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Town: surrey
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sidney, but when hot in london why not..
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13 December 2012, 04:33
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It depends what you want from it I suppose. Vancouver was a fabulous city when I was there decades ago - the kind of place I think I might like to live now - City, Sea, Mountains, Weather - it has it all. Full of Canucks obviously, but hey, nothing is perfect 
Touristy cities - as someone said, Rome is very impressive. Food, History, quite friendly natives, euros, it's sooo easy...
Party City (micro-city really) - Galway, Ireland. What a gem.
Places I didn't like: Lerwick, Shetland.
Mrs willk wants to go to Paris, I'm fighting the idea - who needs to go to an overpriced city full of French people who appear to want you dead? I haven't returned to the USA after the whole security thing got into fingerprinting and body scans and background checks and so forth. Sorry guys, it's a big planet and I can be made feel that unwelcome in Egypt for a fraction of the cost.
Well, that's not an exhaustive list, but it's probably more than you wanted to hear 
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13 December 2012, 10:56
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bournemouth
Boat name: Seadrive
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Capetown ..like Europe but decently warm , by the sea too !
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Stunning location but the actual city has nothing remarkable and the sea is too bloody cold to use - colder than it is here mid winter! Very frustrating when you are on a gorgeous beach of which there are loads.
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13 December 2012, 10:58
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Make: FunYak
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Lerwick, Shetland.
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13 December 2012, 11:26
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Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
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But Joking aside my favourite city that I have been to is Rome, the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and the Colosseum, St Peters Square (The Statue of David and the Cisteen Chapel) With the bonus of climbing Mount Vesuvius and seeing Pompeii and Herculaneum which are not too far away as well as the Amalfi Coast. We Stayed in Sorrento 
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Bangkok is "Interesting" especially from a TukTuk in rush hour, the chaos is incredible, but no agression & everyone is smiling, or at least they were until they started shooting each other 
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13 December 2012, 12:09
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: West Scotland
Boat name: Orca
Make: Humber Ocean Pro 5.5
Length: 5m +
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Venice.
The roads are flooded up here most of the year and I can float the boat out the driveway most weekends but it's just not the same.
Reykjavik. Looks like Glenrothes but has the Blue Lagoon and beautiful women. Just don't buy a bottle of beer. ££££'s
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13 December 2012, 12:13
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Town: England
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Canterbury is a nice place.
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13 December 2012, 12:52
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Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
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Bangkok is "Interesting" especially from a TukTuk in rush hour, the chaos is incredible, but no agression & everyone is smiling, or at least they were until they started shooting each other |
Wasn't it Confucius who said "man who walks through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok"?
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13 December 2012, 13:15
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Not a city...
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13 December 2012, 13:45
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Quebec for me, it helps that the wife is half french, or at a pinch San Francisco, although i tend to head over to Sausalito when I visit.
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13 December 2012, 13:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Stunning location but the actual city has nothing remarkable and the sea is too bloody cold to use - colder than it is here mid winter! Very frustrating when you are on a gorgeous beach of which there are loads.
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Yep - like a said much like Europe  dare I say even Bournemouth
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13 December 2012, 15:43
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Town: onn de moov
Boat name: bote
Make: kevvin
Length: 4m +
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i tend to head over to Sausalito when I visit.
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13 December 2012, 16:29
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Belgrade
Suggest you avoid Belgrade 
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13 December 2012, 17:40
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
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13 December 2012, 17:47
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Town: Hamble
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Blakk sannd beech i rekkon |
Certainly warmer than Studland with no kit on. 
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13 December 2012, 18:01
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Don't like any City...Too crowded!
But if I had to name a couple I liked it would have to be Gdansk and Cologne. Oh and a vote for my local, Portsmouth too.
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13 December 2012, 18:48
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bournemouth
Boat name: Seadrive
Make: Capelli Tempest 470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DF70
MMSI: 235079113
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Quote:
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Yep - like a said much like Europe dare I say even Bournemouth
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