Global Picks
Rick Steves� Surprising Choices
for World Travel
Best mode of travel
�Seat of my pants. Actually, taxi, airplane or
bicycle � whatever is most efficient at the time.�
Two countries he�s
crazy about
Bali and Thailand. �Bouncing cross-country in Thailand in
a Jeep with no windshield, with bugs bouncing off your teeth, with guys
out of a Star Wars bar scene � that�s travel.�
Where he would take his
next tour, if he had the choice
�Personally, I like traveling in Russia,
but it�s hard to get my readership to go along.�
Country with most interesting
cuisine
�Japan. Every few hours, I take a dipstick to see if I have any
more room for the great food.�
Best way to tell a great local restaurant
from a tourist mecca
�The local restaurant has a handwritten menu in the
local language and just a few items, market-fresh. Locals are sitting
there, not tourists.�
Best way to tell a great hotel
�It�s family-run,
centrally located and doesn�t cost too much. Don�t spend your money on
a fancy hotel. The next day, with the money you saved, you can hire a
private guide to show you around, and you�ll get a great education.�
Best
times on a Europe Through the Back Door tour
�On Sundays, I would cultivate
and encourage times to be quiet together and reflect on what it meant
to be in a different part of the world. I called it Back Door Fellowship.
I�d encourage my staff to allow time for that on their tours as well.
People appreciated that. It kept the tours from becoming superficial.�
Three
places he would like to know more about
Budapest, Poland and Nicaragua. �These
places would offer me a steep learning curve.�
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