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bbb0777
Joined: 24 Aug 2009
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:16 am Post subject: The best trip you've taken? |
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What's the best trip you've ever taken/the destinations therein? For me it was actually Beijing, but I'd like to hear other people's favorites, thanks: |
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chris_J2

Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:35 am Post subject: Trip |
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Mongolia. So much open space. Northern Lake Baikal was pretty good too. And the Canadian Rockies. |
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highdials5
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:02 am Post subject: |
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Without doubt Japan. I backpacked around for 6 months in total a couple of years ago on a Working Holiday Visa, when it was more affordable. Fantastic country! Looking forward to going back there in February... |
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laoshihao

Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Location: I'll take the ROK, Alex, because that's where my stuff is.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:34 pm Post subject: Southern China |
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My favorite place was Jinhong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China. It's near Laos in southern Yunnan. I really just loved the people there. It's not a big place, but you can access a lot of small villages from Jinhong. The food was tasty and cheap. The people were super friendly. I still talk to a med student I met on the street while watching some junior high students practice their b-boy moves in front of a closed store, using it's window as a mirror. Most people spend three days there, but my friend and I spent eight days. We got to know some of the locals, sorta, since our Chinese wasn't very good and their English was minimal, but we felt included while we were with them. There was an amazing bakery, not fancy, just super tasty cookies and breads using local foods. It's a cool place to go if you're just looking to chillax. We were there during the worst winter China had seen in 50 years and the weather was great that far south. If you want a bit of adventure take the sleeper bus from Kunming to Jinhong. It's gets interesting when you get up in the mountains. |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009 Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Guatemala is my favorite country in the world. There is so much to do and see and the people are fantastic and so is the food. I've been twice and I still haven't done everything. |
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runthegauntlet

Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Location: the southlands.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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DrugstoreCowgirl wrote: |
Guatemala is my favorite country in the world. There is so much to do and see and the people are fantastic and so is the food. I've been twice and I still haven't done everything. |
Ah, that's exactly what I was going to say.
Guatemala hands down. |
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chris_J2

Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject: Where? |
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Luang Phrabang in Laos was great, too, when I went in 1998. It's become more noticed, & more touristed since then, though, so it might be worth seeking out current travel advice. |
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kumuka
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:04 am Post subject: Best Trip Ive taken |
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Well Ive been to over 50 countries, but I would have to say my 6 month overland truck and camping trip thru South east Africa incl. Egypt was awesome.
Its really is another world over there. See it to believe it! |
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runthegauntlet

Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Location: the southlands.
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:19 am Post subject: Re: Best Trip Ive taken |
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kumuka wrote: |
Well Ive been to over 50 countries, but I would have to say my 6 month overland truck and camping trip thru South east Africa incl. Egypt was awesome.
Its really is another world over there. See it to believe it! |
I'm doing a 58 day trip from Nairobi to Capetown next June. Can't wait!  |
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Mush
Joined: 01 Apr 2009 Location: Busan
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:55 am Post subject: |
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It's a toss-up. I can't decide between Turkey and Laos. Both were incredible! |
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giraffe
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:26 am Post subject: |
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korea for me ( no joke.. not being sarcastic..)... |
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cruisemonkey

Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:39 am Post subject: |
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My honeymoon -
Four days at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok then 49 days on the Regal Princess (Bangkok - San Francisco), including:
Kuantan
Singapore
Ho Chi Minh City
Nah Trang
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Pusan
Nagasaki
Yokohama
Hiroshima
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Guam
Rabaul
Honiara
Majuro
Honolulu
Lahina
Kona
Hilo. |
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RufusW
Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Location: Busan
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Nepal, hiking through the Himalayas for 500Km, on the 'Around Annapurna' loop. Mega touristy in high season but I did it in March so only about 10 people a day coming through. |
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snurglersons
Joined: 31 Aug 2009 Location: Busan
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staticdelusion
Joined: 21 Jul 2009
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