most pleasant destinations (to visit, immediately) After the above discussion, about non pleasant places, we, with the most friendly destinations:
1 º. VIETNAM: A someone who has been, you can get laughter, reading, this is what I place, as more friendly destination. Yes It's true. The daily life in large cities, is not very harmonious: Ni, by the locals, eager to get something for all tourists, or by overwhelming issues like traffic, especially motorcycles.
But Vietnam is a marvel. Ridiculously cheap (we, in two weeks, we spent 220 euros) and equipped with infrastructure, accommodation and transport, "almost to the level of developed countries. In addition, conforms to all forms Business: organized, semi-organized with many local agencies that offer all types of trips, at an unbeatable price-or, for free, or in buses, trains or alquilándote a motorcycle.
2 º. Italy: For me, the country trasalpino is the most beautiful in the world for my boy, even and especially in summer, in line with miniskirts and shorts. In Spain, the tourist office is very helpful and destinations, even more (although, with large scheduling problems.)
But the country, plus equity in the world can have, in almost all categories (ruins, monuments, landscapes ...) shows humility. Prices very reasonable, for almost everything, including visits, and certainly more affordable than in Spain.
3 º. MEXICO: In a country with numerous and important archaeological remains and, where no doubt you could get the rooms, visitors are very economical, to contemplate, more spectacular. And people, a true delight.
4 º. SYRIA Visitors cheap, ancient towns and perhaps, along with Thailand, the kindest people in the world. They do not understand our writing, and our claims, in most cases, but one way or another, you always solve the problems.
extreme hospitality
5 º PHILIPPINES: Despite of the annoying security measures in the capital and elsewhere, the Filipinos are a delight, there are countless islands to explore and everything is very cheap. The kitchen, as in Vietnam .-, spectacular shows and beer and rum-a-ridiculous prices, highly recommended ..
6 .- USA: Behind the iron claws of terrorism surveillance, hide, breathtaking attractions at very moderate prices, outside of New York. In the West, housing is very cheap and transport across the country, too. In the sublime, Las Vegas, my favorite place in the world but outside of Italy, just a mediocre severance pay, any crappy English company, to live happily for many years (without remembering, or our boss, or Rajoy, Zapatero or)
Paradoxically and together with the United Kingdom, is the country where less trouble is, who knows little English, to be understood in that language. Because they put much of his party.
7 º. THAILAND: Who named it as "the land of eternal smile," defined it perfectly. Exoticism, at very affordable prices and with friendly and helpful treatment, with the passenger. One of the countries of the world, easier to do for free, despite not being talked about, both English, as believed.
8 º. BALI: If pidieras twenty wishes and have to concentrate, in a tiny area, the reality is that you would not be to the genius of any lamp, but on the island of Bali: landscapes, sea, spectacular temples, diving, windsurfing ... Just go away, Kuta's tourist and predators of people to feel great in this island of Indonesia.
9. CHINA: If I, out tour operator, would travel to China, only to buy in the stores where they sell, what we call "China" (without any pejorative sense). They are like the ones here, but multiplied by ten and there, who could pull weeks, without leaving them.
Furthermore, China offers a network of very cheap and efficient transport, including very low-cost flights. He eats great, the accommodation is cheap and the functioning of almost everything, flashing efficiency (especially the queue management, breaking the topic, the Chinese, always slip). The pity is, not being a little more than curiosity, for those who visit
10 º. PALESTINE: Kindness and very naturally, in contact with the passenger. Great hospitality, to almost give you, and do not have. That's right: when they grab a flyer, transformed, as in most countries of the region (and the third world).
11 º. ARGENTINA: In few places will make your life easier and you entertained both with words and their musicality. Many Argentines, who openly acknowledge that this is a deliberate pose adopted to foreigners and then between them, we are. Whether or not it helps you to make your stay unforgettable.
12. TUNISIA: For those starting in the Arab world, this is the best gateway. It is, in a country very quiet and hardly burdens, by the vendors in the souks. There are countless attractions to enjoy, believe me when I say that is up to Morocco and Egypt, and the kitchen is really great. Very easy to visit, good transport public either by rental car.
Note. Understood, do not know yet all the world and many countries will be pleasant, off this list, ppor that reason.
Destinations non grata (of which you should ignore) The purpose of this post is to reflect on all those places in which teases travelers, most of the time, forcing them to assume excessive costs, which exceed widely usury. I will call as unwelcome or prohibited places, I consider that a wise traveler and the information which previously was not our case, on some occasions, it should not, drop by. And, if all places with interest, they would do the same, we could not travel, because it would give us the budget
Anyway, this list is not based only on economic grounds, as we shall see, in the cases of Russia and Israel .
I will explain briefly, which now I come to mind and according to your remembrance again, I will add in the comments. I invite you to enriquezcáis reflection, with the contributions and experiences that you consider appropriate.
Lest I be accused of only deepen the negative at a subsequent reflection, I will tell you, the sites where they try superbly, the traveler and those who always wanted to go back there. But now, on to the others.
1 º. MACHU PICCHU. This is the most blatant and bleeding, of disrespect and fraud, the traveler. To inflated ticket price, add the exorbitant amount of train-only legal way, "access to Machu Pichu. Have banned, do the Inca Trail for free, under the pretext medioambi4entales, hiding the real reason: the enrichment of the agencies' own friends and Peruvian political, through the expensive tours. Make Machu Pichu boycott and not visit it!. Incidentally, it is not the world wonder
2 º. NATIONAL PARK TOWER OF PSINE. The entrance, though not cheap, is affordable. But no, the expensive local transportation from Puerto Natales and all services within the park (especially, accommodation in hostels).
3 º. RUSSIA. Although we like to go some time, we refuse to have to pay the high price of the visa and above all, we have to Zarandillo, with lengthy and cumbersome procedures. If you want to, barriers to tourism, therefore, their loss. To us yet, we still have many other countries to visit.
4 º. ISRAEL. Almost in the same sense, Russia. There is no fee visa, although rates of output, which is the same thing, but controls access to the country may reach three hours and in many cases, they are denigrating.
5 º CAPRI. Tenímaos planned to go, less than a month. But eventually, we refused to pay four times more for the ferry, which they pay, residents. There are dozens of places in Italy, which are at least as beautiful as the famous resort island.
6 º. Mosque of Hassan II in Casablanca. In 2,005, and cost 14 euros, a dull tour, 45 minutes.
7 º. COLD LAKE CROSSING, between Argentina and Chile (up to Bariloche). The trip must be very pretty, but we refuse to pay $ 170, that the monopolistic organizer asked us, in March 2008.
8 º. HUACAS THE SUN AND THE MOON, in Trujillo (Peru). The visit is not too expensive. But it is insulting to charge for that. In Peru, for this to get money, invent the ruins.
9. In the same country, the Nazca Lines. We refuse to engage the trip, after reading, manually marking them constantly to make them look stunning.
10 º. POAS VOLCANO, Costa Rica. Income is not too expensive, but you knowingly sell the entry, that 90% of days, you see nothing of the spectacular crater, due to fog.
11 th. Main attractions ISTANBUL tourist. Fortunately, when I visited, they were much cheaper, than at present. Enter, to the most important visit, leaves for a tremendol money. The Turkish government has discovered the cushy easy, fleecing passengers and tickets have gone up almost double the amount, in cases such as Pamukkale (where we deftly snuck us.)
not included in this list, the abusive amount of many moves, from the city to the airport, because in this case, there is no other, to assume
I did not post, no site in Spain, because right now, no I remember. But sure, that in the coming days, I will to memory.
GeoPlaneta Closed Forum. But if the alternative is Viajerosolidario ..., we start to pray! Africa awaits months ago, which was not GeoPlaneta Forum-rights manager for Lonely Planet, in English and ignored the news, which has informed me this afternoon, a good friend and travel, by email : The Travel Forum, which had opened the group, has closed. Has happened, "according to my friend," apparently after a conflict, which is bundled by the presence of trolls and after widespread complaints, to the mismanagement that led the administration.
When today is access to the web, get the following message: "For technical reasons, Lonelyplanet.es Forum will be out service temporarily. Sorry for the inconvenience "(commas in the sentence, I have given them, because they, or score, you know). The same excuse claimed, when a stroke, were loaded orange forum for serious conflict, which bordered the crime, if they were not, as there was, to issues of pedophilia, in between, "when passed 2,004 and not reopened until two years later. So, I fear, this closure is for long, then for the final.
It seems outrageous, GeoPlaneta attitude and very little respect, to the travelers, who are those who sustain them economically, with the purchase of their guides. Well. Although I long ago, que decidí hacerles boicot y, o las saco de la biblioteca o las compro en el extranjero, para que a ellos, no les llegue ni un solo céntimo.
Los dos motivos principales, en que fundamento, mi razonamiento, son los que siguen
1º.- Es una falta total y absoluta de respeto, hacia los usuarios, habérselo cargado de un plumazo, cepillándose miles y miles de mensajes y el trabajo de horas –incluso de días-, de muchos participantes. Porque, entre tantos insultos, publicidad y descalificaciones –las últimas veces, que yo entraba, como lectora, era ya casi imposible, encontrarse un hilo, donde no las hubiera-, también había, mucha información útil y valiosa.
I do not say, do not close the forum that are right. But at least, to keep it published, but is even elsewhere on the Internet. Not be treated well, thousands of users, more or less frequently, participated in the various debates on the forum. 2 .-
show cowardice insulting to blame the closure, to technical reasons. At least they could tell the truth, explaining it in detail, in a note, they could hang on the network. And if the closing, in fact, is temporary, indicate an approximate date for the reopening. You owe it to those thousands of users Some of them, organizers were or events, they have been doing a lot of publicity out there (I guess, unfortunately for them, free). However
. That said, I think the news has now been produced, it is the most logical thing that could happen. Indeed. I think that is most appropriate, for a few reasons that come to mind without much effort.
"You can keep an open forum, thousands and thousands of registered users, if you are not willing to moderate it. They had learned from the first experience and so have fared well in the second. It is silly to think that in a place without supervision, they will not get advertising, trolls, bad feelings, envy ...
-Own self-defense, GeoPlaneta. In this environment, it is very possible that someone would decide to go to court, if not already done so, and give them a displeasure. Going further. Perhaps the forum has already closed and line judge this decision, technical reasons. It would not be surprising.
"In that forum, it has hurt many people and not only, by the trolls, but high-profile users, who became moderators, no title, but with powers, shown as pressure lobby - style-to-understand me, nightly neighborhood patrols. If public safety, you have to instruct the police, the moderation of the forums be done by the administrator and in whom he appoints.
"does not deserve that users continue to lose precious time there, when they have so little respect.
He makes the Heck, all the people, who out of boredom, was dedicated to destroying the forum or who would simply to advertise. Both sides must now be recycled and divide their time on other things (I guess, just as evil).
"He does not do harm to many people, which, for various reasons," has been made in this website.
tell me that some users GeoPlaneta, are landing in the Viajerosolidario. So did many others, when they closed Lonely for the first time. And unless the moderators, most of them long ago, that did not stop there. Viajerosolidario, has had the honor, for a few years, hold a world record: Be a forum with more moderators that active users.
Are Lonely, was the lack of moderation, Viajeroslidario, was, and I guess will remain, the excess. Not to mention the superego, three of its moderators, coincidentally, the three begin with K. Bearing in mind that this forum is a user of the pump-the "warm" welcome, Florencio, and those who are registering, not shut, it is possible that in the coming months, we can have fun. Well
. Rather, they say, they can. Because I'm not going back to the forums, or even, as a reader, "not drunk. I live very happily and without headaches, since I Lonely, in September 2006. I, together with quit-in 2005-and long journeys, of 2,008, have been the three best decisions of the decade.
I also indicate, if not rancorous. Hopefully, in Viajerosolidario, a forum, half dead, but dead-whole, have learned and the new additions-type Paco González y Pepe Domingo, COPE, "is a successful and useful site, which is the important thing, for which have the disease, not to think about almost nothing else, that trip.
Two things to finish:
First, a warning to mariners. In viajerosolidario, appropriated illegally inserted messages. If the user requests low and attends the deletion, there is nothing to do except go to court. To me, cost me a lot, even picking up my stories on their site. Finally, they did
I hope that all those @ s, who in his day, set up in anger, for the legitimate deleting my messages, Lonely and collaterally, some others react proportionally to the disappearance of all your messages, these days. What I you play, what not?. Those were or were not, "simple attacks, spurious and unscrupulous, personal motivations?. Time goes by removing and giving reasons, if not useless.
always certain laziness has given us, apart from the tourist northern countries, a journey to Africa and more long lasting. Maybe, because for much longer, we had as priorities, deepen America and Asia, to squeeze the maximum. But perhaps this was an excuse, because today, with as many experiences, lived on those two continents, we are still giving some procrastination, get into the black continent.
From the bold disregard and ignorance, Africa, always seemed a continent bland, very similar in their views, largely devoid of artistic, interesting little city, full, plump wild animals (surely in the future, change your mind, like so many times, but so far, the only interest we have in animals, is limited to two feet and I do not mean precisely the birds). Sure, having to be vaccinated for almost everything, the damned and threatening malaria, the unbearable tropical heat or poor health were also components which, although subjectively and without us even have, influenced the decision to leave Africa, sine die.
Too many things together, to have dared. And it is very common among most of the great wanderers and travelers (except the fans, the African continent) If you look, their world maps of the countries visited Africa, always seems to be too virgin, almost white. Only we often encourage, when almost, there is another "remedy." Indeed
spite of many constraints to the contrary, if there was something that attracted us in Africa and is as always: Its wonderful people, its culture, ancient traditions and way of life and outlook on life . It is for this reason that our three-month trip through Africa, between Johannesburg and Nairobi, is what is to be based. Definitely!
Of course, we will see the Victoria Falls, visit a national park, the just and necessary, and Picot, for any game reserve. But as objective, clearly secondary. Except, we'll go crazy, of course, that everything can be and find in the wild-and / or flora, which I doubt, "our hidden passion. The promising voyage, rather than contemplation, must be feeling, if you want to enjoy and that's where we think, that Africa and its people, we can offer a mine of them.
Xavi, a good friend from Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwhich met, travelers from the Philippines, they invariably say and is the most graphic example of what I am trying to explain: "I've been three times in India and still not know the Taj Mahal."
Well, that, that we should jump flagship game reserves, national parks or places not miss that for a conventional tourist, would be indispensable .. For the reasons given above, to enjoy the emotions, rather than visions, but also by others. We refuse to spend life in organized tours lso and face the high costs that they entail.
We combine a little of the adventures of nineteenth-century explorers, which are conventional tourists and even, though with a looser budget-with the voyages of thousands of miles, that make people migrate and travel the continent in search of a better future or fleeing from political persecution. That is what we dream, of course. Then we'll see what we get!.
still do not know if the trip, we will from south to north, we prefer-or north-south. Everything will depend, air ticket, we go cheaper, at the time of purchase. Today, flying from Milan, very good price, to Johannesburg.
also know the exact date of departure, because it depends on external circumstances. In any case with almost all probability, will be held this year. Never will, by mid-July is a shame because we would have liked to reach the World Cup, and at the latest, hopefully it does not happen in October.
