he's not even from edinburgh.
Yeh, he's from Glasgow. Which is why the Clyde is in the background.
I heard this is a great place to visit - we've got this on our to do's at some point...Taipei - Alternate timeline of Chinese history with an interesting melange of Chinese, Japanese, an Portuguese culture. Simultaneously hyper advanced and provincial. National Palace museum has priceless works of Chinese culture saved from the communists.
Yep, cities throughout the West are in much worse shape now vs 5-10 years ago.
Yeah, I can see Melbourne being the most livable city in Australia for a lot of people. As a destination though I'd argue it's hard to top Sydney. Australians often have a negative impression of Sydney compared to Melbourne though, which is fascinating. Seems they're both equally unaffordable for homeownership these days!I'm not sure - I lived in Melbourne for 14 years (Sydney for 18 months prior - not much going on when you peel away the surface) and in terms of living (not visiting) Melbourne is (for me at least) by far the best place to hole up in Australia. I'd still be there if my folks were't knocking on a bit and 10,000 miles away.
Saying that, I don't however think its quite as affordable as it used to be, certainly not when I popped back there a couple of years back, so I'm surprising its sitting at the top.
EDIT: Didn't read the title as 'travel destinations'
I know a lot of people who have been (or who are from there), and have heard a lot of cool things yeah. But also pretty serious security concerns which can mire the experience.
Do it. Go during opening day weekend and catch some CPBL.
We bloody well will! Girlfriend is Chinese Malay, however she's only been to China once so the intent is spend some extended time over there (and she's the one pushing for Taiwan as well - certainly its on the cards...)
Oh sure! SĂ£o Paulo and Rio are significantly more dangerous than what people are used to. However in Rio, the southern part is "mostly fine".
London isn't bad if you're visiting and know where you're going. A short trip with a few specific places on the itinerary, and you should, in theory, have a good time. But having been born and raised here, you end up seeing the ugly side of the city. It's a bit hard to take the list at face value. I was being a bit hyperbolic when I said it is a shithole.
Yeah every city is unfortunately going to have its bad sides. I was just meaning it's strange when you see people talking as if London is some warzone and then you go back there and it's pretty normal. But it's the nature of online discussion for things to be hyperbolic.
Going from Moscow to Beijing on the Trans-Mongolian Railway is one of the journeys I'd most like to make. But because of current politics, it's unlikely for a while.
50 years ago is 1976, back then New York was at the height of it's seedy era, porn districts, grotty night clubs, crumbling districts in the Bronx, etc, NYC didn't start getting it's act together until the 80s, peak NYC was the early to mid 90s.
800 years ago
I tried searching for my number one, Florence
Pyongyang is apparently a fun trip. I have a few friends who have visited multiple times.
