Originally Posted by CDSmith

With regard to the Middle East, back in the early 90's I heard about something called "The holy-land tour", which took you all through the region from the Red to the Dead, the pyramids, Sphynx, several historic cities etc, 3 weeks in total..... but because of the locals and their utter inability to get along peacefully for any length of time, who the hell would ever want to take such a tour? Those people, in my opinion, have ruined that region for the rest of the world, and there are many many people who would love to visit there but stay away because of the fighting and the bombings and the killings and the bullshit.

Capetown -- Absolutely. I recently saw a picture taken from.. what's it called?... "Tabletop mountain"?... not sure, but a guy was sitting on the edge of a high cliff which literally overlooked the city from the height of the clouds. It was an incredible shot.