I found it 100x worse. I actually loved everywhere I went in India.

The disturbing part of Dhaka I found was many times more garbage/sewage everywhere, and the inability to walk out of my hotel without a dozen small local children grabbing on my legs and following me everywhere. It was poverty and misery on a scale I haven't encountered anywhere else.

TPE (base)
KHH
PEK
SEL
SFO
SJC
SHA
SIN (possibly)
Either BKK or CAN
SJU ;)
RGN ;)

I want to go to LON or YVR but I won't have any time.

I just knocked 2 quick trips to DPS and YDF. That'll likely be it for leisure travel for the foreseeable future. So, it's all standard biz travel for me: SJC, PHX, ORD, BNA, DFW, wash, rinse, repeat. :(

DEN - then driving to Telluride for a week, then Beaver Creek (Vail) for a few days before heading home. I am looking forward to seeing Colorado in the summer time.

Alaska for a couple weeks with the kids. A few other local jaunts through the summer.

- Did a week on the Oregon coast over 4th of July week. Had a great time

Rest of the summer:
- Trip to Glacier for a week of camping
- Weekend trip to Montreal
- San Diego for a wedding and while there will hang out in LA for a few days as well
- Week on the Outer Banks, NC over Labor Day

Just returned from Santiago, Chile and a whirlwind < 24 hours in Easter Island (major flight delays). Heading to Mississippi in 2 weeks, trying to plan a trip to Tibet in September and a cruise out of Singapore in November.

Vacation & Leisure Trips to:

• MDE
• Possibly ADZ & PVA
• PDX
• And the happiest place on Earth: Saratoga Springs, NY during the summer racing meet!

Those are all the summer trips I have on the books at the moment. I'm sure some mundane domestic business trips will pop up. They always do.

Portland in August for a bachelor party, but unless you have a friend getting married soon, that is likely not applicable!

Extending to the end of September, I'm flying back to Munich for a 2nd go at Oktoberfest (first time was great). Then I plan to bum around Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands for a couple weeks.

Me and the wife will fly into FRA in Aug. From there we rent a car and drive to Berlin for 2 nights, then Prague for 2 nights, then Vienna for 2 nights, then Innsbruk,Austria for 1 night, then Mullhouse,Fr for 2 nights, then Luxemburg for 2 nights, then Amsterdam for 2 nights and back to FRA for 2 nights. We plan on visiting about 8-10 castles on the way. We like the car because it affords us the ability to divert off the path for last minute sights.

For me:

June:
New York (base)
Paris (other base)
Amsterdam (Not really a "vacation" per se, was playing in a lacrosse tournament for two weeks)

July:
Paris
London
St. Tropez

August:
Corsica
Biarritz
TBD (Maybe somewhere in the Balkans?)
Doha (for a few hours connecting on a FTalk fueled desire to try QR trip)
Tbilisi
Istanbul
Beirut

September:
Cairo
Zurich
Barcelona
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Santiago
New York

Please tell me about Santiago, will be my first time in Sept.

Leaving for Spain the last week of July. Madrid-Toledo-Cordoba and back to Madrid. We only have a week :( to experience that beautiful country but we'll make the best of it :D

It's a reasonably pleasant city, albeit bland compared to Buenos Aires and other major capitals. It's safe, has a great subway system (and a far less great bus system), is quite efficient for Latin America. The historic parts of the city are small - it was basically a colonial backwater, and the old buildings that did exist mostly got flattened in earthquakes. Lots of concrete high-rises and luxury condo buildings all over the central city.

Culturally, Chileans have a rep as the Germans of Latin America - unlike most of their neighbors, they're not terribly demonstrative and emotional in their demeanor. The people by and large are very friendly, though. Don't expect people to speak English - the richer people probably will to some extent, but it's nowhere near the norm.

Some of the more interesting neighborhoods to hang out in are Barrio Bellavista north of the river and Barrio Brasil farther west. Those are the areas known for funky nightlife. Providencia farther east also has nightlife options, but it's more for rich kids and foreigners.

Chilean food is kind of a disappointment, in my opinion. The one thing that's really good is seafood (particularly salmon), although it's less common in Santiago than, say, down south. They also do meat a lot (although I'd have to say not as well as in Argentina), and for some inexplicable reason their street/snack food of choice is a hot dog smothered with mayo, avocado, and god knows what else.

Presently in LIS, extended week-end
Aug: CMB and SFO
Sep: LAX and DME