Bacu Notes
Saturday, January 13th, 2007I thought I would follow up the best of Bacu with the worst of Bacu, but that would be depressing. Here is some random notes that I made while visiting…
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I thought I would follow up the best of Bacu with the worst of Bacu, but that would be depressing. Here is some random notes that I made while visiting…
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Below is the best that I have found in this challenged country. I´m sure there is more that I have not seen although just about everything in my guidebook has turned out to be major hyperbole. I now understand that if you write a truthful guidebook (truthful as in objective comparisons to other travel destinations) about a so’so place then no one will buy your book. For instance, Lonely Planet says La Fontana Restaurant is where ¨you will think you have died and gone to Spain¨ a mediocre restaurant which might be OK in Bacu, but I suspect Spain has a lot better everywhere. And it calls the national art museum ¨world-class¨, but that seems like a far stretch because to me since it would be very second-rate in NYC, London or Paris. Here is my list…
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