Out of Pod Experience

Anti Britishness is pretty rife there too.

Shame as northern Argentina looks really nice.

No wonder al the ex German National Socislists ran off there. Looks like switzerland with cheap beef.

For me Prague, wonderful city, cheap , even if locals find it expensive, man I even remember buying some of the best looking pig skin jackets ever there! Also I severely love those small little shops semi hidden in the road where you can buy those little trinkets made from multicolored glass and if you are nice enough, perhaps share a tale or two with the locals.

But I am in love of LatinAmerica, Dominican Republic´s Punta Cana is marvelous, specially if you know where to go, there are small huts, secluded from the tourist part of town, where most of the workers live, where they close the small streets and everybody goes dancing and you get lost amidst the sea of bodies moving to the rhythm.

The City of Merida in Venezuela is to this day the only City at Night amidst the mists where you can literally feel the Power of The Elements walking in the 19th century cobblestone paved roads and when you take a strange turn you find yourself in a small alley that houses a clandestine bar with people dancing to old 1970s and 1980s tunes, one of the few cities I know that has all kinds of hidden/clandestine gathering places for all sorts of activities, just be sure to be with a local.

Cali in Colombia is a feast on the ears, specially if you go during the Colombian Musical Festivals, you will hear music that can literally touch your bones to the marrow with sadness, grief, happiness and joy at the same time.

Quito in Ecuador ... flawless. An experience to behold, same with Lima.

Never been to Argentina, as people down there that I have met are a bit hard to know for me, so I can´t comment on them so never been interested in going there.

Curacao and Aruba, a staple of most Venezuelan trips are awesome beach spots, have a lot of nice stories from those places

The Charm of many LatinAmerican Cities is not the sights,or their fancy restaurants or antiques, nor museums , for me Is the PEOPLE.

Real People, with wonderful stories to tell, everybody wants to tell their story, and I am the kind of person that enjoys listening as I drink some local brew and smoke for the sake of it cigars, cigarettes or pipe.

The trick is to get lucky finding a local taxi driver, not the one that is out trying to scam you from being a tourist, but a real working one, the kind that invites you home to eat and meet his family or have friends in the places you are visiting, willing to let you in on their secret spots. Doesn't work all the time sadly, but when it does, its wonderful!

I have much more luck knowing people in foreign countries that are in LatinAmerica than Europe, since people from Europe are much more ... reserved, so my trips to Europe have mostly been usual stuff, museums, cafes, restaurants, bleh bleh, but Prague was magical! Either the Tourist Agencies know how to drill charm in staff or Czech people are very friendly or a mix of both.

But down here, if you know how, you can get a tale out of practically anyone and enjoy any city.

The Cities/Countries I still have on my to-do list are Chile, Uruguay, Martinique, Sint Marteen and Guyana.

I would love to return to Georgia and Tbilisi in particular.

I spent part of my childhood on Rotterdam, and have a soft spot for that city and the gorgeous people I remember from there, and as a side tip, if you can visit Luxembourg! most of my memories are from Pics since I was so small, but I remember people there being so different and nice, or perhaps it was me being a kid.

I think people travel for very different reasons, I have been in cities people would clearly avoid or not find interesting and I enjoyed the trip, whereas others people always yell in my ear to visit and I end up feeling robbed, not only of money but life.

Hmmm interesting thread, keep it up! :D

Barcelona ....meh ! I found it a bit this ...
wife took me on a works trip there once ... the harbour resteraunts are out of this world mind