re: #19 Edouard

This weekend … I’ve been thinking of global cities I’d like to visit.

Where should I plan a trip? I’d like to try a place very remote from the U.S. Just to really open up the world for myself a little more.

Some possibilities:

Tel Aviv
Melbourne
Singapore
Almaty
Cape Town
Mumbai
Copenhagen
Buenos Aires
Avarua (Cook Islands)

…. (?) suggestions?

My first suggestion is to stay away from large cities altogether, which would include many on your list. Major urban agglomerations tend to all look alike, wherever they are.

Smaller and even mid-size towns often keep their local character better. So: open your mind to the smaller places.

However, a downside to that is that all the smaller places that are prototypical in some way are overrun with tourists, wherever you go on earth these days. Cute now equals overpriced.

Anyway, as for specific suggestions…hmmm…

A friend of mine went to Tasmania recently and loved it.

Here are a few recommendations from me, either of places I’ve been to and liked, or have always wanted to visit but never gotten to yet:

Zanzibar
Hong Kong
Bled
Cape Town
Molokai
Surinam