Lonely Planet Top 10 Destinations for 2012

[alfred russel]

I like Lonely Planet's guides, but their destination lists are sometimes hilarious.

For example, the top 10 countries to visit in 2011 included Syria and Japan. In 2010, it included Greece.

So here is the link to the list this year.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/travel/top-destinations-2012/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7

Time will tell which of these countries will be hit by revolutions, tsunamis, nuclear disasters, and/or financial meltdowns this year, but they put Orlando in the list.  And they specified it was for the city, not the theme parks. I'm imagining a lonely planet customer, still recovering from a holiday tear gassing in 2010 greece, and irradiated last year in Japan, flying into Orlando only to discover it has South Florida heat without the beaches or ocean breeze, mosquitos thicker than the gridlocked traffic, and with the type of Florida culture frequently featured on cops.

[Ed Anger]

Burma? 

Atlantic Canada?  Enjoy the drunk newfies.

[Neil]

Burma? 

Atlantic Canada?  Enjoy the drunk newfies.

I think they mean Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI, as Newfoundland is a fucking hole inhabited by retards and those places are much nicer looking.

[Ed Anger]

Pippy Longstocking(or whatever that PEI character is) and Potatoes. Pass.

[Admiral Yi]

Pippi Longstocking is from Nova Scotia??  I thought she was Swedish or something.

[Ed Anger]

Pippi Longstocking is from Nova Scotia??  I thought she was Swedish or something.

(or whatever that PEI character is)

Sigh.

[PRC]

He is thinking of Anne of Green Gables.

[alfred russel]

Burma? 

Atlantic Canada?  Enjoy the drunk newfies.

Yeah, those two jumped out--Burma is an early top contender to be the syria of 2012. I think they may have started with the question: where are the Olympics? and then just started throwing darts at a map.

[alfred russel]

Still, I'd rather go to Myanmar than Orlando.

[CountDeMoney]

Atlantic Canada?  Enjoy the drunk newfies.

My parents love to go camping up there.  Apparently, it's quiet.

[CountDeMoney]

Still, I'd rather go to Myanmar than Orlando.

Only difference is Myanmar has less Asians.

[Tonitrus]

Didn't Hillary pay Myanmar a visit recently?

Doesn't that make them all cool and shit now?

[CountDeMoney]

Didn't Hillary pay Myanmar a visit recently?

Doesn't that make them all cool and shit now?

She was lecturing them.  Big difference.

[Ed Anger]

I refuse to use all these new names.

[alfred russel]

Didn't Hillary pay Myanmar a visit recently?

Doesn't that make them all cool and shit now?

That is the reason given for putting them in the list.

I didn't single that one out because some people want to get off the beaten path--but I don't know if that is the off the path place I would pick.