Continent |
City of the World |
Ambience |
Bars |
Food |
Visits |
Comments |
ANZ |
Auckland |
8 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
97 03, 06 |
Check Viaduct Basin and waterside bars |
E |
Toledo, Spain |
8 |
7 |
7 |
97 |
Great day trip from Madrid |
LA |
Colonia, Uraguay |
7.5 |
7 |
7.5 |
05 |
Old Spanish colonial, near Buenos Aires |
NA |
Victoria, BC |
7.5 |
6.5 |
7 |
05 |
Fly in on a sea plane |
NA |
Washington |
7.5 |
6 |
6 |
72, 93 |
Great monuments and buildings |
LA |
Santa Cruz, Chile |
7.5 |
5.5 |
7 |
01 |
Stay on the square, visit wineries |
NA |
Miami Beach |
7 |
8 |
7 |
72,90, 01 |
South Beach has the action |
CHN |
Yangshou |
7 |
7 |
6 |
06 |
Arrive on the Li River, West St fun |
LA |
Buzios, Brazil |
7 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
06 |
check out all the beaches on the
peninsula |
NA |
Seychelles |
7 |
6 |
6 |
02 |
Get out to the other islands |
NA |
St Lucia |
7 |
6 |
7 |
79, 01 |
Check the Pitons |
E |
Porto |
7 |
5 |
5 |
94, 99, 05 |
Glass of Port on the river |
AS |
Kandy, Sri Lanka |
7 |
4 |
6 |
94, 04 |
Stay Swiss, dine at Helga’s Folley |
AF |
Stellenbosch |
7 |
6.5 |
7 |
84, 07 |
Do a winery tour... ask for our
mini-guide |
PAC |
Honolulu /Waikiki |
6.5 |
8 |
7 |
76, 99 |
Dukes for sunset drinks |
NA |
Sonoma, Calif |
6.5 |
7.5 |
8 |
97, 99, 05 |
Action on the Square |
E |
Lisbon |
6.5 |
6 |
6 |
92, 05, 06 |
Stay at the Lapa Palace, drinks at Cafe
Brazileros |
AS |
Bangkok |
6 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
10+ visits |
a one-night town unless you stay at The
Oriental |
E |
Berlin |
6 |
6 |
5 |
88, 91 |
Time to visit again…. |
ANZ |
Picton/ Marlborough |
6 |
5 |
8 |
06 |
Head up the Sounds / hit the wineries |
LA |
Port au Prince |
6 |
5 |
4 |
72, 00 |
Stay at Olufsons |
ANZ |
Christchurch, NZ |
8 |
7 |
7 |
98, 03, 06 |
A little old England with a good bar strip |
E |
Funchal, Madeira |
8 |
6 |
6 |
00 |
Check out Reids and the toboggan ride |
ANZ |
Brisbane |
7 |
8 |
7 |
06 |
Very pleasant Australian city |
E |
Bandol, France |
7.5. |
6.5 |
7 |
f 06 |
a bigger variant of Cassis but not nearly
as nice |
LA |
San Antonio de Areco, Argentina |
7 |
7 |
6.5 |
06 |
Gaucho town a la 1920's |
E |
York, England |
7 |
8 |
7 |
98 |
Good for a pub crawl |
AS |
Agra, India |
7 |
6 |
5 |
76, 00 |
Taj Mahal Magnificent, city a dump |
E |
Avila, Spain |
7 |
6 |
6 |
99 |
Avoid Vega Sicilia wine, unless you are
rich |
E |
Santorini, Greece |
6 |
5 |
6 |
88, 06 |
Drinks on the caldera view are great, too
many cruisers |
LA |
Tamarindo, Costa Rico |
7 |
6 |
6.5 |
99 |
Beach town – learn to surf |
NA |
St Helena, Napa |
7 |
5 |
6 |
96, 99, 05 |
Lunch at Auberge de Soleil |
AF |
Antananarivo, Madagascar |
6.5 |
7.5 |
6 |
07 |
1920's French African, poor and bizaar -
check it out... |
AS |
Puerto Galaera, Phil |
6.5 |
9 |
3 |
86, 00 |
Check Capt’ Gregg’s |
AS |
Dubai, UAE |
6.5 |
8 |
7 |
05 |
Check the desert trips |
NA |
Barbados |
6.5 |
7 |
6.5 |
81 |
Beware the Jolly Roger cruise |
PAC |
Lahania, Maui |
6.5 |
7 |
7 |
99 |
Good bar scene |
ANZ |
Hunter Valley, Oz |
6.5 |
5 |
7 |
92, 98 |
Great Chardonnay |
NA |
Martinique |
6.5 |
6 |
7 |
79, 01 |
Provence in the Indies |
E |
Vienna |
6 |
7 |
6 |
97 |
Weiner Schnitzel and Sacher Torte |
E |
Munich |
6 |
7 |
6 |
87, 97, 99 |
Excellent beer festival |
AF |
Maputu, Mozambique |
6 |
6.5 |
6 |
07 |
T.I.A. - This is Africa - stay at the
Polona Hotel, eat prawns |
LA |
Mexico City |
6 |
6 |
7 |
75, 81, 95 |
Try Bellinghausen restaurant in the Zona
Rosa |
LA |
Santiago, Chile |
6 |
6 |
6.5 |
01, 05 |
Bellavista area most fun |
Chn |
Gullin |
6 |
4 |
4 |
06 |
Walk around the lakes |
E |
Cannes |
6 |
5 |
6 |
f 96, 06 |
Over-rated, Nice is better |
E |
Ciudad Rodrigues, Sp |
7 |
8 |
6 |
99 |
Compact centre, great bars |
AF |
Cassamance, Senegal |
7 |
6 |
6 |
90 |
Off the beaten track |
LA |
Ascuncion, Paraguay |
6.5 |
6.5 |
5 |
01 |
Great bar opposite Presidential Palace, no tourists |
LA |
LaPaz, Bolivia |
6.5 |
5 |
7 |
75, 05 |
It was better in 1975 |
E |
Marseille |
6 |
7 |
6 |
97, 98, 99, 01 |
Bouillabaisse in the old port |
NA |
Dallas |
6 |
7 |
7 |
05 |
JR lives on |
ANZ |
Nelson, NZ |
6 |
6 |
6 |
98 |
Quiet and laid back, wineries |
E |
Verona |
6 |
6 |
6 |
98 |
Stay in the old section |
E |
Geneva |
6 |
6 |
5 |
69, 97 |
They don’t insult tourists with cheap prices |
E |
Ljubljana |
6 |
6 |
4 |
98 |
Pretty, but not much else |
LA |
Vina del Mar, Chile |
6 |
5 |
6.5 |
01 |
Old town is better, as expected |
LA |
Puerto Seguro, Brazil |
6 |
5 |
5 |
01 |
Cross the river to the south side |
NA |
Kelowna, Canada |
6 |
4 |
5 |
01 |
Check the wineries |
LA |
Santo Domingo |
5 |
6 |
4 |
72, 00 |
Buy cigars, beer on the square |
PAC |
Raratonga |
5 |
6 |
5 |
98 |
Avoid cyclone season |
E |
Bordeaux |
5 |
5 |
7 |
98, 99, 03 |
Get to the wineries |
AS |
Singapore |
6.5 |
7 |
6.5 |
87, 98, 05, 07 |
Go to Boat Quay, chilli crab over-rated,
skip Raffles |
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