Croatia

Some of these places mentioned (like Turkey and Tunisia) are major tourist destinations, just not for Americans.

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Anonymous wrote:I took my first trip to Tbilisi Georgia and was amazed. Beautiful culture, that cheese bread thing - wow- their wine was nice and I really enjoyed interacting with the people. Of course they are no Italy or Spain but what a wonderful city. I went with a culturalExchange group and Georgia had the least people signing up. I would have never gone nor considered it. Now I’m wondering if I should broaden my horizons. Can you recommend other places where you were pleasantly surprised?

It’s called Khachapuri. Did you really go to Georgia and not learn that?!

I didn’t want to be disrespectful to their food or talk above the heads of readers.

Anyone familiar with the food should know the name. It’s very common. How did you like the khinkali and the badrijani? I’ll give you time to find a picture in Google.

I think they were probably typing fast (maybe didn't have time to check spelling; lord knows they probably would have been called out for spelling it wrong too) and wanted to be a bit glib and funny. I liked the post! I think you need to chill out and focus on the bigger picture of the praise and excitement, which is always cool. If a person from another country visits the US and raves about the country and 'those delicious potato things,' I could care less if they can't remember they are called french fries

Can we rename this thread “Travel blowhards, come on in”?

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Anonymous wrote:I took my first trip to Tbilisi Georgia and was amazed. Beautiful culture, that cheese bread thing - wow- their wine was nice and I really enjoyed interacting with the people. Of course they are no Italy or Spain but what a wonderful city. I went with a culturalExchange group and Georgia had the least people signing up. I would have never gone nor considered it. Now I’m wondering if I should broaden my horizons. Can you recommend other places where you were pleasantly surprised?

It’s called Khachapuri. Did you really go to Georgia and not learn that?!

I didn’t want to be disrespectful to their food or talk above the heads of readers.

Anyone familiar with the food should know the name. It’s very common. How did you like the khinkali and the badrijani? I’ll give you time to find a picture in Google.

Sheesh

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2H-Cs-fi5tA

Finland

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Anonymous wrote:Lebanon is amazing

Lebanon truly is amazing. I feel like it has the best food I’ve ever eaten. And just so much beauty concentrated in such a small place. They’ve been through a lot of hardship the last few years though and I’m unsure how it is now. I went back in 2009-2013.

Oman is super beautiful too.

All about Oman!

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Anonymous wrote:I took my first trip to Tbilisi Georgia and was amazed. Beautiful culture, that cheese bread thing - wow- their wine was nice and I really enjoyed interacting with the people. Of course they are no Italy or Spain but what a wonderful city. I went with a culturalExchange group and Georgia had the least people signing up. I would have never gone nor considered it. Now I’m wondering if I should broaden my horizons. Can you recommend other places where you were pleasantly surprised?

It’s called Khachapuri. Did you really go to Georgia and not learn that?!

I didn’t want to be disrespectful to their food or talk above the heads of readers.

Anyone familiar with the food should know the name. It’s very common. How did you like the khinkali and the badrijani? I’ll give you time to find a picture in Google.

I was surprised by how much I liked Senegal. Food and vibe were amazing! I went surfing and had an amazing time. Dakar is a gem.

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Anonymous wrote:I took my first trip to Tbilisi Georgia and was amazed. Beautiful culture, that cheese bread thing - wow- their wine was nice and I really enjoyed interacting with the people. Of course they are no Italy or Spain but what a wonderful city. I went with a culturalExchange group and Georgia had the least people signing up. I would have never gone nor considered it. Now I’m wondering if I should broaden my horizons. Can you recommend other places where you were pleasantly surprised?

It’s called Khachapuri. Did you really go to Georgia and not learn that?!

I didn’t want to be disrespectful to their food or talk above the heads of readers.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that the tourism reputations places have are generally merited. Places that are great but not on the beaten path include Iran, Iraq, and Slovenia (in that order). Romania, Bulgaria and Albania are nicer than you might think, though a bit of a clean-up would make them nicer. El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras also have much to recommend them, though like Colombia the crime is not negligible.

Iran? Iraq?

PP forgot to mention North Korea and Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is incredible beautiful. The people and the mountains were lovely. I’ve also been to North Korea, I went with young pioneer tours. They won’t take Americans anymore, but I’m canadian.

Open your mind, pp.

Sorry, I guess I'm just closed minded by not encouraging Americans to visit countries that take American hostages.

That’s fine, you stay home pp. The rest of us want to see the world.

Keep propping up hostile nations.

Anonymous wrote: Bulgaria
Slovakia
Uruguay
Tunisia

It seems progressive and safe and well governed but, boring? It's tiny and there are no mountains. Are the beaches good? Educate me, please.

Bulgaria
Slovakia
Uruguay
Tunisia

Anonymous wrote:Vietnam

+1. We went there on our honeymoon ~12 years ago and no one could understand why. A lot of variety and beautiful landscapes, amazing food.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that the tourism reputations places have are generally merited. Places that are great but not on the beaten path include Iran, Iraq, and Slovenia (in that order). Romania, Bulgaria and Albania are nicer than you might think, though a bit of a clean-up would make them nicer. El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras also have much to recommend them, though like Colombia the crime is not negligible.

Iran? Iraq?

PP forgot to mention North Korea and Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is incredible beautiful. The people and the mountains were lovely. I’ve also been to North Korea, I went with young pioneer tours. They won’t take Americans anymore, but I’m canadian.

Open your mind, pp.

Sorry, I guess I'm just closed minded by not encouraging Americans to visit countries that take American hostages.

That’s fine, you stay home pp. The rest of us want to see the world.