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July 17, 2005
The huddled masses
In travel, it's always best to stay one step ahead of the huddled masses yearning to hear their tourguide, buy cheap trinkets, cram onto air-con busses, take pictures of "colorful" locals, and disappear back onto the cruise ship at dusk. That's why this article is so tragic. Equally tragic was the author of that 1000 Places book suggesting that Bhutan should be the next destination for the Rick Steves crowd. (Bhutan, to its credit, still holds tight to its policy of being very selective about who gets in--mainly because of its $200/day fee to be in the country.)
As for places that are a step ahead of the crowds, try the coast of Montenegro, a two hour drive south of Dubrovnik, or venture north to Mostar or Sarajevo. Latvia and Lithuania are still enjoyable, but Estonia is becoming an annex of Finland. Poland is eerily beautiful in winter, and I would like to hit the Curonian Spit in Kaliningrad (Russian enclave) sometime. Oman is blissfully untouristed but has excellent infrastructure.
Posted by adrianjo at July 17, 2005 10:55 PM
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