Sunday, 27 June 2010

Spanish love

Before this trip, my knowledge of Spain was limited to their fashion brands, soccer and 1 tennis dude. I didn't know about the influence of Moorish, Islam, Christianity and Roman on Spain, phantom the idea how different religious beliefs managed to cohabit peacefully together, learned the significance of bull fighting, visited 7 out of 41 UNESCO world heritage sites of Spain........
Pros of joining a packaged tour
  1. Everything is planned for so all you need to do is pay and get on the plane
  2. Transportation is covered throughout so visiting smaller towns won't be a problem
  3. You will hopefully get a local (Spanish) guide who knows his/her stuffs. Audio aid, if available, works well too.
  4. No worries about language barriers
  5. Good accommodations (all our hotels this time round were 4*)
Cons of joining a packaged tour
  1. Fixed itinerary. Little free time to explore the place on your own or for shopping
  2. Stuck with people in the group you might not get along with (hasn't happened to me but tolerance is definitely required)
  3. Package food SUX. Out of the few meals they covered, 3 of which were CHINESE (come on. Did I travel halfway around the world to get lousy Chinese food???), their so called local specials are essentially 'tourist specials', thus unable to accurately reflect their cuisine.

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