Originally Posted By Jiko and the Man 1 And you don't need to go outside the country, it's all right here especially in the Lonestar. I'll follow the Rangers, Spurs and America's football team the Dallas Cowboys. And that Roger Clemens aint welcome here no more for leaving my Astros to be a New York City Yankee. But we will always have our Nolan.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan oh my i have so many places in the world that i have to visit that its hard to put it down to five, so for now i will say my five places are: 1.England 2.Ireland 3Paris 4.tokyo 5.germany
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki WAIT! I´ve got to do a final recap before this thread gets buried! Ok, let´s tally this up. Top 10 destinations: 8 votes for Italy (+2 for the Vatican) 6 for Greece 5 for France (+2 Paris, +1 DLP) 5 for England (+2 London) 5 for Germany 4 for Australia (+1 Ayers Rock, +1 Perth) 4 for Ireland 3 for Tokyo (+1 TDL) 3 for Egypt 3 for Antarctica 3 for New Zealand 3 for Switzerland (there was a big tie there at the end) Now if we do a top 10 by continents/regions which I think is much more interesting: 49 votes for Europe 21 for Asia 16 for North America and Canada 11 for Oceania 11 for other planets (including the ficticious ones) 8 for South America 8 for Africa 3 for Antarctica 2 for Central America The old world wins once again with a whopping 49 votes. It´s been interesting to hear all you destinations. Thanks for voting!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss France claims to be the world's #1 tourist destination with 78 million visitors in 2006. I've already been there, and while I'd of course like to go back, it's not in my top five. Same with Italy and the United Kingdom. If I had to choose five countries without naming regions or continents, they'd have to be places I have not visited. I'd love to choose more, but my five would be: Russia Australia Spain Egypt Brazil
Originally Posted By Mr X Tiki, thanks for the awsome recap...that was a fun read! I find it VERY interesting that Antarctica squeezed out South America as a place to go! Those that have been there tell a very different tale (go look for colddeadplace.com...great stories there lol). And WorldDisney, who recently went to Peru, said it was one of the most beautiful, amazing places he's ever been to. BUT, as for me, I sort of discount South America (except maybe Brazil) as "too dangerous". I've heard some horror stories from many friends that make me not want to visit that place under any circumstances (sad to say)...I've even heard a few bad stories from Brazil as well. Is that the reason most posters haven't mentioned South America, or is there some other reason? I mean, Africa can be very dangerous too, but seems to garner a lot of interest...
Originally Posted By Mr X AND, on that top list, I'm a tad insulted that just as many people want to visit the colddeadplace as wish to visit my exciting town of TOKYO...which I consider to be one of the coolest cities on the planet and tons of fun (GREAT food too! AND DisneySea...what more could you want and WHY would you opt for freakin ANTARCTICA over THAT?????? ).
Originally Posted By Mr X Oops...my bad... EIGHT votes for South America, not too (that was CENTRAL America...who wants to go THERE? lol). Sorry, my rant/question was based on a mistake. *blush* Where's Oceania anyway?
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki OOOPS! Sorry about the Oceania thing. I´ve looked all over the net and in dictionaries and can´t seem to find it. What I meant to say was Australia, New Zealand and everything in between. See, I have this problem. I have been away from the states for 14 years now and for these last 14 years I have been speaking Spanish, English with an occasional tourist here and there, but almost always Spanish. When I´m speaking and I don´t know exactly how to express myself for lack of words, I make up my own words which can be fun, I translate to Spanish directly from English and vice versa (which actually works sometimes but when it doesn´t, it´s quite embarrassing), or I say something completely convinced that I am saying it correctly even it doesn´t exist in the language I am speaking (hence the Oceania mix up). So if I write something that doesn´t make much sense, forgive me for I am lost between two languages. And I don´t mind if it´s brought to my attention, I´m used to it! (DH just laughs his butt off in my face. Sweet man)
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki I FOUND IT, I FOUND IT!! It does exist in English! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O ceania</a> Oh well, at least I filled you guys in on my frequent mix-ups. Better off that way, they have actually often gotten me into a lot of trouble believe it or not.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Walt Disney Zoo (Animal Kingdom) Disneyland #2 (WDW) Disneyland #3 (Tokyo) Disneyland #4 (DL Paris) Disneyland #5 (DL Hong Kong)
Originally Posted By markymouse In no particular order: A Japanese ryokan inn featuring a traditional en-suite meal A secluded but bear-free Alaskan stream featuring grilling a salmon I've just caught that I'll eat with sourdough bread and a local microbrew A typical Italian piazza featuring a big plate of angel hair pasta in red sauce with a good bread and a hearty red wine A hole in the wall dive in some off the beaten path part of New Orleans featuring steamed oysters followed by shrimp etoufee The Great Wall of China featuring a mysterious bun filled with who knows what bought from a vending cart Maybe after dinner I can think of a less hunger inspired list, but these are five experiences I'd love to have in my life.
