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In response to "Hotkiss - do you have any particular goals? like an activity you want to do?" by Guy

I'd like to do some outdoorsy stuff and see beautiful views. And wander. I'm a huge fan of wandering.

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) Nov 5 '09, 09:53

Lower on the list but still awesome:
beaches

Not important:
shopping
being comfortable

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how about Costa Rica? Great airfares these days. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 09:59 29
- if she's anything like me, she's looking for something a little different than her last trip - Guy Nov 5, 10:00 28
  - I thought she went to Mexico City? Wouldn't that be like the difference between Los Angeles and the Napa Valley? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 10:01 27
    - Judging from her FB profile pic, I believe she ended up deciding on the Yucatan -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 10:03 13
      - I went to Yucatan last week. (alone!) -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 10:07 5
        
        Cool! -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 10:09 4
        
        I'm 100% pro-travel. but also a strong advocate of knowing what you're getting into. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 10:11 3
        
        You're straight up telling people "DO NOT do this," "DO NOT do that...: -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 10:13 1
        
        for certain things, hell yes. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 10:14
        
        fair enough, that's why i confer to you and ST :) -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 10:12
      - eh? How did you get Yucatan from my pic? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 10:06 5
        
        You had one before where it looked like you were at a ruins... -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 10:07 4
        
        Central America is *littered* with ruins -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 10:09 2
        
        *cough* Mexico is not Central America. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 10:10 1
        
        fine, Latin America is *littered* with ruins -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 10:13
        
        Ah yes, those were ruins but just outside Mexico City :) -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 10:09
      - Hm, maybe not... -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 10:05
    - did she stay in MC? i assumed she ventured out a bit too -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 10:02 2
      - Yeah I stayed in the city. Did 3 daytrips while I was there, stayed overnight in San Miguel one night (overrated). -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 10:03 1
        
        its really too bad the Iceland thing expired. its a great deal and they have lots of beautiful parks, waterfalls, geysers, hot springs, etc. - Guy Nov 5, 10:12
    - Same language, similar food (I'm guessing) -- nm - Roger More Nov 5, 10:02 9
      - Napa is known for it's fancy restaurants. Los Angeles has of late become a foodie's paradise (you just have to drive almost everywhere) -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 10:10 5
        
        I'm talking about the similarities between Mexico City and Costa Rica -- nm - Roger More Nov 5, 10:11 4
        
        it's like comparing NYC to the Everglades. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 10:12 3
        
        Yep - and to an outsider, the United States is one big amorphous blob with one type of food, one way of speaking, etc - Roger More Nov 5, 10:15 1
        
        I always made it a point to explain to my foreign friends this summer that an NYC usa and Indiana usa is vastly different. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 10:18
        
        from what ive read/heard, Costa Rica has become a tourism hotspot - Guy Nov 5, 10:15
      - have you BEEN to los angeles? - Beryllium Nov 5, 10:03
      - food: i doubt that. other than using similar staples, it varies a bit - Guy Nov 5, 10:03 1
        
        Sure - similar in the way that Chinese foodin Beijing is similar to Chinese food in Hong Kong - Roger More Nov 5, 10:10
Lake District, North Yorkshire Moors or the Highlands if you were going UK (but in the spring or late summer) -- nm - LMS Nov 5, 09:58
I'll say argentina again. it's cheap as once you get there. chile's great too, but everything costs about 3x as much. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 09:57 11
- (Oh, these 2016 Olympics are going to *rule*!) -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 10:01
- definitely high up on my list. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 09:59
- my best friend went to Brazil/Argentina for a couple weeks last year, she said Arg was crazy-cheap. -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 09:59 2
  - it's unbelievable, especially food. you could go to the best restaurant in town, eat enough for a small family, drink a bottle of really good wine, - mafic Nov 5, 10:03 1
    - and that would still be the "gringo price" :) -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 10:04
- my neighbors just got back from there and had nothing but wonderful things to say about it -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 09:59
- Totally, especially because I have a friend in Buenos Aires, but the airfare would be impossible -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 09:58 3
  - I'm free anytime Jan 1 - Feb 15ish (assuming I get the Feb job I want......) -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 10:02 1
    - i asked because sometimes it is significantly cheaper to fly into a different country and travel by bus or train to your main destination - Guy Nov 5, 10:06
  - how much time do you have? -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 10:01
- heh. And I was just guessing when I used "Argentina" in that joke from yesterday -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 09:57
See, I love the IM, and I don't think a lot of STers are getting that -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 09:56
head to Vermin's couch before we sully the crap out of the Alaskan wilderness! -- nm - Max Nov 5, 09:55
you need to go to Oregon, plenty of opportunity to do that, and great beaches too... -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 09:54 3
- yeah, but the hiking (and beaches) is better in spring and summer. too rainy now -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 09:58 1
  - good point. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 10:00
- I totally want to do the PCH at some point. It sounds spectacular. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 09:56

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