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Posted: 4/26/2015 7:22:07 PM EDT
I had to cancel a biz trip due to health issues back in December of last year so DELTA graciously credited my account $2300 towards two tickets to go anywhere I want...with the biggest cost (airfare) out of the way or greatly reduced 'm figuring a little vacation is in order...where should I go? The only place I want to visit again is Christchurch New Zealand...so far I have been to the following so they are out...

All 50 states
All of Canada
Ireland
Scotland
France
India
Thailand
Indonesia
Bangladesh
England
Belgium
Norway
China
Japan
Italy
Spain
Most of the ME
Belize
Honduras
A good bit of the Caribbean
Hawaii
Columbia
Costa Rica
A good bit of Mexico but maybe Baja...
and a crap load of places I don't want to remember for whatever reason...


So I am thinking

AZORES
PORTUGAL
South America Chile, Argentina
Canary Islands
Greece
Sicily

A little background...I like small places, small villages, towns...I am a foody...love food If I could pal around with Andrew Zimmern or Alton Brown and just eat my way around the world in little run down mom and pop places would...local seafoods, veggies, meats, ethnic cultural foods...

I'm thinking for some reason Portugal, get away from Lisbon, the coastline somewhere small

Or the Azores...

Where would you go and why?
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:25:40 PM EDT
[#1]
Tokyo dude, it's the only choice.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:26:36 PM EDT
[#2]
Canarias. Never been, but I've heard it's beautiful.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:26:51 PM EDT
[#3]
Greece

It's all about the timing if you want the real experience.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:27:27 PM EDT
[#4]
Burma?
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:27:50 PM EDT
[#5]
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Greece

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Do tell...tell me more...Greece is on the short list...
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:28:16 PM EDT
[#6]
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:29:23 PM EDT
[#7]
Guam.  And yes, I'm serious.

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Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:29:53 PM EDT
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If I was single...
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:31:52 PM EDT
[#9]
Isle of Man race.

Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:32:03 PM EDT
[#10]
Portugal was a pretty nice place once you get out of Lisbon.

Greece was really nice as well but I was only in Rhodes...Not the mainland.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:32:45 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:32:45 PM EDT
[#12]
sadly that won't be enough for 1st class or business
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:37:16 PM EDT
[#13]
OP, go to the Azores.

Go to the island of Sao Miguel.  And stay in the city of Ponta Delgada.  

I was stationed in the Azores for four years after Vietnam wound down.  

BUT on another island - not Sao Miguel.

I was stationed at Lajes Field on Terceira.  

Actually, my wife is from there.  

I could go to a university conference there in August but my wife does not care to go back with me as her family all lives in Toronto, Canada now.

You should find the Portuguese people there very pro-American as many of them have family members living in the USA or Canada now.  

And enough of them will understand English so you can get around.

Portuguese can be a little more difficult than Spanish and they speak a dialect of Portuguese there with a strong localized accent.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:37:58 PM EDT
[#14]
South Africa
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:38:31 PM EDT
[#15]
The Crimea!
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:38:59 PM EDT
[#16]
You could go visit Trooper1911 for some Serb BOTD
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:39:23 PM EDT
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South Africa
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Good choice, I loved Port Elizabeth.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:43:35 PM EDT
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Lived there for 3 years. Seoul was WAY better.

You have 2300 bucks in tickets? Go spend 2 week in Tokyo, and climb Fuji while you're there (end of July is best time), then go to Seoul for a couple weeks as well. Go do a tour of the DMZ and wave at the starving Nork soldiers. Then fly your ass to Jeju Island.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:45:36 PM EDT
[#19]
You must meet the Sancho in AK late July early Aug.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:46:30 PM EDT
[#20]
I believe Argentina has World class trout fishing, so maybe there if you're a fisherman.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:51:13 PM EDT
[#21]
Quoted:
I had to cancel a biz trip due to health issues back in December of last year so DELTA graciously credited my account $2300 towards two tickets to go anywhere I want...with the biggest cost (airfare) out of the way or greatly reduced 'm figuring a little vacation is in order...where should I go? The only place I want to visit again is Christchurch New Zealand...so far I have been to the following so they are out...

All 50 states
All of Canada
Ireland
Scotland
France
India
Thailand
Indonesia
Bangladesh
England
Belgium
Norway
China
Japan
Italy
Spain
Most of the ME
Belize
Honduras
A good bit of the Caribbean
Hawaii
Columbia
Costa Rica
A good bit of Mexico but maybe Baja...
and a crap load of places I don't want to remember for whatever reason...


So I am thinking

AZORES
PORTUGAL
South America Chile, Argentina
Canary Islands
Greece
Sicily

A little background...I like small places, small villages, towns...I am a foody...love food If I could pal around with Andrew Zimmern or Alton Brown and just eat my way around the world in little run down mom and pop places would...local seafoods, veggies, meats, ethnic cultural foods...

I'm thinking for some reason Portugal, get away from Lisbon, the coastline somewhere small

Or the Azores...

Where would you go and why?
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Bavaria (Germany) Oktoberfest is not on your list...  You should fix this and whilst there you can see Garmisch, Neuschwanstein, Innsbruck, Augsburg, etc...

You are welcome oder Wilkommen.



Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:53:11 PM EDT
[#22]
Thailand.

How is this even a question?
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:54:20 PM EDT
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Yeah if he wants to be stuck on island with brown tree snakes, Japanese tourists and the three surly Chammoro's that have not fled.  

Sounds fun...
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:55:46 PM EDT
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Good choice, I loved Port Elizabeth.
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South Africa


Good choice, I loved Port Elizabeth.
I would actually fly to Johannesburg and then catch a flight to Maun Botswana for a safari....you will be flying economy for $2300...

 
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:55:54 PM EDT
[#25]
Go to some tropical island somewhere.

Or, do a loop around the United States. Open the cabin door and throw beer bottles at road signs. Fuck it, why not.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 7:58:02 PM EDT
[#26]
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So ? Just get a regular seat.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:00:11 PM EDT
[#27]
Ukraine.


<<<drops mic>>>
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:00:26 PM EDT
[#28]
I hear Syria is bumpin this time of year.  
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:00:44 PM EDT
[#29]

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Guam.  And yes, I'm serious.



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AKA Snake and Spider Island?

 
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:02:02 PM EDT
[#30]
Prague

Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:02:54 PM EDT
[#31]
Galapagos
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:03:27 PM EDT
[#32]
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I know it's the words that are the joke but lmfao @ anyone flying any AirAsia or any airlines closely related right now.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:03:35 PM EDT
[#33]
AZORES
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:09:56 PM EDT
[#34]
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:11:59 PM EDT
[#35]
Do you dive? Truk Lagoon if so....
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:22:18 PM EDT
[#36]
Chad
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:28:40 PM EDT
[#37]
Slovenia

Ain't never been there, they tell me it's nice
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:34:32 PM EDT
[#38]


Go to Munich for Oktoberfest (last 2 weeks of Sept.)









edit: already beat


 

Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:38:10 PM EDT
[#39]
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:39:46 PM EDT
[#40]
Poland. Because perigoes.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:42:08 PM EDT
[#41]
Visit us in Kinshasa, Congo

Go to "Chez How are You"
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:42:54 PM EDT
[#42]
Quoted:
I had to cancel a biz trip due to health issues back in December of last year so DELTA graciously credited my account $2300 towards two tickets to go anywhere I want...with the biggest cost (airfare) out of the way or greatly reduced 'm figuring a little vacation is in order...where should I go? The only place I want to visit again is Christchurch New Zealand...so far I have been to the following so they are out...

All 50 states
All of Canada
Ireland
Scotland
France
India
Thailand
Indonesia
Bangladesh
England
Belgium
Norway
China
Japan
Italy
Spain
Most of the ME
Belize
Honduras
A good bit of the Caribbean
Hawaii
Columbia
Costa Rica
A good bit of Mexico but maybe Baja...
and a crap load of places I don't want to remember for whatever reason...


So I am thinking

AZORES
PORTUGAL
South America Chile, Argentina
Canary Islands
Greece
Sicily

A little background...I like small places, small villages, towns...I am a foody...love food If I could pal around with Andrew Zimmern or Alton Brown and just eat my way around the world in little run down mom and pop places would...local seafoods, veggies, meats, ethnic cultural foods...

I'm thinking for some reason Portugal, get away from Lisbon, the coastline somewhere small

Or the Azores...

Where would you go and why?
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How are you a foody and enjoy small villages and have never been to Germany/Switzerland??
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:49:29 PM EDT
[#43]
Isle of Skye, Scotland

Small "villages" and you can have authentic haggis.

It really is a beautiful place.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 8:52:28 PM EDT
[#44]
Hell you been to enough places give the tickets to me
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 9:00:08 PM EDT
[#45]
St Bart's
If you are a foody you will be in paradise.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 9:00:58 PM EDT
[#46]
Go to england and get your butthole licked by a thottie
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 9:06:43 PM EDT
[#47]
My two favorite places are Croatia and Panama. Malta get's an honorable mention though.
Link Posted: 4/26/2015 9:13:28 PM EDT
[#48]
Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia.
Link Posted: 5/2/2015 5:26:18 PM EDT
[#49]
Looking like either Portugal or Christchurch NZ...tough tough decision...I've been to NZ South Island a few times...it just gets better every time...
Link Posted: 5/2/2015 5:33:49 PM EDT
[#50]
Take capnrob97 to Mississippi or Alabama, he has never been to either!!  
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