I have always wanted to go to Ibiza. I am not a club dude, but I would still argue that anyone would want to see the club capital of the world…and girls, there are supposed to be oh so many girls. It turns out I happen to like Ibiza quite a bit, but not for those reasons at all, not at all, well, maybe the girls. In fact, we were there during the opening of one of the biggest clubs, like one of the biggest nights of the year. We asked the concierge lady about it, she seemed very excited that people our age wanted to go, which made us excited.

Antwerp is surprisingly old and cool. I’m not suggesting you need to go there or that I need to go back, but still, I was impressed. The Grote Markt (main square) was just as good as most Eurpopean squares. We had some mussels and some beers and just people watched. The river scene is just fine and

What a trip! We started in Rome, then hit up Cortona in Tuscany, then headed down to Naples as our jumping off point to the Amalfi coast. Dramatic scenery, small towns, great transportation options for the most part, great food, some nice beaches, not that many tourists if you work it right. We truly loved it. From Cortona

I don’t think much of Uruguay. I went there because it was a ferry ride from Buenos Aires…and because one should be worldly. The towns closest to Argentina are all colonial, which is great I suppose if you’re 60. The beach towns are closer to Brazil (literally) and can be cool, but they aren’t going to knock anybody’s socks off. I would go back to Punta Del Este and maybe try the beaches north of there, but not much else. BA and Rio offer just too much more to spend significant time in Uruguay. Good looking and nice people though

Not kidding, I have never been to a place with more scantily clad, beautiful women walking around than Sydney. I am not easily in awe, and I am in awe. These girls are smokin’, with sick bodies that they flaunt with all the confidence in the world. If this place wasn’t a million miles away I would live here. It’s that kind of city. For the most part it’s very walkable. It has superstar beaches, some of the best restaurants in the world, style that could rival any city in the US easily,

Hong Kong is a hell of a place. Part New York, part London, part Indiana Jones. It is surprisingly mountainous with many roads that a human being just really shouldn’t walk up. It has an amazing China town area, funny right (really cool walking through and seeing all their crazy shit), an amazing overlook in Victoria peak (which is honestly outstanding but it takes a million years to go up a million escalators…but still maybe one of the best views you could ever get of a major city), an amazing zoo (weird but true, and it’s high up with great views), amazing restaurants and hotels, and more upscale malls than I thought possible. I mean, how many Pradas does one need. Apparently this many…this many Pradas exactly.

Holy shit what a surprise this hotel was. Somewhat normal European hotel with a small lobby and decent bar (kind of a trendy bar strangely) and restaurant. But. BUT. The top floor is all just one giant penthouse room with an enormous terrace. I mean huge bathroom, hot tubs, couches, chaise loungers, just perfect. It’s one of the best rooms I have seen and/or stayed in, in Europe. The elevator only stops on this floor if you’re staying in this room…it’s the whole floor. You have to stay there with a girl or bring a party with you though…this room should be taken advantage of.

Well, I loved Nerja the first time I went, and I liked Nerja the second time I went. As part of the Costa Del Sol it’s on every must do list.
Normally I would describe it as one of the coolest beach towns anywhere. All of the action sits high atop cliffs (the Balcony of Europe is there) and you can look down on beaches, giant rocks, and in some cases bars and shops. Now however, they have sort of let it go to shit.

Cobblestone streets were cool but overall the town feels too resorty. Not that it’s a big deal, but prices were super high comparatively. Like everywhere else in Spain had great wines for cheap…except for Malaga.
The Marques De Larios area has plenty of restaurants and shops and a number of cool squares off it, but it does feel “fabricated” in a weird way.

The Costa Brava is the most northeastern coastal part of Spain. Lot’s of French, lot’s of hills, lots of awesome. I drove to 2 cities there…

What a ridiculously cool place. Old town has the shops, new town has the people. But the Puente Nuevo bridge is where it’s at. That gorge is just amazing. Sitting at a patio and sipping wine while looking over this amazing achievement is just too cool. Like going back in time, except for that damn drone!You can walk along the cliff edge for awhile and see some amazing country.

Well, I don’t have much to say honestly. Maybe it’s because it was pretty chilly and annoyingly windy. Maybe it’s because my back feels like it’s breaking (or it could be my stomach, I’m strangely totally unsure). Maybe it’s just Helsinki. They’ve got: a main road that’s kind of like the Champs-Elysees, but it’s totally not, but the same general idea on a smaller scale, meaning this one is still pretty massive. They’ve got docks everywhere to get from island to island. They’ve got no true pedestrian thoroughfares but plenty of nice streets to walk along. They’ve got a San Fran like trolly car system…they’re everywhere. The people are nice and for the most part, they are good looking, but so much different from Sweden. Oh Sweden.

Well, there’s not much to say, so I won’t say much. People come here, yes they most certainly do. They come here from reasonably close places in Europe to visit the Reeperbahn. Which, of course, is a 4 or 5 block strand of bars, restaurants, strip clubs, brothels, street food, drug addicts, drunks, trash, and all the other things associated with an area like this. I found it boring and a little crappy.

Our spot, though a little far down, was right on the Recogidas road, which if it isn’t the “main” road, it is certainly one of them. There are lots of pedestrian friendly spots shooting off of it, along with squares and such. It basically lets out at the Plaza Nueva which was one of the main spots, and home to the Moorish spa that we went to, which was beyond the jam (we found a sweet lunch spot next to it as well). This area is right along the wall of the Alhambra and along the edge of the Albaicin, which is an amazing old muslim area with tiny cobblestone streets that will make you get lost quickly.

I like Dubai…a lot. You can feel how new the city is right when you arrive. Everything is bigger and better than the next. They have like 3 ginormous malls, all built within the last 10 years and all bigger than the last. They now boast the worlds tallest building and the world’s biggest mall. They are literally building an addition to their marina area that is designed to be twice the size of Hong Kong. That’s a city twice the size of Hong Kong, that they are currently building inside or onto the city of Dubai. That’s one of the weird things though. The city is too big. It is not even remotely a walkable city.

A villa is perfect along this gorgeous stretch of beach (near Channia). Any location really seems fine in this region, though I would say that Agia Marina is sort of filled with family friendly, made for tourists kind of restaurants. In my opinion the plethora of beach bars along the sand totally makes up for it though. Give me a beer and the option to buy some food while hearing the waves crash and I’m immediately at ease.

Fuckin A man. What a cool town. If it was closer and warmer it would be spectacular. But it’s not, it’s Copenhagen. Let’s talk walking and biking. It’s the only way. It’s impressively common. Bikes EVERYWHERE. Bike lanes, bike racks, and not as many bike locks as you would expect (to be fair a lot of the bikes are beat as shit). PLUS, pedestrian friendly like mad. There are streets and streets of pedestrian thoroughfares (they call this winding patch of roads the stroget) (not to mention the canals but they were less interesting to me than other canal cities). When I arrived I was almost immediately thrust into a major square where they were having a concert which I am pretty sure was some sort of

My cousin suggested I not go here. “Too crowded with too many tourists.” “There are too many better places.” “People only go there because of Rick Steves.” You know what, she’s absofuckinglutely right. And you MUST go. You have to go. You may find better places. You may be snobby about coastal villages. But it doesn’t matter, these are some of the best towns you will ever experience. I’m not saying they are the best, and I’m definitely not suggesting that you should stay there for a week. But man, you have got to see this place. It’s one of those unusual places on earth that does not actually disappoint. It’s cool.

I came to Chengdu to meet some friends and explore a city that could become the launching pad for a new business venture. I left feeling underwhelmed and only moderately interested. While it doesn’t have the awe factor of Shanghai, or the culture of Beijing, or the cool factor of Hong Kong, it does have a relaxing, comfortable, homey city feel to it that you don’t expect from China. It feels less frantic than the larger cities in China. I think I like it, but I’m not sure I’ll ever be back. Perhaps it’s the perfect place for expats. It’s cheap as hell, and rather built up.