Winter destinations
Question:
I’m a writer for a national magazine working on a story about places to go this winter. I’m basically looking for places that take less than a day to get to from the US and where you get good bang for the buck. Also, these locations are for a week. If you have any ideas, please email them to me along with an argument for why you like your destinations. Ideally, they should have something new or interesting but they don’t have to. Any ideas would be great. Thanks, N
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> I’m a writer for a national magazine working on a story about places > to go this winter. I’m basically looking for places that take less > than a day to get to from the US and where you get good bang for the > buck.
Well, Bali is about the best bang for the buck on the planet. Takes around 20 hours to get there. Other than a few Pacific islands or very very remote inland places in the mountains of Asia, the Stans, the south American jungle, or the desert in Africa, does anywhere really take a day to get to? miguel — Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
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> I’m a writer for a national magazine working on a story about places > to go this winter. I’m basically looking for places that take less > than a day to get to from the US and where you get good bang for the > buck. Also, these locations are for a week. If you have any ideas, > please email them to me along with an argument for why you like your > destinations. Ideally, they should have something new or interesting > but they don’t have to. Any ideas would be great. Thanks, > N
Practically most places on earth take less than a day to get to from the US. I recommend New Zealand. It’ll be their summer time. With the current exchange rate it’s a couple of bangs for the buck.
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Finland, Lapland: http://english.laplandfinland.com/ Need I say more! -Sirkku- – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I’m a writer for a national magazine working on a story about places > to go this winter. I’m basically looking for places that take less > than a day to get to from the US and where you get good bang for the > buck. Also, these locations are for a week. If you have any ideas, > please email them to me along with an argument for why you like your > destinations. Ideally, they should have something new or interesting > but they don’t have to. Any ideas would be great. Thanks, > N
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Try San Diego County, CA, USA: we have swimming, sunbathing, surfing, whale-watching (Dec-Mrch), deep sea fishing, sailing ect ect on the Pacific beach and snow skiing/snowboarding in the Sierra mountains, only 50 km away. Stay with us in our low budget, comfortable beach-close tourist condos, we’ll give you a reporter’s discount. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Finland, Lapland: > http://english.laplandfinland.com/ > Need I say more! > -Sirkku- > I’m a writer for a national magazine working on a story about places > to go this winter. I’m basically looking for places that take less > than a day to get to from the US and where you get good bang for the > buck. Also, these locations are for a week. If you have any ideas, > please email them to me along with an argument for why you like your > destinations. Ideally, they should have something new or interesting > but they don’t have to. Any ideas would be great. Thanks, > N
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> Try San Diego County, CA, USA: we have swimming, sunbathing, surfing, > whale-watching (Dec-Mrch), deep sea fishing, sailing ect ect on the > Pacific beach and snow skiing/snowboarding in the Sierra mountains, only > 50 km away. Stay with us in our low budget, comfortable beach-close > tourist condos, we’ll give you a reporter’s discount.
You make big joke, no?? 1) San Diego is hardly the Caribbean or Europe (see Newsgroup list). 2) The water temp hardly gets to the 60s F even is the summer, even less the winter. 3) Average daily air temp in January is mid 60s F and avg daily low around 45 F. You make big joke, no?? Big SPAM, that is.
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> San Diego County . . . [has] snow skiing/snowboarding in the Sierra > mountains, only 50 km away.
Do not be mis-lead by that accurate but apparently deliberately vague statement! That sierra is NOT the Sierra Nevada that terminates about 200 km North of San Diego County.
