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What's the most exotic place you've travelled?

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Does Detroit count?:rofl: I've travelled quite a bit but nothing more exotic than Caribbean and Hawaii. Looking back, I wish we went to Tahiti or Fiji for our honeymoon since life becomes more complicated as the years go by and harder to go to the far ends of the earth. Looking forward to hear about others' adventures.
 

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Santorini Greece is my choice. I have been to Hawaii and many Caribbean Islands, and while they are beautiful, I think Santorini has them beat in the exotic description. Views of the water and late afternoon sunsets are incredible.
 

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Dazu, China. The stone sculptures carved into the mountains are beyond awesome. It's off the beaten path and very few Americans venture there; mostly Europeans. Because it's so isolated, the area escaped damage during the Cultural Revolution.

Ingrid
 

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New York City. I wouldn't call it exotic but it is definitely our favorite place to visit. We have been to the Caribbean. Mexico, Canada, Hawaii, and all over the US.
 

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The unrecognized statelets of Boputswana in Africa and Transnistria in Europe would probably be the most exotic, followed by Kosovo, Bosnia, Swaziland, and Botswana.
 

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Berbera, Somalia, tops my list of places I'd rather not go back to.

Port Louis, Mauritius, is probably the most interesting of the less-traveled places I've been. I'd love to go back there. One of its claims to fame is that's where the Dodo Bird used to live.

The Indian Ocean atoll of Diego Garcia is probably the most isolated.

As for "exotic?" Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Australia, Greece, Turkey, Dubai, Cuba, and even Haiti would be on the list.

Blame the Navy. They took me everywhere. But now I get to go back and see the stuff *I* want to see. :)

Dave
 

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Amazon jungle:

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On the Equator in Ecuador:

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Machu Picchu:

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Galapagos Islands:

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We are in South Korea right now, to attend our son's wedding. this is our second visit to this beautiful country.

Dori
 

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-- Bonaire, for what's below the waterline.

-- Amalfi Coast, Italy, for the drive.
... Going to the Sun Road, Glacier NP, a close 2nd.

-- Homer, Alaska, for its simple funkiness.

-- Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, for breathtaking scenery at the Top of Europe.
 

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I lived in Siberia. Not really exotic, just dirty and really cold in winter.
 

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I have by no means traveled far and wide. However the farthest reaching place my travels have taken me is Bangalore India. Not for leisure but for business. However I was able to see the local culture more than most as our local reps there took me out for the day during Diwali. Trying to navigate MG Road with the throng of people was a nightmare.

My wife doesn't agree but I don't really count cruise ship ports of call as places I have traveled. We have been to Belize and Honduras, but I don't really think I can say I have been to those countries. In Belize we snorkeled 12 miles off the coast and in Honduras we sat on the beach for the day. Not really all that exotic. Unless I have stayed overnight and driven the roads, It doesn't count.
 

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I think I've traveled to some pretty outstanding places, but didn't think any qualify as "exotic" so I looked up the word:

–adjective
1. of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized: exotic foods; exotic plants.
2. strikingly unusual or strange in effect or appearance: an exotic hairstyle.
3. of a uniquely new or experimental nature: exotic weapons.
4. of, pertaining to, or involving stripteasing: the exotic clubs where strippers are featured.

If we consider omitting definition #4, I think I would say Alaska might qualify under definition #2 and yet that conflicts with #2 as Alaska IS native . . . native in many ways to its core. That is the attraction for me.

So now I'm thinking the word "exotic" is really an oxymoron ;)
 

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Yes, I am from Romania originally, and there is nothing exotic to me in all of Eastern Europe. When I think "exotic" I think Seychelles, French Polynesia, Turks and Caicos, and Maldives. I think it's all in the eye of the beholder. There is beauty everywhere - some is in the nature, some in the culture and the people, some in the architecture and history, some in the local food. Every place has its beauty, and we usually find as exotic those places and things that are very different from where we grew up and what we're accustomed to.

I lived in Siberia. Not really exotic, just dirty and really cold in winter.
 
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1980 and 1982, trips to Bora Bora. I spend days floating on the water watching fish and taning myself on a motu. It was magical. (I hate to think of the hotels there now).
 

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Utah!

Bryce Canyon and Goblin Valley are both "strikingly unusual" places. Most of Utah has something interesting and beautiful to see. It's been said that if you don't like the scenery, just drive 30 minutes and it will change.
 

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GAZA STRIP

Not beautiful but definitely exotic in a cultural way: the Gaza Strip - I was there the day Rabin and Arafat shook hands in DC. Much celebrating and joy in the streets.
 

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Penang Maylasia, beautiful island and interesting and exotic culture.
 

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Bryce Canyon and Goblin Valley are both "strikingly unusual" places. Most of Utah has something interesting and beautiful to see. It's been said that if you don't like the scenery, just drive 30 minutes and it will change.

I definitely agree on Utah. It is spectacular.
 

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Phu Quoc island, Viet Nam. The harbor at the southern tip, An Thoi, was spectacular, much like the islands up in the north of the country. Breathtaking.
 

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Pattaya Beach Thailand circa 1968, then a sleepy tourist beach place south of Bangkok. Went back in 2000, didn't recognize anything except the off shore islands, as it is no longer a sleepy beach place but a mega vacation spot for Europeans. I remember the water being so clear that boats or swimmers seemed suspended as if on air, today the water is a foul greenish color.

Second would be Phuket Thailand circa 1968 as well, before it was developed. Was sent there by the military who was looking for new R&R place for vacationing GI's from Vietnam to go to. Was flown into a WW11 airstrip and left to my own devices for 5 days. Spent five wonderful days roaming around the island and the main City. When I got back I was so impressed with the place that I wrote a negative report so that maybe the flood of GI's on R&R would be prevented and not alter the character of the island.
 

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We took a Star Clippers cruise to Tahiti, Tahaa, Huahine, Bora Bora and Moorea. Best. Trip. Ever.

We also travelled to Belize many years ago, before it was relatively mainstream. We were attacked by sand flies on Caye Caulker, met a jungle jaguar in Belmopan, and were marched on in our sleep (not once but twice) by army ants in the inland jungle. We ran the nighttime gauntlet of crabs, had to cancel our daytrip to Tikal because of a coup that took place in Guatemala. Oh yeah, when we ran in a panic from the ants, we sought asylum at the mobile home of a crazy American jungle man. He greeted us at his door stark naked with a shotgun in his hand (maybe not an unreasonable response when someone bangs on your door in Central America in the middle of the night). Oh and did I mention the BATS?! Well, that is a story for another time. So Belize was pretty memorable as well. We had a great time.
 
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