11-29-2006, 09:28 PM
Argentina is not only lame, but also very dangerous. But they do have great, inexpensive food. Brazil's food wasn't very good - I stuck with Pizza after two days of eating salty, shitty, dry food.
If you are going to go to the area, go to Brazil. There are actual beaches unlike Argentina, and a lot more to do. I am actually published author on the subject of Brazil vs. Argentina. If you want a more active vacation (I know, doubtfaul, amirite???) then Costa Rica has cool rafting and rainiforest hiking, and it's pretty cheap. Machu Pichu is lame and completely overrated. July may not be the best time to go to South America, however, it's a bit cold(er) there at that time
South Africa is easily the best vacation ever, and the only expensive thing is getting there. I had a very high end safari that was all inclusive of food, lodging, and 6+ hours of game drives/walks, and it was only $300 per person per day. You can fly direct (23 hours) or through Europe and break up the trips. Which you can also do if you went to Australia. Fly through San Fran or LA, spend a day there, and then go to Australia/New Zealand. I spent a day in Germany on the way to South Africa. You can get direct flights to South America from pretty much anywhere in Europe, so you could fly to Amsterdam for a day, which is really all you need in Amsterdam, and then fly to South Africa from there. And July is good time to go there. Just entering the dry season, so the game viewing would be good. You could also go to Capetown, which is romantic/pretty and do some drives down the coast, and then fly to get a safar, which would cost about $150 to fly across the country. Though the dollar's weaker than when I went there, so all the prices are probably more expensive.
Australia, Fiji, New Zeland et al are really cool, would be warm, and there's enough to do that you can be completely content fucking or sitting on the beach, and when she becomes repulsed by you physically, it's picturesque and go on tours. Plus the scuba diving is amazing. You don't HAVE to fly direct to any of those places. You can get a layover, and even choose your layover for most of those places. You may even be able to have a couple layovers - San Fran for a couple days - Hong Kong for a few days - Fiji for a few days - and it's not even that much more epensive.
I don't know why people have it in their mindset that any vacation they have to go to one place and one place alone and sit there for two weeks. After 3 or 4 days, I'm normally bored with any new country/area, and so I try to break up the vacations into a few different spots - the layovers aren't bad, you just have to plan more.
If you are going to go to the area, go to Brazil. There are actual beaches unlike Argentina, and a lot more to do. I am actually published author on the subject of Brazil vs. Argentina. If you want a more active vacation (I know, doubtfaul, amirite???) then Costa Rica has cool rafting and rainiforest hiking, and it's pretty cheap. Machu Pichu is lame and completely overrated. July may not be the best time to go to South America, however, it's a bit cold(er) there at that time
South Africa is easily the best vacation ever, and the only expensive thing is getting there. I had a very high end safari that was all inclusive of food, lodging, and 6+ hours of game drives/walks, and it was only $300 per person per day. You can fly direct (23 hours) or through Europe and break up the trips. Which you can also do if you went to Australia. Fly through San Fran or LA, spend a day there, and then go to Australia/New Zealand. I spent a day in Germany on the way to South Africa. You can get direct flights to South America from pretty much anywhere in Europe, so you could fly to Amsterdam for a day, which is really all you need in Amsterdam, and then fly to South Africa from there. And July is good time to go there. Just entering the dry season, so the game viewing would be good. You could also go to Capetown, which is romantic/pretty and do some drives down the coast, and then fly to get a safar, which would cost about $150 to fly across the country. Though the dollar's weaker than when I went there, so all the prices are probably more expensive.
Australia, Fiji, New Zeland et al are really cool, would be warm, and there's enough to do that you can be completely content fucking or sitting on the beach, and when she becomes repulsed by you physically, it's picturesque and go on tours. Plus the scuba diving is amazing. You don't HAVE to fly direct to any of those places. You can get a layover, and even choose your layover for most of those places. You may even be able to have a couple layovers - San Fran for a couple days - Hong Kong for a few days - Fiji for a few days - and it's not even that much more epensive.
I don't know why people have it in their mindset that any vacation they have to go to one place and one place alone and sit there for two weeks. After 3 or 4 days, I'm normally bored with any new country/area, and so I try to break up the vacations into a few different spots - the layovers aren't bad, you just have to plan more.