'If Columbus had landed in Southern California instead of the east coast, everything east of the rockies would still be wilderness'

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nalbar

I've flown through Taipei and Seoul, and have visited Vladivostok (Interesting....pricey, though).  I really want to visit Japan, though.....

"There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation."---W.C. Fields

most of the other travelers i met, however, doing a loop that started in bankok and went from thailand to laos to vietnam to cambodia and then back to thailand (or sometimes the reverse of that loop). almost to a person, they all thought that laos was the most interesting of those countries to visit. as one person said "it's like vietnam was before it got so touristy." so i guess i would recommend laos, even though i've never been there.

as for where i would want to go, i'd look further south, to indonesia, malaysia and brunei. but honestly, i'd be happy just to get out of the country to canada at this point.

Hong Kong.

Singapore.

Bangkok

Japan.

Would not go to:

The P.I.

Viet Nam

Guam

Indonesia

Why?  Too many bad memories from my mis-spent youth.

I would love to spend time exploring China, government notwithstanding.

I've been to Bali (everywhere), Hong Kong (airport), Cambodia (Siem Riep, to see the Wats), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Halong Bay, Hanoi), Mainland China (Yangtse River, Chongxing, Zhang Jia Jie, Zhouzhuang, Feng Huang, handful of less remarkable spots), Thailand (BK and Chiang Mai, part of the rural south, the Golden Triangle), Kuala Lumpur (the Petronas Towers have to be seen up close to be appreciated), the Philippines (Manila and Cebu), and Laos, although only just barely set foot there.

I'd Like to see pretty much the rest of Vietnam and Thailand, hit Cambodia again, definitely get another look at Kuala Lumpur, and more of Malaysia in general.  Other places, Papua New Guinea, Pulao, more of the islands in the Ring of Fire, and pretty much everywhere in Japan.  I hear the mountains of North Korea are stunning, but of course that trip's not in the cards anytime soon.

As mentioned above, everyone I've talked to that's been around much all say that Laos is the best, so I'd like to really get around there too.

The Wages of Sin is about $5.15 an Hour

"INDO!"

Bali, Sulawesi, Yogyakarta, Irianjaya, Flores, etc., etc., etc.

For an unforgettable trip, you cannot go wrong.

Declaring the bottom is the only way back up..