Comments on: Post-Conflict Travel Destinations

By: the prophet

the prophet — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:48:40 +0000

I love the photos and the places you mentioned. I would love to go to all of those countries.

By: lionheart

lionheart — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:35:47 +0000

Cambodia looks amazing! I'm planning a trip there in the near future, and I can't wait to see Angkor Wat.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:55:22 +0000

I will take the "have dinner with the guerillas" tour.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:12:33 +0000

Neatorama commenters can be cranky sometimes

Yes, I was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and stayed there till I was about oh, 13 years old. So I do speak Indonesian quite fluently. Apa kabar, simon!

Bali is gorgeous, and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes the tropics.

By: Max Power

Max Power — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:26:47 +0000

And my previous comment belonged into the "Albinos" posting.

By: Max Power

Max Power — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:23:49 +0000

Honestly this blog is wonderful but you comment writers turn this blog into, well, lets just say "something steaming warm". And it IS still warm.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:32:00 +0000

Do I get a discount for finding an unexploded land mine?

By: Pol x

Pol x — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:18:46 +0000

Ah you used to be able to stay in the most bombed hotel in the world, The Europa in belfast, until those pesky balkans stole the title for the Sarajevo Hilton

By: Ratz

Ratz — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:04:53 +0000

Whilst Belfast is definately improving, there are still plenty of areas which are predominantly one "side" or the other and a few which are hotly debated. Numerous "peace wall"s have been erected to physically separate one group from another and on interface areas it's quite common to find broken bricks and bottles, a sign of sectarian violence from the day or night before. The city centre is as safe as any other city in the UK or Ireland, however stray far from it and you can find yourself in a lot of trouble very quickly. Sadly this applies to many other towns in Northern Ireland too. On the plus side, the north cost is spectacular and accommodation and drink is on a par or perhaps slightly less than equivalent EU regions.

By: anima

anima — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:35:52 +0000

woot! the webmaster is Indonesian or not?

By: Pol x

Pol x — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:38:58 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY

bugger

By: Pol x

Pol x — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:38:35 +0000

redgum doing "I've been to Bali too"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqFyhE-N4OU

And just to be fair, heres Redgum doing "I was only 19" the single grewatest vietnam song ever recorded.

By: Pol x

Pol x — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:34:33 +0000

hey the Bush-rangutan said mission accomplished so how come Eye-rack ain't on that list?

But seriously, Indo is now safe?

Aussies have been making dicks of themselves in Bali for 40 years until this little event...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bali_bombings

you might remember, or not, the bombing of the bali night spot killing 202 people

Everything was so much better when Suharto was in charge, with the death squads and the ruthless repression the draconian control

So who wants to go?

did i mention that the sharia courts effectively pardonedany one involved?

By: Peter Kelly

Peter Kelly — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:00:54 +0000

I loved Indonesia. I was there 2 months after the big Tsunami. I stayed at a beach town called Panganderan which sadly, was largely destroyed a few months later in another Tsunami. The people were wonderful and the landscape was amazing.
I go to Cambodia every year. I have Cambodian friends there. Cambodia is not swimming in tourists outside of Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville. I have been to remote corners of the country where tourists are extremely rare. I visited a hilltribe in Ratanakiri with an instamatic camera and gave people photos of themselves. They were so stoked. I remember a very serious old man who started smiling and then laughing, showing his picture to his friends.
The opportunity to make a difference in peoples lives often presents itself when I travel. It is important to think carefully before intervening, but donating notebooks and pens to a rural school is a little thing that makes a big difference. Or bring an old laptop you aren't going to use and give it to a college student or business.

By: simon

simon — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:51:00 +0000

wow, i frequent this site and who'd ve thought The webmaster's born in Indonesia? ...apa kabar?! =)

By: MoonCake

MoonCake — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:05:44 +0000

i could never vacation in a/n poor/unfortunate country after reading "confessions of an economic hitman." really gave me a whole new perspective.. i suggest it to anyone. it's wonderfully depressing. but it gives a real, true impression of the world we live in and make you want to put your money towards more important things, like your mortgage or credit card bills.

By: Blackthornhiei

Blackthornhiei — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:29:02 +0000

What?! No El Salvador? We may be small and not as pretty as Peru, but we have nice beaches, former guerrilla now have museums in conflict areas, they even have a hotel in their underground trenches!

We also have Joya de Ceren and some pre-columbian temples that have turned out to be completely different from Stanley Boggs' concrete "reconstruction"

By: hulamonkey

hulamonkey — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:46:36 +0000

these are really dated. bad article.
Cambodia is swimming in tourists; so are Peru, Indonesia, Ireland,.. Maybe if this was 1998 or 1988 the article would have been relevant.