to BKK soon. For some reason they were offering a great price for the one way ticket so I jumped on the deal. The Cebu Pacific flight time was too late at night.

[QUOTE=Econo Tech; 1210133]If you haven't been to T1, you dunno what you are missing.

Last week my GF came by T1, at 11. 30 PM, no money changer (all gone home for the day) and no load service.

Well, it doesn't matter, after all, PR and Cebu Pac have taken over the New T2 and T3 and let the foreign airlines look ugly in T1.

Maybe it is the plan of Phil Govt for tourists using anything other than PR and Cebu pac to see the dirty side, the others, to see the nice and squeeky clean T2 / T3 LOL[/QUOTE]To Econo tech.

I think you will figure the Phil government care about the image of their own country spend some peso to do some improvement on T1 for the international visiter don't make any sense the domestic terminal have better facilities.

Fast Eddie 48

[QUOTE=Natty Bumpo; 1210196]American Airlines gets my vote for the worst airline in the world. I had some miles accumulate[/quote]To Natty,

I don't think AA is that bad other than alot of delay flight time for US airline Jet blue is worst, I fly to south america from US about 3 time a yr for buinsess with American air line they have the most flight and connections transfer in Miami and I alway transfer by mileage to Cathay pacific so I use my bonus mile fly to HK, Manila or Bangkok.

Fast Eddie 48

[QUOTE=Natty Bumpo; 1210174]1. Paro, Bhutan."A320 VMC only approach / landing. Runway is over 7K ABOVE GROUND LEVEL in[/quote]To Natty,

What the hell are you doing in Bhutan is mongering any good there that is a small airport in the Mountain only handle small plane and only a few flight a day didn't even made the top 10 most danger airport in the world, the old Hk Kai Tai is danger but amazingly very few accident in many yr history there, I grow up in HK and the people there live with having plane fly over their head every day for so long.

Fast Eddie 48

[QUOTE=Fast Eddie 48; 1210352]To Econo tech.

I think you will figure the Phil government care about the image of their own country spend some peso to do some improvement on T1 for the international visiter don't make any sense the domestic terminal have better facilities.

Fast Eddie 48[/QUOTE]You miss the point. All International "AIRLINES" end up in T1, but, all PR / 5J only go to T2 / T3 respectively.T1 is exclusively for NON PR / 5J flights.

Sort of sod the international airlines, SQ / TG / AA and all. Let our local airlines use the better terminals for their flights.

Gents: Am flying Hawaiian Airlines, LA to Manila, thru Honolulu. On the return trip, will I go thru customs / immigration in hawaii, or at LAX? There is only 2. 5 hours between my connecting flights in honolulu.

[QUOTE=Fast Eddie 48; 1210369]To Natty,

What the hell are you doing in Bhutan is mongering any good there that is a small airport in the Mountain only handle small plane and only a few flight a day didn't even made the top 10 most danger airport in the world, the old Hk Kai Tai is danger but amazingly very few accident in many yr history there, I grow up in HK and the people there live with having plane fly over their head every day for so long.

Fast Eddie 48[/QUOTE]Hi Fast Eddie,

I was doing some trekking in Bhutan. The scenery is spectacular and pristine. It's more beautiful in my opinion than Nepal with all its deforestation. I laughed when I read the words mongering and Bhutan in the same sentence. Although I guess you can get laid anywhere if you have a mind to. There is even a Bhutan thread here on the ISG. I like to trek in Peru and Bolivia too. In Lima and Santa Cruz you will find a decent mongering scene, but when you arrive in Huaras, for example, the last large town before one of my favorite trail heads; the availability and quality of girls gets pretty low.

So you are familiar with the old HK airport. Wasn't it amazing to land there? And yes, it is really remarkable that they had such a low accident history.

The normal course is to clear customs at the first US gateway. I assume you will clear in Hawaii

[QUOTE=Westcoast1;1210458]Gents: Am flying Hawaiian Airlines, LA to Manila, thru Honolulu. On the return trip, will I go thru customs / immigration in hawaii, or at LAX? There is only 2. 5 hours between my connecting flights in honolulu.[/QUOTE]Hawaii. Connecting shouldn't be a problem.

[QUOTE=Natty Bumpo; 1210543]Hi Fast Eddie,

So you are familiar with the old HK airport. Wasn't it amazing to land there? And yes, it is really remarkable that they had such a low accident history.[/QUOTE]Lived in HK for 10 years and flew in and out of Kai Tak 100 times plus.

Once or twice got to sit in the cockpit on landing, in the good old days when you could do such things without some muslim fanatic with semtex on his balls etc. Anyways, the runway was studded with some very cleverly placed light placements that worked day and night. The secret to landing in Kai Tak was for the pilot to ensure the lights were visible, ie not too high not too low, before the plan took a swing through the buildings of Kowloon. Once that was done he engaged auto pilot and most of the landings were done by in flight pc.

Was amazing to watch from a cockpit.

[QUOTE=Westcoast1;1210458]Gents: Am flying Hawaiian Airlines, LA to Manila, thru Honolulu. On the return trip, will I go thru customs / immigration in hawaii, or at LAX? There is only 2. 5 hours between my connecting flights in honolulu.[/QUOTE]To West Coast

I was coming back from Tokoyo back to SFO thur Honolulu few yr ago being the first US point you need to clear custom, there are about 30 people clearing custom about half of us got our luggage search I am one of them it must of taking more than one hr 30 min very slow and we need to recheck in our luggage, the flight was waiting for us when we got to the gate about 30 min late taking off, I didn't have my luggage check the last 8 time coming back to SFO from China.

Fast Eddie 48

[QUOTE=Westcoast1;1207650]So if you go reading the threads of eastern european countries, and ukraine, you will find guys boasting about rather high prices. $150-$250USD (and up) for ST. The gals are pretty, I'm sure. But that's more than girls are going for in my neck of the woods in the States. I think you can beat the pinay in many respects, but how many places can you find young honies to spend the night for $50? For as much as its easy to gripe about the corrupt. 3rd-world place that is pinas, viva la pinay![/QUOTE]I am guessing that you have not traveled to the Ukraine. I just returned from Kiev where I was sleeping with supermodels every night. The girls in the PI don't hold candle to the girls in Ukraine. In fact, the girls in "your neck of the woods" don't. I am from San Diego where the women are gorgeous and they hardly compare to ladies in Kiev.

Kiev is great because you can hook up with non pros so easily, and the purchasing power of the dollar is still very strong in Ukraine. Many people speak English and if you are white you blend in with everyone else, significantly reducing the chances you will be targeted for street crime.

As for the pricing of girls it all varies. You can get a girl for $50 at an hour rate (she will be way hotter than any Pinay for sure) or a supermodel for $100 / hour (minimum 3 hours) it all depends on what you're looking for. Personally, I like to mix it up. Pros, semi-pros and Non-pro students. Add a couple high dollar supermodel girls and you will have yourself a good trip.

It sounds great, but the prices are rather high. In the end your tool is in the receptacle and the fireworks occur. I have to admit, it's been a long time since I've had a hot-looking big titty blonde. But if I spend the rest of my wretched life fkg skinny Asians, I will be quite satisfied. X.

[QUOTE=Robreefer; 1211759]I am guessing that you have not traveled to the Ukraine. I just returned from Kiev where I was sleeping with supermodels every night. The girls in the PI don't hold candle to the girls in Ukraine. In fact, the girls in "your neck of the woods" don't. I am from San Diego where the women are gorgeous and they hardly compare to ladies in Kiev.

Kiev is great because you can hook up with non pros so easily, and the purchasing power of the dollar is still very strong in Ukraine. Many people speak English and if you are white you blend in with everyone else, significantly reducing the chances you will be targeted for street crime.

As for the pricing of girls it all varies. You can get a girl for $50 at an hour rate (she will be way hotter than any Pinay for sure) or a supermodel for $100 / hour (minimum 3 hours) it all depends on what you're looking for. Personally, I like to mix it up. Pros, semi-pros and Non-pro students. Add a couple high dollar supermodel girls and you will have yourself a good trip.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Robreefer;1211759]I am guessing that you have not traveled to the Ukraine.[/QUOTE]Correct. I have friends married to Ukrainians, but I have never been.

[QUOTE=Robreefer;1211759]I just returned from Kiev where I was sleeping with supermodels every night. The girls in the PI don't hold candle to the girls in Ukraine. In fact, the girls in "your neck of the woods" don't.[/QUOTE]Doubtful. See below.

[QUOTE=Robreefer;1211759]I am from San Diego where the women are gorgeous and they hardly compare to ladies in Kiev.[/QUOTE]We are from a similar "neck of the woods" (see my handle). I doubt the women in Ukraine are necessarily prettier than here (large Russian community) and beautiful women. There are college girls here who need a boost on occasion, just like anywhere. I will PM you.

[QUOTE=Robreefer;1211759]Kiev is great because you can hook up with non pros so easily, and the purchasing power of the dollar is still very strong in Ukraine. Many people speak English and if you are white you blend in with everyone else, significantly reducing the chances you will be targeted for street crime.[/QUOTE]Good point."Standing out" in asia is at times a good thing, and at times a bad thing. White buddy of mine married a Ukrainian girl. While there dating her, she joked that he 'looked' like mafioso. Sure enough, he got stopped on the street by police (Dniprovosk). Once his identity was established with his passport copy he was let go right there. He had his girl ask why he was stopped on the street, and the police said the exact same thing: "You look mafia." (translated thru his fiancee). He had previously experienced the same thing in St. Petersburg Russia once. Interesting how physical appearance can mix with culture, regardless of who and where you are.

[QUOTE=Robreefer;1211759]As for the pricing of girls it all varies. You can get a girl for $50 at an hour rate or a supermodel for $100 / hour (minimum 3 hours) it all depends on what you're looking for. Personally, I like to mix it up. Pros, semi-pros and Non-pro students. Add a couple high dollar supermodel girls and you will have yourself a good trip.[/QUOTE]How are airline prices from the US westcoast? BTW, $50-$75 gets a girl all night in SE Asia.

[QUOTE=Robreefer;1211759](she will be way hotter than any Pinay for sure)[/QUOTE]Not sure how you come up with that. Slavics and asians, apples and oranges. Neither can be "way hotter".