Favorite Places Rundown
OK, so now that I'm in a writing mood and my plane is finally descending, I'm thinking of which places were my favorites and why. Just a reminder, here are the cities that I hit this year wherein I stayed at least one night (in order):
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Bariloche
Ushuaia
Auckland
Wellington
Sydney
Melbourne
Bali - Seminyak
Bali - Lovina
Bali - Ubud
Hong Kong
Beijing
Shanxi Province
Henan Province
Turpan
Urumqi
Penang (Georgetown)
Singapore
London
Istanbul
Ephesus (Selcuk)
Bodrum
Prague
Budapest
Hvar
Dubrovnik
Bari (barely counts as I was only there for like 8 hours but technically stayed the night)
Rome
Madrid
So anyway, here is my roundup of "Top 3" for each city, and I'm not going to say FOOD as a category because that would get way way carried away. So here are some thoughts:
Best Airport:
Hong Kong
Singapore
Madrid
Worst Airport:
Selcuk (Izmir) - Whats up with the bus that takes us to the terminal 30 feet away?
Bodrum - Two terminals? Whats up with that?
Prague - Ever hear of a line?
Easiest Transport to/from Airport:
Hong Kong
London
Beijing (because the cab is only US$8.50)
Hottest Women:
Madrid
Rome
Prague
Worst Women:
Selcuk - Women? We like to hide them or make them work in the field while we sit around drinking tea and playing dominos
Shanxi Province - Women? What are those? We just have coal...sigh...
Ice Cream / Gelato:
Buenos Aires - Dulce de leche anything...mmmm
Rome - Moorish rice...who knew?
Prague - Tiramisu with chunks of cake inside...mmmm
Best Knockoff Designer Crap:
Beijing (cheap and convincing!)
Rome (convincing, but not so cheap)
Bali (cheap but you have to deal with the aggressive hawkers)
Worst Smelling:
Shanxi Province - Smells my burning! Now my throat and eyes hurt!
Hong Kong - A nice combination of broth, seawater and trash
Penang - Its ok to love durian...just don't loooove durian....
Worst Local Liquor:
Bai Jiu (China) - Tastes like burning!
Plum Brandy (Prague) - I'm sure after only a few months I might get used to it....
Unicum (Budapest) - Zwack is wack!
Hottest Accent:
Italy - Oh! Mi scusi!
Argentina - Es muy lindo!
Spain - Como se dice "HOT"?
Heinous Accent:
Singapore - Apparently they have it in both chinese AND english la!
New Zealand - Sounds a lot like "bahhhh bahhh bahhh", or perhaps I was talking to a sheep? EIther way I couldn't understand a damn word they was sayin!
Beijing - WANR, liao tiANR, fu wu yuANR (anr pronounced "arrrhhh" like a pirate. I love it, but it takes some getting used to!)
Best Complimentary Breakfast
Beijing - Can't beat warm milk and fried stuff!
Turkey - Yogurt, cucumber, tomato, fresh bread, nutella, EVERY DAY BABY
Bali - Pan fried egg noodles or fried rice along with freshly squeezed pappaya juice? I'LL TAKE IT!
Lamest Tourist Attraction
Buda Castle Labyrinth - Terrible use of an awesome venue to showcase RETARDED art. Pretentious much?
Kai Feng "Historical City" - Like a cross between Midieval Times and Disneyland, with puppets, acrobats, and LOTS of souvenir stands
Ephesus - What a piece of crap. JUST KIDDING! Ephesus was AWESOME! AWWWWWSOME!
Places to Go when you only have a few days
Dubrovnik - Perfect for a week or a weekend getaway
Penang - Go for the food, stay for the KING COBRAS
Prague - Yes its beautiful, but how many breathtaking rivers, castles, monestaries, and shops can you look at?
Places to go for a month and still feel like you haven't seen even a small fraction of everything
China
Turkey
Australia
1 Comments:
Hi Dan!
How are you doing?
Very interesting article, very educative:)
I have been in Prague. About women: Tiramisu with chunks of cake inside...mmmm , yeah, I like this interpretation.
But in general, Prague is a very nice city, with different ancient architecture, and with its fascinating mystique.
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