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Good, 64 places
ME= Middle East, PAC= Pacific, E=Europe, LA=Latin America, AS= Asia, AF= Africa, ANZ= Australia New Zealand, NA= North America, Chn= China
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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