Noodles Greatest Hits and some Misses

Now that we've returned, everyone wants to know, "So,what was your favorite place?" Each and every place we visited (except for Swishy, Poland - we hated that place) had its own special trait or quality or local food that we loved. And so we've come up with a list of favorites and not so favorites.





BEST FOOD: Israel (freshest fruit and vegetables and unbelievable hummous!) and Thailand (every kind of food you could ever dream of having available for pennies and totally delicious)

BEST LOOKING PEOPLE: Buenos Aires, Argentina

WORST LOOKING PEOPLE: Swishy, Poland

MOST EXPENSIVE DRINK: Park Hyatt, Tokyo 1700 yen martinis

CHEAPEST DRINK: Bottled water, Prague grocery store, 4 cents.

WEIRDEST CULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Candomble, Brazil

NICEST BEACH: Bamboo Island off Koh Phi Phi, Thailand, Lopez Mendez in Ilha Grande, Brazil, and Kailua Beach, Oahu

BEST TRAVEL ACCESORY: Ambien and anti-bacterial gel

MOST STYLISH CITIES, AKA BEST DRESSED: Reykjavik, Copenhagen, and Harajuku

WORLD'S BIGGEST TREND: Livestrong bracelets and their spinoff colors

WORLD'S FAVORITE SONG: Lonely, by Akon

WORLD'S FAVORITE BOOK: The Da Vinci Code

WORLD'S FAVORITE ACTOR: Ashton Kutcher - no matter what mode of transportation we were on, all over the world, they were always showing an Ashton Kutcher movie

WORLD'S MOST POPULAR DOG: Weenie

BEST PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Japan. As our friend Rebecca likes to say, their motto should be, "Even if someone jumps in front of the train, we are always on time."

BEST TAN: Cousin Rochelle (also, best Guest Noodle)

LONGEST LENGTH OF TRAVEL: 17 hour bus ride, Argentina

BEST DISCOUNT AIRLINE: Gol (Brazil) and Bangkok Air (Thailand)

We'll try and think of more and add later. There's been some extreme pressure to get a new blog up - we're buckling under the pressure.

In the meantime, keep checking back at soynoodles. We will try to keep this thing going for as long as possible.