Whats the best country you ever visited?

gary the great

Inspired by the "what countries have you visited thread"

Well, for some reason i just loved the Czech Republic more than anywhere else I have visited. Cant explain why it was my favourite place though, there is just something about it and the woman and beer aint bad either!

Ruu_Old

Germany, everything so accessible and easy to get around without a car no matter what part of the country you live in.

The Free Man

Thailand.

fell in love, nearly died about 10 times, and broke my neck all in a short 6 weeks there.

what a place

Nalz

Sweden...for obvious reasons! ah no, great country!

Creamy Goodness

canada - seeing the flapping heads and everyone saying aboot instead of about was so worth the trip

Necronomicon

Do principalities count? I loved Andorra....so cheap and fantastic scenery!

okay, I haven't been in that many countries

gary the great

The Free Man wrote:

Thailand.

fell in love, nearly died about 10 times, and broke my neck all in a short 6 weeks there.

what a place

Holy crap! Am headin to them parts in a couple of months cant wait for it.

Black Swan

South Korea.

They were so nice to me before and after beating me up during taekwondo testing (WTF).

Pherekydes

France.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Cremo wrote:

canada - seeing the flapping heads and everyone saying aboot instead of about was so worth the trip

beat me to it, this place rocks

abetarrush

Japan

GO ON D FXCK

I went in 2003, when i was 15. My sisters brought me [legend!]

What a fxckin place! The people are so sound its scary. And its a good laff

Funny story:

Me mate was in Italy and got me a keychain, so I thought I'd get her somethin in Japanland, so, I was in this food shop, and bought a box of Fizz sticks for her. So the next day, I was dyin for some sweets, so i thought, ah ill eat the fizz and get another box tmoro

So i ate one tube, and i was like, wtf, theres no taste! then i tried more, but they all tasted the same, then I read the box.....

It was sugar

And it even said "Teatime friend" on them

I curled up in a ball laffin, was so funny



Ah... good aul Japan

Deadly place for youngings, all we did was go t Theme parks, one for each day

Defo goin back

JAPAN JAPAN JAPAN!

YeAh!

Poland.....went with a good group of people. Was absolutely excellent! Was staying with people from all over Europe, weather was excellent, visited Warsaw, Krackow.....fantastic place, and I have great memories of the whole experience.

JustCoz

Holland, Amsterdam, what a city! Not for the obvious reasons. I was just amazed by it, all the bikes and so much culture

nuttz

Argentina

crosstownk

Sweden - way up north in Kiruna - above the Artic Circle in February. Beautiful. Amazing.

Nightwish

Austria - where I was, up in the Alps was stunning. The air is so cold, so clean. The snow is gorgeous, the mountains were so impressive. The area was just so beautiful and isolated. The town I stayed in only had 100 people living there and the serenity was so calming. I'd live there if I could speak German.

Blowfish

YeAh! wrote:

Poland.....went with a good group of people. Was absolutely excellent! Was staying with people from all over Europe, weather was excellent, visited Warsaw, Krackow.....fantastic place, and I have great memories of the whole experience.

I'd say the same, everything is really cheap too.

Lemlin

Scotland. They're just like us

L31mr0d

Mordeth wrote:

beat me to it, this place rocks

Same here, has to be Canada, with Italy in a close second. I've been pretty much all around Italy, venice being the highlight, but the raw, untouched landscape of Canada with its prairies, mountains, endless forests and lakes, wildlife everywhere and amazing panoramas right outside the local walmart. I've never been anywhere in the world that has made me feel so alive. When i think of how I dread a 3-4 drive to galway or kerry, but I drove for 10 hours straight through Canada and enjoyed every minute from winding, precarious mountain roads to flat straight roads that trail onto the horizon, to glaciers, to stopping to allow bears to cross the road. If your the kind of person where its all about not where your going but how you got there, Canada is the best.

Karl Hungus

Japan.

Norway also rocked, but not as much as Japan.

LovelyHurling

Lemlin wrote:

Scotland. They're just like us

Id have to say Germany. Theyre nothing like us!

DoctorEdgeWild

New Zealand for me - Just like Ireland except for no Irish people. Or at least not very many, meaning there is more stuff going on than just drinking.

Anyone thinking about heading over there, I'd recommend it (slightly) over Australia. It's just a bit different and pretty easy to carve out a life for yourself over there.

R0ot

Poland, loved it, never felt so much at home anywhere else (besides home that is)

Hagar

France. I stayed.

blorg

On balance Spain, particularly Galicia. Spain is a really beautiful country with a fantastic amount of variety.

Mr. Presentable

Not having been to very many countries:
France
Spain
Germany
USA
England
Wales
Scotland

My favourite is Italy, easily.

adebisi

Travelling around the Greek islands, magical, nothing like it!
Never have to go to the same island twice (however, if anyone is planning it, stay far far away from Eos, the 'Irish' island - tis horrible.

Miss Fluff

Saudi Arabia

mada999

USA - been to east coast and west coast...loved it!

Tazz T

adebisi wrote:

Travelling around the Greek islands, magical, nothing like it!
Never have to go to the same island twice (however, if anyone is planning it, stay far far away from Eos, the 'Irish' island - tis horrible.

Greece for me too.

Outside the 'village' Ios is beautiful and almost undiscovered. I'd definitely go back. Faliraki and that awful stretch of North East Crete are much worse.

Everywhere in the Cyclades is incredible, plus Lesvos in the North East Aegaean, Symi in Dodecanese, Hydra in the Saronics - I could go on forever. Wish I was there now. Roll on retirement.

tbh

abetarrush wrote:

JAPAN JAPAN JAPAN!

me too - I was so chuffed the first time I made a trip on the underground on my own in Tokyo It's so different to here, which I usually don't like, but loved Japan.

me and the biz

South Africa... by far

Ponster

France. I stayed too.

interl00per

Spain - anywhere away from the "costas", esp. Galicia and Andalucia.
OR
Italy from Florence all the way to Sicily.
...food, drink, weather, scenery cutoms etc etc etc

projectmayhem

honestly i've never met a friendlier people then when i was in America. i'd love to set up residence there some day, but really with all their crazy PC-ness i don't think i'd be able to cope. i'm not a good catholic

mikedragon32

Hagar wrote:

France. I stayed.

Germany shades it over France for me. Although anywhere on the continent is great because you can get anywhere by train, if you want to, and it's relatively cheap to do so.

Hagar, where in South of France are you? I'm a regular visitor to Nice.

Archeron

Of all the countries I've visited, I have to be honest and say that I love good old Ireland.

Everytime I sit sweltering in the sun in a resort somewhere, I dream of bring back at home in the pouring rain and the gales. I'm one of those weird people that actually likes Irish weather, and I miss it when I'm away.

gracehopper

Not sure whats the best country but definitely my favourite city is San Diego

Supercell

Germany,worked there for two summers in my Uni years.

Pros :-

1) Public transport thats fast, reliable, clean and cheap
2) Everywhere is clean and no knackers in sight asking for smokes or littering the streets or threatening me for "lookin ah" them, I was in Munich so cannot comment on other areas.
3) Housing is far cheaper
4) People in shops are friendly
5) Climate - sunny and warm in the summer (with some kick ass thunderstorms) and cold and snowy in the winter - the way I like it.

Cons

They speak German not English..thats it.

Balmed Out

peru or egypt, worst ive been is australia its a bit little america

Ronan|Raven

New Zealand

Rhyme

South of France... beautiful country only marred by a couple of things in the North. Perpignan

spurious

New Zealand here too - fantastic country.
Safe to travel in, not too many people, good value for money, well set up for tourists, extraordinary landscape, and has the same 'little country beside a big country' sense of humour we have here.
I loved it.

sheepshagger

Iceland. . . . 21 odd hours of daylight in Summer - unbelivable

Beers a bit pricey but didnt care, wasnt there to drink, the sights are stunning.

Feenikusu

Ireland.
The nature, the people, the weather... everything's great =D

Chinafoot

Got to be Australia....specifically Melbourne.

LovelyHurling

If have to say New Zealand. Like Australia, but better.

Zascar

Also have to say Australia. Got so much going for it. Natural beauty, beaches, Infrastructure, opportunity, English speaking, hot women, and best of all the weather!

Roen

Mozambique, probably one of the most stunning places on earth, 2800km of Indian ocean paradise coastline. Primal forest and crazy mountains that just stick right up out of it. Add in the sweetest pineapples in the world and the exotic mix of Portugese, African, Indian and Chinese food (and women ) and you have one hell of a country. Lots of landmines though.
All in all Bob Dylan was right "I like to spend some time in Mozambique
The sunny sky is aqua blue"