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I quite like its middle-of-nowhere feel. The best part for me was doing a scenic flight over the Bungle Bungles - not cheap, but worth every cent.

I've been in quite a few Greyhound Bus Stations in the US and Canada, and I don't recall a single one that wasn't a dump.

Not been to Aitutaki, but I did walk around the entire coastline of Rarotonga. All the locals thought I was mad... But it's only 20km and flat all the way. And quite a novelty to follow the same road without turning around, and still end up where you started from 4 hours later...

I killed a Liechtensteinian wasp in Vaduz that was trying to eat my cheese sandwich. I was not required to pay for that pleasure.

Funny you should say that... I've spent lots of Green Cash - does that count?

Gwapo comes from the Spanish guapo. Back in 1993 the Filipino for 'gringo' was "Hey Joe!" Have they moved on from that yet?

I went to me once. I wasn't all I was cracked up be.

:wave: Seem to remember there was a cold drizzle when I was there too. And that was at the end of December - supposed to be summer down there...

This one is pretty little too - only 200 m high, but all bloody soft ash and sand and a bitch to climb in 40C heat. Note: while I have stood at the top of Anak Krakatau, it wasn't actually doing this while I was there: FUF3aD-9av4

We celebrated Mrs Trufflehound's birthday in Tagaytay in 1993.

Got caught in a tremendous sandstorm in Jaisalmer. Quite an awesome sight standing on the roof of the guesthouse watching a wall of dust roll in off the desert. It was so fine it got everywhere, even if you sheltered indoors - we were finding it in our underwear for weeks afterwards...

*cough*

Yup to all Where was the one you stayed in? We stayed in one just south of Kapit, up the Rejang River. Yup Yup. Both dumps. My aunt and uncle lived there for 20 years. Yup. Just a few times. I update the Fodor's guide to it. Yup. Yup. Friends of mine are building a...