My philosophy of travel

[Eja117]

Never go to a place with a palm tree, unless it has a US military base where no US soldiers have been killed for a decade (Japan and Qatar are in), or it was in the British Empire (India, South Africa, and Bermuda in), however if the "foreign language" spoken there is a corrupt dialect of something else don't go (Haiti and Jamaica are out!)


Seriously. This is how I make lots of travel decisions and I never go wrong, except in Helsinki, which was the boringest place on Earth.



Any of you guys have a travel formula?

[RebusRankin]

Plan your own itinery and don't do pre-packaged vacation trips. Half the fun is the exploring.

[GreenEnvy]

Never go to a place with a palm tree, unless it has a US military base where no US soldiers have been killed for a decade (Japan and Qatar are in), or it was in the British Empire (India, South Africa, and Bermuda in), however if the "foreign language" spoken there is a corrupt dialect of something else don't go (Haiti and Jamaica are out!)


Seriously. This is how I make lots of travel decisions and I never go wrong, except in Helsinki, which was the boringest place on Earth.



Any of you guys have a travel formula?

My philosophy involves reviews on TripAdvisor and word-of-mouth.

And for what it's worth, I've heard great things about Jamaica (certain parts), but I have a lot of places on my list to visit before there.

[Proveo]

Never go to a place with a palm tree.

Never go to a place with insect repellents for sale in discount supermarkets.

Never go to a place more than 800 miles away from a permanent public exhibition that features at least 1 Rembrandt or 1 Pre-Raphaelite.

Any place I go needs to check all these principles.

I also try to avoid countries that were colonies in the last 500 years, with the exception of New Zealand and Holland.

[LB3533]

what is so wrong with palm trees?

[barefacedmonk]

UAE has Palm trees and was colonised by the British...but if you get a chance you should visit that country. Dubai and Abu Dhabi in particular.

[barefacedmonk]

what is so wrong with palm trees?

I was wondering about that myself...I think Eja said that in reference to the middle eastern countries...just a guess.

[Proveo]

Tropical, warm countries. Very high correlation between palm trees and things like flies or popular beaches.

[guava_wrench]

Never go to a place with a palm tree, unless it has a US military base where no US soldiers have been killed for a decade (Japan and Qatar are in), or it was in the British Empire (India, South Africa, and Bermuda in), however if the "foreign language" spoken there is a corrupt dialect of something else don't go (Haiti and Jamaica are out!)


Seriously. This is how I make lots of travel decisions and I never go wrong, except in Helsinki, which was the boringest place on Earth.



Any of you guys have a travel formula?

Every language is a "corrupt" version of something else.

I won't go anywhere where I can't count on having a nice shower every day. Been there, done that. Not again.

I am hesitant to go places where there are large health risks or where I will have to take harmful prophylactics to avoid disease.

[Eja117]

what is so wrong with palm trees?

I was wondering about that myself...I think Eja said that in reference to the middle eastern countries...just a guess.

Cause every time I see some British or American couple with guns to their heads on tv and the guys behind them are like "We need $500,000 by the end of the week or they die" it's always in a fricken place with a palm tree!

And I hate to sweat


Ultimate example....Somalia.....Lots of palm trees, not in the British empire, and I'd sweat

[Eja117]

UAE has Palm trees and was colonised by the British...but if you get a chance you should visit that country. Dubai and Abu Dhabi in particular.

UAE counts, because they don't speak a corrupted language.  They speak Arabic, which is one of my favorites.

[barefacedmonk]

Any of you guys have a travel formula?

Yes. If my bank account permits me.

[KG Living Legend]

 List any places that you had a good time in.

 I went to Nicaraugua recently, and it was great, cheap country. And went to the carribean side and it was like going back in time, I loved it. And the ladies were very nice.

[Edgar]

Go out light be back carriyng a house

[Roy H.]

I definitely prefer places with a good public transit system.  I also like places where English is commonly spoken.