Klaus Armenia
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I haven't been to that many, but I liked the US and Estonia. I would recommend anyone Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
What's your favourite country youve ever visited?
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Norway of the ones I've visited! Great place.
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
Mmmm yeah, I'd love to go to Lithuania. 
I love Indonesia - so much variety. I've been to 20-odd islands, each one completely different.
I love Indonesia - so much variety. I've been to 20-odd islands, each one completely different.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
New Zealand
or Catalonia
or Catalonia
Ron Merlin
Jus de chaussettes
Klaus Armenia said:
Yup, Vilnius (Lithuania) is the place to be! Visit the Frank Zappa statue, the KGB/Genocide Museum, totter drunkenly through the cobbled Old Town and try not to go under a trolleybus on your way home. BTW DRINK THE BEER! Gorgeous!
Canada would be high on the list. I've only been to Nova Scotia, but I loved it. It had all the nice bits of New England, whilst being over the border in a considerably more liberal, laid-back country.
I was well taken with Romania when I went a few years ago too. Transylvania is beautiful.
I was well taken with Romania when I went a few years ago too. Transylvania is beautiful.
Bajie
Registered User
dominica, but the people there are in for hard times and I can not see much hope that it will end either in this neo-liberal climate 
I liked Alaska, especially the wilderness but also the people, though some of them did my head in at the same time I met a lot of alright people, though there really is too many people carry concealed hand guns, going back there this August with a bit of luck!
I liked Alaska, especially the wilderness but also the people, though some of them did my head in at the same time I met a lot of alright people, though there really is too many people carry concealed hand guns, going back there this August with a bit of luck!
pilchardman
Dances With Penguins
Poland. I'd like to go back. In fact, I've just had an idea for the summer holiday. Wonder if the kids'll wear it?
Ron Merlin said:Yup, Vilnius (Lithuania) is the place to be! Visit the Frank Zappa statue, the KGB/Genocide Museum, totter drunkenly through the cobbled Old Town and try not to go under a trolleybus on your way home. BTW DRINK THE BEER! Gorgeous!
syvturus is devine beer, i'm off out there at the beginning of august on holiday with the gf and her mum, he mum lives in wilno (polish for vilnius) but we're going out to nida on the west coast, amaazing place, it's a thin strip of land about 60km long, 2km wide, and it's sand that's formed the strip of land over the last couple of hundred years, it's full of pine forrests, sand dunes and fishing villages, the whole area is some designated nature reserve as well, so there's no cars or anything, been there a few times it's relaxing as fuck
my girlfriend just got back from wilno last week, she'd been out visiting her mum, she was pissed off as the place where she was born was full of stag parties and rugny tours and strip clubs, although if you go a little bit out of the capital it's like life hasn't changed for 200 years, not much happy medium going on there
i loved all the central & eastern european places i've visited, i don't get off much on lovely looking places and grand splendour, mainly on the history of the places and more importantly the people in the here and now, and on that basis i'd have to choose either serbia/montenegro or bosnia, with poland a close second (third, fourth?)
Space Girl
twp
China and Cuba are my favs so far, I always loved the old ex eastern bloc countries such as romania etc and kept returning to them but then I went to China and Cuba and found them amazing places, I suppose I like communitst or ex communist countries and it's nothing to do with politics, it's the people I like, I have always felt really comfortable and welcomed
Ron Merlin
Jus de chaussettes
Oisleep - aye, Svytyrys is bloody nice. Have found it in shops on Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham! Getting some in tonight.
I went to Nida, I think, back in '94 with some Russian loons. Sat in the sand dunes, smoked a paravoz and hitched back. Lovely out there.
You're right about the stag paries and strip clubs - crap indeed. I went back last summer and was rather sad to see so many shops on Piles. There were about 3 in '94! Still, the flavoured rolling tobacco is a welcome innovation.
Enjoy 'Wilno Nasho' as the Polish nationalist graffiti has it! Visit Zaltvysklé bar on Pilies - v friendly staff. Tip well! Also Bix Bar up in then former Jewish ghetto - lots of Lith hairies gather here at the weekend. Most pleasant
Zaltvykslé café
Bix Bar
I went to Nida, I think, back in '94 with some Russian loons. Sat in the sand dunes, smoked a paravoz and hitched back. Lovely out there.
You're right about the stag paries and strip clubs - crap indeed. I went back last summer and was rather sad to see so many shops on Piles. There were about 3 in '94! Still, the flavoured rolling tobacco is a welcome innovation.
Enjoy 'Wilno Nasho' as the Polish nationalist graffiti has it! Visit Zaltvysklé bar on Pilies - v friendly staff. Tip well! Also Bix Bar up in then former Jewish ghetto - lots of Lith hairies gather here at the weekend. Most pleasant
Zaltvykslé café
Bix Bar
Ron Merlin said:Also Bix Bar up in then former Jewish ghetto - lots of Lith hairies gather here at the weekend. Most pleasant
is bix bar in the former jewish ghetto, i didn't know that was there, it's quite close to the gates of dawn eh? my gf said that was the first "proper" pub in wilno, as it was just about to come out of soviet times, i was there at christmas and it still seems to be pretty true to it's original, they havn't jumped on the tourist bandwagon, it's a haven at times!
BassJunkie
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates.
India, I been to about 35 countries now, but since the first time I went to India, I just compare subsequent ones to India. Left my heart there I did!
Space Girl said:
What places have you visited in china? You haven't made it to the glorious metropolis known as Wuhan, by any chance?
I have to say, I do like China, but overall I think I still prefer Thailand and India more. Although of course my China experience has been fundamentally different; teaching in a big city, as opposed to travelling around and seeing the picturesque bits, smoking dope and going home again.
India though is just amazing place to visit, such variety. Hampi, Goa, Pushkar, Dharamsala, Jaisalmer, Mussoorie, Almora, Manali...
This summer though I'm doing some decent travelling in China. Some family and friends are coming over, and we're going down to Yunnan for about 2 weeks. Really looking forward to it.
India though is just amazing place to visit, such variety. Hampi, Goa, Pushkar, Dharamsala, Jaisalmer, Mussoorie, Almora, Manali...
This summer though I'm doing some decent travelling in China. Some family and friends are coming over, and we're going down to Yunnan for about 2 weeks. Really looking forward to it.
Yossarian
Get thee behind me, Santa
Klaus Armenia said:
What was it you liked so much about Estonia? It's somewhere I'd like to see - I've read about the islands in the Baltic being quite idyllic - but I don't know anybody who's actually been there.
I've been to my share of countries (and I think I took somebody else's share as well
), but I can't choose a favourite - there's crap things about the good ones and good things about the crap ones and I'd want to spend about twenty years going through them all again thoroughly and seeing a load of new ones before I felt like I could make an informed choice.But if I got offered the chance to go to any country in the world tomorrow, I'd probably choose Malaysia for the climate, the scenery, and the people - an interesting mix of Malay, Tamil, and Chinese.
Ron Merlin
Jus de chaussettes
Bix is tucked away up near where the defunct Langas jazz club was (helpful,aren't I) on Etmonu. Vilnius In Your Pocket says :
"A real, down-to-earth, rock and roll bar and pool hall. In the old days, this was one of the city’s first entertainment complexes, although regulars would hardly admit it. Expect loud music, leather-clad rockers and some seriously hard alcohol to go down here. While it does not deserve to be annotated as dangerous, it remains one of those places you might not want to go alone."
Address : Etmonų 6
Tel : 262 77 91
Website : www.bix.lt
Open daily :11:00-02:00
except:
Thursday: 11:00-03:00
Friday: 11:00-05:00
Saturday: 11:00-05:00
It feels a little wild but, if you can handle Brixton, Vilnius is a piece of piss. Great bar. The garlic-fried rye bread is shite in Bix, though.
Cheers! į sveikatą!
"A real, down-to-earth, rock and roll bar and pool hall. In the old days, this was one of the city’s first entertainment complexes, although regulars would hardly admit it. Expect loud music, leather-clad rockers and some seriously hard alcohol to go down here. While it does not deserve to be annotated as dangerous, it remains one of those places you might not want to go alone."
Address : Etmonų 6
Tel : 262 77 91
Website : www.bix.lt
Open daily :11:00-02:00
except:
Thursday: 11:00-03:00
Friday: 11:00-05:00
Saturday: 11:00-05:00
It feels a little wild but, if you can handle Brixton, Vilnius is a piece of piss. Great bar. The garlic-fried rye bread is shite in Bix, though.
Cheers! į sveikatą!
i love that garlic fried bread stuff, alhough admitedly it's not the best there, it's good in broadways night club just down the road from bix
i like the toilet's in bix as well, nice underground stony thing going on there
it's always been fairly quiet that last few times i've been in there and certainly not anything like that quote in IYP makes it out to be!
i like the toilet's in bix as well, nice underground stony thing going on there
it's always been fairly quiet that last few times i've been in there and certainly not anything like that quote in IYP makes it out to be!
Rock Bottom
Second Wind
Poi E said:
One place I ended up completely accidentally (the reasons for which are a long story) was Belgrade in Serbia. I thought it was a remarkably beautiful and interesting city with a lot of night-life - especially on either side of the banks of the river Danube(?). You can climb up some ancient castle structure on a hill somewhere or just wonder lost in the streets.
Serbs are cool - friendly, hospitable and beautiful - but even more so in neighbouring Bulgaria (Sofia) - where the women were truly goddesses. However, Sofia itself is dump.
