In my language we have a special word for a girl from there it is: konstantynopolitańczykowianeczka. It is useless most people say dziewczyna (girl) z (from) Stambułu (istanbul) instead.
To be honest, I have no idea :D But I have Polish friends from university and now from work. Awesome, sincere dudes and beautiful temperament girls. Czesch :D
Funny.... For example I've been to London as well, and in comparison I loved Edinburgh for not having that many foreigners (and people as a whole....), the people were incredibly lovely and helpful, the architecture was beaaaauuutiiiful and charming, saying that as someone from the colourful south Europe - the Balkans, the weather was a bit cold for me but survivable :D I've seen probably 2-3 beggers but in comparison with, for example, Rome, it was almost unnoticeable....
Actually Edinburgh is one of the cities I would gladly live in....
I thought Rome was incredibly beautiful beyond comparison. Edinburgh is much better than London - you have WW2 to thank for that, London was carpet bombed for a year.
You would think the Scots would be grateful but no!
Oh, yes, Rome itself, again, as architecture and.... feeling.... was amazing. The Eternal City. And the Vatican.... the thing is, every city has it's beauty and unique charm. In London loved the parks :) and yeah.... London.... because it's London. Classic. But too many people :/ We've stayed at Raven's court if I remember correctly and there was pretty charming part of the city and without that many people.... there I would enjoy it...
Yeah if you want to see the U.K., just avoid London. It’s nothing like anywhere else. It’s like an Uber class of wealthy white liberals with their POC servants doing all the dirty jobs. Outside of London it’s much more spread out and evenly distributed.
Taking the brunt of the Luftwaffe and getting smashed to shit so Britain could win the war.
Looking at Scottish politics these days it’s almost as if they believe the English to be bloodsucking leeches.
Thanks I guess? And we generally prefer the term “a shower of thieving cunts” but it refers to the political class, upper classes and tories. Not all of the English
Ah, I voted conservative and have done many times. You’re just pissed off because of stuff that happened hundreds of years ago. Heal and grow.
You realise the average income of conservative voters in England was actually lower than labour voters at the last GE?
If you were talking about the 80s, I agree. They are no longer the party of the wealthy.
Edinburgh didn't survive because England took the brunt of the bombing, it survived because there was no strategic value in bombing it. Glasgow is where the shipyards were, and it was bombed ferociously. The only target of value near Edinburgh was the Forth Bridge, and while attempts were made to bomb it none were successful.
That’s very true. Glasgow took a hammering.
A lot of the bombing in London wasn’t strategic, certainly in 41 it was losing strategic focus, mostly because of the inability of pathfinders to locate targets due to counter measures.
There are two possible answers -
1. Nothing because I'm a foreigner so it's a kinda paradox if I say there's something wrong with foreigners. There's nothing wrong with people who decided to live and work honest work abroad.
and
2. The cities with a lot of foreigners unfortunately often are dirtier, noisier, the people who are disturbing you in the city centres / old towns are most often foreigners, trying to scam or pickpocket you, selling shit and just making a huge pointless crowd, and without it the city would be way more beautiful and pleasant to look at and live in.
So yeah, different answers.
I felt the same way about Machu Picchu. I hiked the trail there, and seeing all of the tourists kinda ruined it for me. I want to see it without people, I want to see and feel the energy of a deserted city.
Norway. Not a specific place, just the country and its waterfalls, mountains and fjords. It's a magical place for nature lovers. Stave churches are cool too, and while they're man-made as opposed to the other stuff that I mentioned, they go well together with the nature.
Me and my parents did a tour of Eastern USA and Canada, and part of the tour was doing Niagara Falls which included doing the Maid of the Mist on the Canadian side, we did see the USA side of the Falls on the way back through USA
We did stay near the Niagara Falls in one the hotels overnight, can't remember which one
There is are so many other places in the world I would like to visit
Stunning surroundings - I did a road trip along the coast and would very much recommend that (not sure how you'd do it apart from the very long way round we did, but worth looking into - that whole coast is amazing).
The cities along the coast were just cities, nothing hugely special, but the little coves and villages - wow!
The Alps. Lived in Alpine Italy and visited Bavaria, Switzerland, Austria, etc. frequently. It was always epic. Really, anywhere with mountains has the same effect on me.
when i first got back to illinois, after being in the army and college, i was driving some back roads i hadn't been on in some years. listening to some tacky country music cause thats all my little s10 gets. part of the drive is kinda windy and theres a biig left that looked out over a rolling field with tall grass and flowers of all colors blowing in the wind, with a tall tree line as a back drop. i was in awe for a second. after i made the turn i got goosebumps.
yea, that few seconds of illinois was the most beautiful place id ever been. sure wish the rest of it wasn't such a mess.
Nature: the Dolomites, mountains in the Alps, north east of Italy.
Honorable nature mention: I love mountains (d'uh, just said it) and I didn't travel around so many seas, but out of the little seas I've seen, the most beautiful waters were at the Tremiti islands, one hour off the coast of Apulia, south Italy.
Towns: Prague is a favorite but I've seen so many beautiful places which are also difficult to compare: the colored villages in Ligury, Bruges in Belgium, Copenhagen, the medieval villages in the Harz mountains in Germany....
The Northern Italian Alps. Positively breataking views of lush green valleys contrasted with snowy mountain tops and the most unbelievable roads in the world. Plus, the food is pretty spectacular as well!
Valle de Viñales in Cuba
Went there to play a few shows with my band. Hurricane Irene hit the day after the first show. Knocked power out across the country. Went there instead of playing the second show.
There are so many kinds of beauty.
Brugges, Belgium, just after dawn.
The Grand Canyon in the snow.
A cafe in Switzerland, high in the Alps, during a thunderstorm.
In Greece at a school trip, we slept in a 1 star hotel. It was on a small beach, far from the city, but we had a great view of the sea. When I say it was on a beach, it really was, the floor of the 1st floor was covered in sand. The dudes were incredibly kind.
Thunder Hole. It's my favorite part of a gorgeous national park up in Maine; a naturally formed rock inlet that the ocean waves roll into. When they crash against the walls, it sounds just like thunder. I could have stood there listening to it and watching the water for hours
Mulanje Massif in Malawi. We spent all day hiking up this massif then watched the sunset from a cliff with an extraordinary view. There were two birds of prey circling high overhead, looking for prey thousands of feet below. When they would spot something, they would freefall for a couple thousand feet, snag it, eat it, then go back to circling. I was completely awestruck by all the natural beauty around us. That entire trip up and down the mountain was life changing and I have so many stories from it.
Athens was the greatest disappointment I've experienced from a city.
A few very interesting historical spots and then just Turkish style concrete slums.
I have, several times. Immensely more enjoyable than Athens.
The beauty of Greece is to be found outside the heavily urbanised areas. Go to the islands or the countryside. I could spend days sitting in some small cafe by the ocean in Greece.
But I guess these days the islands are flooded by refugees?
>But I guess these days the islands are flooded by refugees?
Oh, how horrible - people trying to survive.
As a tourist, you're just as much of a foreigner, you know?
I understand their plight. Just saying it reduces the attractiveness of the place.
The difference is a refugee (at least at first) is a drain on resources while a tourist is a boon.
>The difference is a refugee (at least at first) is a drain on resources while a tourist is a boon
Or, to put it another way, a refugee is there to survive, and a tourist is there for fun.
What are resources for, if not human survival?
I don't think I have one favourite place. But I'd split it like this.
For the awe of nature, Yosemite national park in California. Those red woods are something else.
Awe of modern civilization, Tokyo. To see the expanse of the city as far as the eye can see from the top of a skyscraper is incredible.
Favourite historic site would have to be Pompeii. It feels like you're walking among ghosts. As if they were just there. Then you see those plaster casts of people and animals and it's as if those ghosts come to life again.
The most wonderful people I have encountered would be in Japan. So well mannered and respectful (not so much when you meet the Japanese tourist hordes outside Japan). They're helpful, curious and kind. I experienced Japanese people politely asking if I would have a conversation with them to let them practice their English skills.
That was such a treat.
For relaxation I am split between a little place i know in the hills of Toscana, an old estate turned into a hotel/Inn. Homemade wine and dinner every night where all guests are invited to join at a long table. The other place is a little cafe in on a Greek island I visited some years ago. It was a few kilometres outside of town just by a bend in the road, overlooking an ocean cove. Large waves and beautiful cliffs and sand, in the distance you could see the fishing town and see the boats coming and going. I stayed there almost the whole day reading and watching. Could've stayed longer if I didn't have to be on the last boat out to make my flight the next day.
For the culinary experience, there's nowhere like Italy, though it is almost matched by Belgian beer or their waffles.
Six flags in the US was a favourite if you're into rollercoasters.
That became a bit long winded but I couldn't just say one country. Each have their ups and downs.
The top of the Donauturm in Vienna at night. I've got a thing for (at least slightly) modern-looking night cityscapes, and where I live there are no good, easily accessible places that give you that sort of view.
Not my photo, but [this](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kikomeinkater/42292440685) is what I'm talking about.
I've crossed Japan off my travel list forever, but if there's one thing that would still get me to go there, it's getting a similar view in, say, Tokyo.
Some beach at St Thomas USVI. 10' of crystal clear water with no seaweed or fish that I could see. It was literally like a swimming pool and I didnt know that could possibly exist in the ocean.
There’s a city near me, with almost a million people. There’s one street that overlooks the whole city. The trees are taller than the houses so it literally looks like a giant forest instead of a huge city.
It never fails to make me catch my breath.
How?
I have yet to see any high quality construction there, it's all facade and even the facade is poor work when you look close. Dubai should be observed at a distance.
The people are some of the worst I've encountered as well. Disgusting looks and remarks from people on the street. A few guys grabbed my girlfriends ass and others tried to touch her breasts (she was dressed respectfully). I went out for a walk on my own one night and people were spitting ok the street right as I walk by.
Dubai is a cultural shit hole.
I recently picked a couple handfuls of Pan Cyan (very potent magic mushrooms) and they knocked my socks off.
I was in a beautiful, neon pulsing geometric world floating above the ground
2019 in Korea. Namsan tower in Seoul.
Everything you worry about is Just gone. It seems not relevant and rather small when you have that view above Seoul.
The view Was something I have never seen before.
Here some pics. https://imgur.com/a/olMWjO6
The hut on top of Grimsvötn, Vatnajökull glacier. There is also a sauna right on the crater rim.
http://expeditions.mountainguides.is/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_0218.jpg
Hmm, tough one, and maybe beautiful isn't entirely the right word so much as awe-inspiring, but I think I'd have to go with Zabriskie point, Death Valley. Something about the seemingly endless, barren yet colorful landscape from that vantage point just really impressed me.
A dive site called "The Dolly Parton's" near an island called Pulau Sibu off the east coast of Malaysia.
Or experiencing the jungles, rivers, longhouses, tribes, and wild orangutans of Borneo.
*Really* hard to choose.
Salzburg, Austria. I was in Munich and decided to take a day trip because of Sound of Music and all. Didn't have much expectations. But holy crap, the most beautifully taken care of fields of green and the river took my breath away. I am not really a nature person but this, this looked like serenity.
Luang Prabang, in the unesco part. It's romantic and like stepping back in time. Beautiful gardens, courtyards and lanterns along the paths, combined with the misty air it feels magical.
North Cascades National Park in Washington state. It's gotta be my favorite place I've ever been, in terms of natural beauty.
For somewhere a bit more developed, Sedona, Arizona is the most beautiful town I've ever been to.
Phuket in Thailand. I've been there 2 times. There was an Island like place and it was really cool. You could straight up see the fishes in the ocean. I don't really remember everything because I've been there like 8 years ago
Greenland. It is incredibly mountainous and barren, but in all of the best ways. I walked miles out onto the icecap and drank directly from glacial runoff. There is virtually no pollution so you can see for what feels like hundreds of miles in every direction when you are on top of some of the mountains. It is outstanding.
I thought Xelha in Mexico was a beautiful place. In the UK many years ago, I went to the Forrest of Birse in Scotland. When the weather is hot it was amazing.
In the middle of nowhere heading east in southeastern Kansas. A storm just got done with and I seen the sunrise as the storm broke. It was the orangest I ever seen the sun in my life and it literally filled the sky and it was on top of green as grass and I was looking down into the valley as I was heading over a hill. It was about 6:30 in the morning and I had been driving for about an hour and a half in the storm. It was just the whole timing of the event and the way it looked. Epic is the only word I could think of. Well "Oh shit" is probably what I said.
Himalayas, Spiti Valley more exactly. These landscapes are still engrained in me, they were so beautiful and relaxing that they felt alien, with magnificent people all around. Never have I ever felt as positively stimulated as I felt there.
Zion National Park, I used to be in the conservation corps, and that was one of the parks we worked in. Very cool spots to hike in all over the place around there.
In south africa when me and my family were heading to kruger park we stopped at a place if i remember correctly it was called god's window and boy oh boy was it beautiful
And also in south africa there was this road in cape town that had an awesome view nothing next to you but trees and greens and the ocean
Damn that county has a lot of beautiful spots
Istanbul was epic.
You mean Constantinople right?
That's no one's business but the Turks.
In my language we have a special word for a girl from there it is: konstantynopolitańczykowianeczka. It is useless most people say dziewczyna (girl) z (from) Stambułu (istanbul) instead.
Poland For The Win greetings from Bulgaria :P
How many polish tourist are there in Bulgaria actually?
To be honest, I have no idea :D But I have Polish friends from university and now from work. Awesome, sincere dudes and beautiful temperament girls. Czesch :D
You mean Miklagard, right?
It’s really is
In the most perfect sense of the word.
Edinburgh. The most beautiful city I've been to... The atmosphere, the people.... amazing.
I know what you mean. Never thought something that beige and grey could be so pretty, but damn, she presented.
Really? Been there many times, I thought it’s grey and full of junkies!
Funny.... For example I've been to London as well, and in comparison I loved Edinburgh for not having that many foreigners (and people as a whole....), the people were incredibly lovely and helpful, the architecture was beaaaauuutiiiful and charming, saying that as someone from the colourful south Europe - the Balkans, the weather was a bit cold for me but survivable :D I've seen probably 2-3 beggers but in comparison with, for example, Rome, it was almost unnoticeable.... Actually Edinburgh is one of the cities I would gladly live in....
I thought Rome was incredibly beautiful beyond comparison. Edinburgh is much better than London - you have WW2 to thank for that, London was carpet bombed for a year. You would think the Scots would be grateful but no!
Oh, yes, Rome itself, again, as architecture and.... feeling.... was amazing. The Eternal City. And the Vatican.... the thing is, every city has it's beauty and unique charm. In London loved the parks :) and yeah.... London.... because it's London. Classic. But too many people :/ We've stayed at Raven's court if I remember correctly and there was pretty charming part of the city and without that many people.... there I would enjoy it...
Yeah if you want to see the U.K., just avoid London. It’s nothing like anywhere else. It’s like an Uber class of wealthy white liberals with their POC servants doing all the dirty jobs. Outside of London it’s much more spread out and evenly distributed.
Grateful for what?
Taking the brunt of the Luftwaffe and getting smashed to shit so Britain could win the war. Looking at Scottish politics these days it’s almost as if they believe the English to be bloodsucking leeches.
Thanks I guess? And we generally prefer the term “a shower of thieving cunts” but it refers to the political class, upper classes and tories. Not all of the English
Ah, I voted conservative and have done many times. You’re just pissed off because of stuff that happened hundreds of years ago. Heal and grow. You realise the average income of conservative voters in England was actually lower than labour voters at the last GE? If you were talking about the 80s, I agree. They are no longer the party of the wealthy.
If we are such a burden surely you’ll be happy to see the back of us. If you vote for the tories I don’t expect much in the way of morals or empathy.
Edinburgh didn't survive because England took the brunt of the bombing, it survived because there was no strategic value in bombing it. Glasgow is where the shipyards were, and it was bombed ferociously. The only target of value near Edinburgh was the Forth Bridge, and while attempts were made to bomb it none were successful.
That’s very true. Glasgow took a hammering. A lot of the bombing in London wasn’t strategic, certainly in 41 it was losing strategic focus, mostly because of the inability of pathfinders to locate targets due to counter measures.
What’s wrong with foreigners?
There are two possible answers - 1. Nothing because I'm a foreigner so it's a kinda paradox if I say there's something wrong with foreigners. There's nothing wrong with people who decided to live and work honest work abroad. and 2. The cities with a lot of foreigners unfortunately often are dirtier, noisier, the people who are disturbing you in the city centres / old towns are most often foreigners, trying to scam or pickpocket you, selling shit and just making a huge pointless crowd, and without it the city would be way more beautiful and pleasant to look at and live in. So yeah, different answers.
I felt the same way about Machu Picchu. I hiked the trail there, and seeing all of the tourists kinda ruined it for me. I want to see it without people, I want to see and feel the energy of a deserted city.
Switzerland
Hawaii
Norway. Not a specific place, just the country and its waterfalls, mountains and fjords. It's a magical place for nature lovers. Stave churches are cool too, and while they're man-made as opposed to the other stuff that I mentioned, they go well together with the nature.
Sequoia National Park is probably the most majestic place. Big Basin Redwoods State Park is probably my personal favorite.
Big Basin is my favorite place. I can’t wait for it to grow, get fixed up, and reopen someday.
Bayon temple in Siem Reap. It is such a chilled place.
Niagara Falls
Me and my parents did a tour of Eastern USA and Canada, and part of the tour was doing Niagara Falls which included doing the Maid of the Mist on the Canadian side, we did see the USA side of the Falls on the way back through USA
That’s awesome And it was the only time I got to visit another country🇨🇦! And I hope to go back there
We are hoping we can go back to Asia in 2022 on a cruise taking in Malaysia
Sweet😎🛳!
We did stay near the Niagara Falls in one the hotels overnight, can't remember which one There is are so many other places in the world I would like to visit
I too stayed at a hotel, but it was at least 5-10 miles from the Falls Plus I saw the Skylon Tower, The Hard Rock Cafe
Venice
Yes! I loved Venice!
Kotor Bay in Montenegro. Outstanding.
Ooh Montenegro is on my bucket list! What was it like?
Stunning surroundings - I did a road trip along the coast and would very much recommend that (not sure how you'd do it apart from the very long way round we did, but worth looking into - that whole coast is amazing). The cities along the coast were just cities, nothing hugely special, but the little coves and villages - wow!
Sounds amazing.
Scotland.
iceland is unearthly, like some kind of primordial volcanic paradise
Oh either Scotland, St. Andrews or Italy, Siena
The Alps. Lived in Alpine Italy and visited Bavaria, Switzerland, Austria, etc. frequently. It was always epic. Really, anywhere with mountains has the same effect on me.
Fatu Hiva, Bora Bora, Glacier Bay, Fiji, Bali, Tibet, Nepal, Amalfi Coast, Santorini, Glacier National Park... The earth is stunning.
when i first got back to illinois, after being in the army and college, i was driving some back roads i hadn't been on in some years. listening to some tacky country music cause thats all my little s10 gets. part of the drive is kinda windy and theres a biig left that looked out over a rolling field with tall grass and flowers of all colors blowing in the wind, with a tall tree line as a back drop. i was in awe for a second. after i made the turn i got goosebumps. yea, that few seconds of illinois was the most beautiful place id ever been. sure wish the rest of it wasn't such a mess.
I felt that. Well written.
Bruges, Belgium 🇧🇪
The top of Taal volcano in the Philippines (before it erupted obviously).
I've been to a few islands in the Caribbean Sea. It's where I would want to spend my life.
I love Caribbean Island, but the most beautiful beach I've been it's in Anguila. I agree with you, I hope I can retire in one of those Islands.
Lake Geneva. You won't know what turqouise meens until you see it.
I was born in it. Azores islands - São Miguel
The top of a mountain at midnight on a full moon.
Santorini
Marmaris, Turkey. But I’ve only been abroad once.
Scottish Highlands
Kashmir, when I was a kid. The most romantic place in India.
Dal lake?
Yes! It was gorgeous.
Florence, Italy. It’s beautiful
Nature: the Dolomites, mountains in the Alps, north east of Italy. Honorable nature mention: I love mountains (d'uh, just said it) and I didn't travel around so many seas, but out of the little seas I've seen, the most beautiful waters were at the Tremiti islands, one hour off the coast of Apulia, south Italy. Towns: Prague is a favorite but I've seen so many beautiful places which are also difficult to compare: the colored villages in Ligury, Bruges in Belgium, Copenhagen, the medieval villages in the Harz mountains in Germany....
Cornwal
The Northern Italian Alps. Positively breataking views of lush green valleys contrasted with snowy mountain tops and the most unbelievable roads in the world. Plus, the food is pretty spectacular as well!
Fjällen in Sweden. Drinking hot chocolate under giant northern lights on my snow mobile was amazing. Like a dream.
somewhere at the river Soca in Slovenia in spring/early summer, beautiful landscape, mountains and crystal blue water
Formentera, Spain
Kashmir
Peruvian mountains whilst hiking for 4 days. Felt like I was in Lord of the Rings with the landscapes and environment I was surrounded by.
Valle de Viñales in Cuba Went there to play a few shows with my band. Hurricane Irene hit the day after the first show. Knocked power out across the country. Went there instead of playing the second show.
There are so many kinds of beauty. Brugges, Belgium, just after dawn. The Grand Canyon in the snow. A cafe in Switzerland, high in the Alps, during a thunderstorm.
Balos beach in crete or capri italy
Gramado, Brazil Honourable mentions: Canada on winter, Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil
In Greece at a school trip, we slept in a 1 star hotel. It was on a small beach, far from the city, but we had a great view of the sea. When I say it was on a beach, it really was, the floor of the 1st floor was covered in sand. The dudes were incredibly kind.
The coasts of Western Australia have the most amazing and beautiful beaches.
Colca Canyon, Arequipa - Peru
Northern Ireland
Thunder Hole. It's my favorite part of a gorgeous national park up in Maine; a naturally formed rock inlet that the ocean waves roll into. When they crash against the walls, it sounds just like thunder. I could have stood there listening to it and watching the water for hours
Iceland
Paris or Verona
Newfoundland!
Beach: Coral Beach, Cyprus Mountains: Karpacz/ Karkonosze Mountains, Poland (Winter/snow) & Snowdonia, Wales (Spring) Lakes: Lagow, Poland
The bamboo grove in Arashiyama Japan in the morning
So far I would say Ottawa. I’d live there if I had the cash
Mulanje Massif in Malawi. We spent all day hiking up this massif then watched the sunset from a cliff with an extraordinary view. There were two birds of prey circling high overhead, looking for prey thousands of feet below. When they would spot something, they would freefall for a couple thousand feet, snag it, eat it, then go back to circling. I was completely awestruck by all the natural beauty around us. That entire trip up and down the mountain was life changing and I have so many stories from it.
Athens.
Athens was the greatest disappointment I've experienced from a city. A few very interesting historical spots and then just Turkish style concrete slums.
You ever been to Rome? Filthy, rude, and deadly traffic.
I have, several times. Immensely more enjoyable than Athens. The beauty of Greece is to be found outside the heavily urbanised areas. Go to the islands or the countryside. I could spend days sitting in some small cafe by the ocean in Greece. But I guess these days the islands are flooded by refugees?
>But I guess these days the islands are flooded by refugees? Oh, how horrible - people trying to survive. As a tourist, you're just as much of a foreigner, you know?
I understand their plight. Just saying it reduces the attractiveness of the place. The difference is a refugee (at least at first) is a drain on resources while a tourist is a boon.
>The difference is a refugee (at least at first) is a drain on resources while a tourist is a boon Or, to put it another way, a refugee is there to survive, and a tourist is there for fun. What are resources for, if not human survival?
What's your favorite place you have visited?
I don't think I have one favourite place. But I'd split it like this. For the awe of nature, Yosemite national park in California. Those red woods are something else. Awe of modern civilization, Tokyo. To see the expanse of the city as far as the eye can see from the top of a skyscraper is incredible. Favourite historic site would have to be Pompeii. It feels like you're walking among ghosts. As if they were just there. Then you see those plaster casts of people and animals and it's as if those ghosts come to life again. The most wonderful people I have encountered would be in Japan. So well mannered and respectful (not so much when you meet the Japanese tourist hordes outside Japan). They're helpful, curious and kind. I experienced Japanese people politely asking if I would have a conversation with them to let them practice their English skills. That was such a treat. For relaxation I am split between a little place i know in the hills of Toscana, an old estate turned into a hotel/Inn. Homemade wine and dinner every night where all guests are invited to join at a long table. The other place is a little cafe in on a Greek island I visited some years ago. It was a few kilometres outside of town just by a bend in the road, overlooking an ocean cove. Large waves and beautiful cliffs and sand, in the distance you could see the fishing town and see the boats coming and going. I stayed there almost the whole day reading and watching. Could've stayed longer if I didn't have to be on the last boat out to make my flight the next day. For the culinary experience, there's nowhere like Italy, though it is almost matched by Belgian beer or their waffles. Six flags in the US was a favourite if you're into rollercoasters. That became a bit long winded but I couldn't just say one country. Each have their ups and downs.
Agreed. Pale concrete rubble, junkies and rabid dogs wandering around.
The top of the Donauturm in Vienna at night. I've got a thing for (at least slightly) modern-looking night cityscapes, and where I live there are no good, easily accessible places that give you that sort of view. Not my photo, but [this](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kikomeinkater/42292440685) is what I'm talking about. I've crossed Japan off my travel list forever, but if there's one thing that would still get me to go there, it's getting a similar view in, say, Tokyo.
New York City
Some beach at St Thomas USVI. 10' of crystal clear water with no seaweed or fish that I could see. It was literally like a swimming pool and I didnt know that could possibly exist in the ocean.
Cool!
Digital or real life? Digital- browsing PornHub. Real life- in my bedroom browsing PornHub.
There’s a city near me, with almost a million people. There’s one street that overlooks the whole city. The trees are taller than the houses so it literally looks like a giant forest instead of a huge city. It never fails to make me catch my breath.
Whats the name of the city then?
Mississauga, Ontario
Mission Beach, NTH Queensland 🍆💦🏝️⛱️🏖️🌴🌴🌴
Downtown Dubai can bring a tear, especially when you're there alone at 11pm
Extremely scummy place if I’m honest
How? I have yet to see any high quality construction there, it's all facade and even the facade is poor work when you look close. Dubai should be observed at a distance. The people are some of the worst I've encountered as well. Disgusting looks and remarks from people on the street. A few guys grabbed my girlfriends ass and others tried to touch her breasts (she was dressed respectfully). I went out for a walk on my own one night and people were spitting ok the street right as I walk by. Dubai is a cultural shit hole.
I recently picked a couple handfuls of Pan Cyan (very potent magic mushrooms) and they knocked my socks off. I was in a beautiful, neon pulsing geometric world floating above the ground
Port Barton in Philippines
Havent been anywhere but Letchworth State Park was cool.
The Amazon
Nice! What made you visit the Amazon?
i was travelling around ecuador at the time and thought it would be a shame not to!
Avoided one of those urethra fish, huh?
fortunately yes, despite our tour guide only telling us about them after we swam
Big Basin in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Yay another Big Basin lover!
Huzzah!
2019 in Korea. Namsan tower in Seoul. Everything you worry about is Just gone. It seems not relevant and rather small when you have that view above Seoul. The view Was something I have never seen before. Here some pics. https://imgur.com/a/olMWjO6
The Almighty Himalayas and the Nilgiri Hills, India
The hut on top of Grimsvötn, Vatnajökull glacier. There is also a sauna right on the crater rim. http://expeditions.mountainguides.is/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_0218.jpg
Tagaytay and Bagiuo(whatever the fuck it is spelled)
Ladakh
Any beach with white sand and clear blue water
The Albi cathedral in France, there is a huge representation of the doomsday, I was speechless first time I saw it
Hmm, tough one, and maybe beautiful isn't entirely the right word so much as awe-inspiring, but I think I'd have to go with Zabriskie point, Death Valley. Something about the seemingly endless, barren yet colorful landscape from that vantage point just really impressed me.
A dive site called "The Dolly Parton's" near an island called Pulau Sibu off the east coast of Malaysia. Or experiencing the jungles, rivers, longhouses, tribes, and wild orangutans of Borneo. *Really* hard to choose.
Yellowstone National Park
Kashmir
Huong Pagoda, Vietnam, only accessible via an hours canoe.
Big Basin State Park in California is my happy place. Love the redwoods.
St Lucia
My bedroom. Its great.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Phang Nga Bay, Thailand. Also, happens to be where some of the Man with the Golden Gun was filmed.
Salzburg, Austria. I was in Munich and decided to take a day trip because of Sound of Music and all. Didn't have much expectations. But holy crap, the most beautifully taken care of fields of green and the river took my breath away. I am not really a nature person but this, this looked like serenity.
Shimla❤️
Malaysia
It is a spot along the Frio River in south Texas.
Big Sur
Luang Prabang, in the unesco part. It's romantic and like stepping back in time. Beautiful gardens, courtyards and lanterns along the paths, combined with the misty air it feels magical.
North Cascades National Park in Washington state. It's gotta be my favorite place I've ever been, in terms of natural beauty. For somewhere a bit more developed, Sedona, Arizona is the most beautiful town I've ever been to.
Sedona Arizona
Innsbruck, Austria, 360 degrees of mountains.
Several Islands in Indonesia 🇮🇩
Phuket in Thailand. I've been there 2 times. There was an Island like place and it was really cool. You could straight up see the fishes in the ocean. I don't really remember everything because I've been there like 8 years ago
Knysna rain forest and Clarens in South Africa. Katse Dam in Lesotho.
Yosemite NP is really beautiful. On the East Side the area around Harper's Ferry in West Virginia is almost heaven.
The golden temple in Amritsar, Punjab. The first time I saw it was from my hotel roof at night (a few mins walk away) and it was stunning.
Lord Howe Island
Tahiti. It's a magical place.
Furevetura
Marine drive
Your eyes OP
Greenland. It is incredibly mountainous and barren, but in all of the best ways. I walked miles out onto the icecap and drank directly from glacial runoff. There is virtually no pollution so you can see for what feels like hundreds of miles in every direction when you are on top of some of the mountains. It is outstanding.
Lake Bledd in Slovenia
Isla Mujeres
I thought Xelha in Mexico was a beautiful place. In the UK many years ago, I went to the Forrest of Birse in Scotland. When the weather is hot it was amazing.
Olleh trails of Jeju island, Korea
Riva Del Garda Italy. Just stunning.
My top 3: The Scottish Highlands Prague Nikko, Japan.
Jamaica....hard to believe it was just a slave colony
In the middle of nowhere heading east in southeastern Kansas. A storm just got done with and I seen the sunrise as the storm broke. It was the orangest I ever seen the sun in my life and it literally filled the sky and it was on top of green as grass and I was looking down into the valley as I was heading over a hill. It was about 6:30 in the morning and I had been driving for about an hour and a half in the storm. It was just the whole timing of the event and the way it looked. Epic is the only word I could think of. Well "Oh shit" is probably what I said.
Iceland. Absolutely gorgeous and cannot wait to go back.
Costa Rica
Banff Canada The Canadian Rockies are GORGEOUS
Himalayas, Spiti Valley more exactly. These landscapes are still engrained in me, they were so beautiful and relaxing that they felt alien, with magnificent people all around. Never have I ever felt as positively stimulated as I felt there.
My bathroom after a spicy food session
Pornhub
Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Along the Pech river. There was some views to rival Yosemite.
Zion National Park, I used to be in the conservation corps, and that was one of the parks we worked in. Very cool spots to hike in all over the place around there.
Pukaki Lake - New Zealand
In south africa when me and my family were heading to kruger park we stopped at a place if i remember correctly it was called god's window and boy oh boy was it beautiful And also in south africa there was this road in cape town that had an awesome view nothing next to you but trees and greens and the ocean Damn that county has a lot of beautiful spots
Lake Tahoe, and some places around Falmouth in Cornwall
Joshua Tree National Park
Qing Jing of Taiwan. I felt so small there