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Anyone been to.... South America, Africa or Asia step in please.
Trying to plan some trips. I haven't been to either South America, Africa or Asia yet.
So I would like to know where you went (country, city, town etc.) What it was like and any tips or resources you used to plan the trips. I wont be doing all 3 in one year but want to plan them all if I can. Any suggestions please post them up :thumbsup Pics also welcome! |
congo road trip always fun.
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FLICKR.com is all you need.
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Travel away from the big cities, more real experences at a tenth the cost.
Northern Argentina, amazing like it has never been discovered..... |
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Libya is lovely this time of year.
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Warning: a trip to South America will take you more than two years, and thats just seeing the highlights;)
but i would highly recommend these places- 1)Peru - Macchu Pichu. You could go there, spend a few days and return without doing anything else. Its that amazing. 2)Venezuela - Merida and Roraima. Merida is an andean town, university town filled with the hottest girls i've ever seen in one place. The town is beautiful, nestled in the andean mountains. Roraima is a Tepui mountain where from Conan Doyle based his novel The Lost World. While its well worth getting to the top (about 9000 feet) don't do it unless your physically fit or you will regret it. Takes about 5-6 days there and back but its incredible. Also the caribbean coast of Venezuela is fantastic, very inexpensive and the scuba/snorkel tours of out of this world. 3)Colombia - ;) J/K some great places here. Cartagena on the coast, Medellin inland, Bogota, and my favorite San Agustin in the south and Leticia which is an amazon border town. 4)Brasil - take boat from Manaus, Brasil to Leticia, Colombia. Spend extra money on cabin, or scrap boat trip, see sights in Manaus and fly to Leticia, Colombia where the jungle tours are awesome and you can catch a fast boat to Iquitos, Peru which is freaking great. Its the birthplace Of Fitzcarrldo, the famous rubber baron and basis of the Herzog movie. Great bar right on the river with a very hot bartender. She speaks Portuguese:) |
There are many great places in Asia, what experience you're looking for?
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i wanna check out the valley of the flowers in india.. think airfare is something stupid like 2k or something
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Also if in Venezuela, check out the tiny beach town of Choroni. Get a tent and camp right on the beach. Just don't take the bus there, it's a hairy drive. Take a taxi. I've had some amazing times in Venezuela. |
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Skip Venezuela. |
Do you like to travel around?
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don't go to Thailand, you will not want to leave ;)
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apparently there is some 'friendly' wildlife in the area.. make sure they don't have you stay for dinner ;) |
i went to Peru 3 years back and loved it, Morocco is also bad ass if you got a good guide.
My favorite was Hawaii ( i know, it's not in the continents you listed but worth mentioning) |
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Yea, Caracas is hardcore, but the rest of the country is generally safe as long as you don't get too close to the border with Colombia. One of my friends took a serious multi-guy beat down in the middle of broad daylight, in the middle of a fruit market. Two nights later we had a gun pulled on us while in a taxi and the driver had to speed off. But that sort of thing can happen in any big city, especially in South America. In 2000 I was also pulled off a bus there with my brother by some mountain guerrilla group while out in the middle of the Andes. They left the women on the bus, where my mom stayed and watched in horror, while the men were pulled off and lined up with machine guns on us all, yelling in rapid fast Spanish. I thought for sure that was it. But they went down the line looking at IDs, and after seeing our US Passports, put us back on the bus. Finally, everyone got back on and we were on our way. Scary shit. But I keep going back. :helpme Could write a book on the shit I've gotten into while in South America. |
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For Asia I was thinking maybe Thailand, Japan, China, somewhere along them lines. Somewhere with a lot of culture and history. Maybe India. |
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Several years ago I went to Egypt although with all the unrest there right now it might not be the best choice. It is an amazing place to visit. Seeing the pyramids and the different structures is humbling and life changing.
It is hot, some days as hot as 115+ degrees. Also I went with a tour company called Globus. They were great. Our tour guide was amazing and we saw a lot in the two weeks I was there. I would suggest the following to anyone going there: 1. Use the tour guide/company. There are a lot of people that speak English, but a lot don't and the guide tells you the history behind everything you are seeing and you get a lot of bang for your buck. 2. Depending on where you are flying from, it is a long trip. I live on the west coast so it was about 24 hours in the air plus layovers. A good idea might be to have a 23-48 hour layover in a European city. 3. Get there a day before the tour starts. This will let you see stuff you won't see on the tour and rest up from the trip. |
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Morocco looks good aswell. |
Argentina is amazing in terms of landscapes, culture, night life, whatever. However, if you like the kind of "archeological" tourism, you might get disappointed, there's hardly nothing before Spaniards.
Buenos Aires is usually known as the "Paris of the Americas", but in fact it looks more like Barcelona. Either way, it's a ride, and way more exciting that those boring frenchies :winkwink: If you like breath taking landscapes, anything close to the Andes, whether in the North or in Patagonia is incredible. And of course there are lot of activities. Patagonia and Cuyo zones are more for regular mainstream tourism, while North (Puna) is for those looking for the real South American experience. Plus, you can cross to Bolivia and even reach Machu Pichu in a 3 days journey (counting back and forth to North of Argentina and 1 and a half day in Machu Pichu) If you want EVERYTHING (landscapes, night life, tradition, modernism, culture, food, etc) you need to go to Cordoba. It's the second city in Argentina, the most beautiful, the most historic yet the most modern and it's 30 minutes from tens of touristic destinations. If you like beaches, Argentina has big beaches, but nothing "tropical style" and water isn't very clear unless you're in Patagonia (which is COOOOLD!!!). But if you go to Patagonia, you may go to Antarctica. And then... you'll be seen like someone who went to the moon, there are no words to describe it :thumbsup All of the above are just a few reasons why, being able to live in Europe or US (I'm Italian and my first son is born and lives in USA) I'd never move away from Argentina if I can avoid it. And let's not even start with food and women :winkwink: : in Argentina steaks of the finest meat in the world are EVERY DAY meals and we get bored of them. As for women, they look more European than Latinas, but the breed is impressive, a girl looking like Jeniffer Lopez is pretty standard here. Yes, I really love MY country! :thumbsup PS: the downside is it isn't very cheap. Going to Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela and even parts of Brazil may cost you half or even less money |
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You saying about Antarctica, have you been? or anyone else here been? |
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My vote is for my country also : Argentina
let me know if u came down here :) http://rlv.zcache.com/argentinian_gi...05qqsy_400.jpg |
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New Zealand if your ass can take the flight.
Link to New Zealand Photos http://www.aaanews.com/redrob-img/FoxGlacier-sm.jpg |
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Morocco is great, Marrakech and the High Atlas Mountains is a beautiful area to visit, people are friendly and you can get by with a mixture of English, Spanish and French. |
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Egypt would be nice, but perhaps not just now. |
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