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My favourits are the Greek Islands (Kos and Corfu).

I don't like to fly longer then 3 hours with a plane.

yes, flying can be very tiresome. - especially in economy class.
For very long flights I sometimes try to make a stopover somewhere (for example I revisited Bali when I came back from Australia) but this cuts down on the time you have at your main destination.

On the other hand, if the in-flight movies are ok and one manages to grasp a bit of sleep, all the small annoyances of flying are soon forgotten and seeing a totally different culture is surely worth it.

After many flight, I still find it amazing that you can board a plane in cold winter Germany and one night later you get out of it in a tropical climate...

Although I flew around a lot, I agree with you Laurenz, that for me it is also always amazing entering a plane and leaving it a couple of hours and stepping into a completly different climate and culture zone.

Regarding my favourite travel destination: I think I am infected with virus africanus ;-) Having been in south africa last year, I spent 3 weeks in Namibia. This was absolutely fantastic. Thus, we are currently planning to have our next holidays in Botswana and North Namibia.

It is not something great but I love the highland farming, mist, small town living, friendly people, fresh fruit and vegetable, tea plantation, nice weather (~ 18 to 28 deg C) - Cameron Highland, Malaysia.

I've always thought of planes like a very slow transporter beam- i love the way the world changes each time you step through the door. The Indian subcontinent is my new favourite place- just got back from Pakistan, and it was worlds better than I expected - the people in the North were wonderful, which i hadn't expected at all and it just made for a terrific experience. I'd love to go back, even tho maintaining hygiene was a major issue. Not a problem if you're a bear (and can go in the wild ^-^)

I am not sure what you people are complaing to travel few hours on a plane is not much.. I don't like to go on a plane much my self but If I want to go somewhere, from Australia takes many hours.. When I travel I only think on my destination and try to forget that i may be in air for almost 30h.. The best places I like to see its Europe there is so much to see unbelievable.. I gues Greece is one of my favorite place to go, I been there so many times and people a very friendly and so much to see.. I also like Spain so nice, Italy, France, Germany and of course not to forget Australia.. you people need to come and see... take care Nada

i cant really say what's my favourite destination, cos there are so many places i don't know yet. in general i decide to visite places where i know some people. that is making it much more easy in terms of understanding cultures, seeing the secret places and of course having close contacts to the people living there. since 2 years i am working in senegal and i am still finding places i was never visiting before and still i am impressed about the baobabs and the different landscapes outside of dakar. next destination could be mali: photobiennale 2007!?

My favourites are USA, Israel, France, Sicily, La Palma; I'd like to vistit Chile/Argentina, Vietnam/Laos and the Azores sometime...
best wishes
Stephan

Every place is a unique one,try to find the secret in their beauty.

I've not been in many places yet, but there is one country that gave me such good vibrations, such a lot of smiles and colors, that i felt in love: India
but i'm also attracted with other asian countries such as Nepal, Mongolia, Tibet, Cambodia...well, time will tell

Well, I think my favourites are India and Thailand, for quite opposite reasons.
Thailand for this amazing people gentleness, the calm of countryside, even Bangkok may seem fairly relaxing - for a multimillion town. Guess I like it also as I now have a few friends there.
I love India for it is amazingly noisy, quick, dense ... well, such a living country in fact, with its very unique culture you can find absolutely nowhere else.