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2007 Travelvice Country Awards
A collection of fictitious awards for the foreign countries that I've traveled in this year (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, The Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Peru):
- Scariest place to cross or walk down the street as a pedestrian (crime): Brazil
- Scariest place to cross or walk down the street as a pedestrian (traffic): Vietnam
- Scariest place to cross or walk down the street as a pedestrian (corrupt police): Venezuela
- All-around safest: Singapore
- Most annoying noise: Amplified socialist radio in the streets, Vietnam
- Most expensive to travel within: Brazil
- Best beach: Perhentians, Malaysia
- Worst beach (pollution): Penang, Malaysia
- Worst beach (prostitution): Phuket, Thailand
- Worst beach (overrated): Bali, Indonesia
- Stupidest item pushed by vendors on a beach: Bow and arrow set, Indonesia
- Best place to scuba: Malaysia
- Coldest water temperature: Argentina
- Best UNESCO World Heritage site: Temples of Angkor, Cambodia
- Most over-hyped monument: Christ the Redeemer (the big Jesus), Brazil
- Best place to commune with nature: Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
- Most alluring place to ride a bicycle through: Uruguay
- Best sunsets: Indonesia
- Strangest crop farmed: Seaweed, Indonesia
- Strangest fruit loved: Durian, Thailand
- Best budget accommodations: Laos
- Most expensive dorm bed: Brazil
- Most inexpensive meal of steak and wine: Argentina
- Best street food, and variety there of: Thailand
- Best beef jerky: Laos
- Worst food, and selection there of: The Philippines
- Cheapest beer: Venezuela
- Best beer: Laos
- Best party: Carnival, Brazil
- Best nightlife: Thailand
- Worst road: Cambodia
- Best roads: Malaysia
- Easiest to navigate: Singapore
- Best mass-transit: Singapore
- Longest bus ride: 40 hours, Brazil
- Most expensive bus travel: Brazil
- Cleanest: Singapore
- Dirtiest: Cambodia
- Noisiest: Vietnam
- Most peaceful: Uruguay
- Most likely to be awoken by a chicken: Indonesia
- Most expensive tourist visa: Brazil
- Best shopping (budget): Thailand
- Best shopping (designer): Singapore
- Best airport: Singapore
- Worst airport: The Philippines
- Cheapest gasoline: Venezuela
- Best language: Argentine Spanish
- Worst language: Vietnamese
- Most personable locals: Thailand
- Stupidest person encountered: Vietnam
- Most interesting/outgoing expats: The Philippines
- Best dressed population: Singapore
- Most attractive women: Argentina
- Most attractive men: Brazil
- Most gender-confused: Thailand
- Worst kiss: Argentina
- Most promiscuous women (local): Thailand
- Most promiscuous women (tourist): Indonesia
- Easiest place for a guy to get laid (by a woman): Peru
- Most likely to turn a straight man gay: Thailand
- Most birth defects and physical deformities: The Philippines
- Most amount of time spent within: Brazil
- Least amount of time spent within: Paraguay
- Most likely to return to: Thailand
- Least likely to return to: Vietnam
- Most unexpected delight: Laos
- Most overrated preconception: The Philippines
- Best bang for your buck: Thailand
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