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Originally Posted by Superfraggle
I will never understand how people can come to a country, live in fancy hotels, and take a guided tour and think they've experienced a place (not saying that that's you, specifically...nothing wrong with wanting a hotel). You meet the most interesting people in hostels.
"If you can afford it" is a rather large qualifier, though.  |
Hey don't get me wrong, I hate guided tours as much as anyone (been there done that, my parents loved those when I was a kid), those are always rush rush rush, cram a tour of the whole country in 8 days. No thanks. I allow myself at least 2 weeks in any foreign countries to fully explore at least 1 destination of interest. I spend anywhere from 3-6 months researching every aspect of my destination (Virtual Tourist/Tripadvisor etc etc) before I even buy the plane tickets. (I'm an obsessive compulsive planner/organizer type, nothing ever goes wrong in my vacations, I hate surprises
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