Decisions, decisions...

[ellenmillion]

I want to go here. Boy-o, do I want to go.

Jake and I are planning to take a vacation this spring, and we were thinking about Mexico. We don't have the leave time to do both, of course, so it becomes a great conundrum in my head. Sand and ruins and sun? Or matchless music? Tropical-type relaxation? Or big city, endless-fun-party-vacation? I'm rather inclined towards Mexico, because I'm not exactly a 'party' person, and I'm not sure I'd get any art time in New Orleans. But all that wonderful music… Oy. We'd also have friends to go to New Orleans with, because Matt and Nicki plan to go. (Nicki's mom lives in the area. Or at least in the state, and in the lower 48, within a state is pretty much 'in the area.')

*eyes various acquaintances, friends and interesting people* Any of you folks live in either of these areas? Has anyone been to this jazzfest? Been to Mexico? What's your advice?

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[jaenanda.livejournal.com]

I've only been ti tijuanna. It's dingy and the booze is cheap, and some dude tried to offer me a job at a club called "anna's Banana" (I'm still not sure I want to know what kind of club that was), and oh: everybody speaks spanish. It was really weird. I'd say go to new orleans. It's still warm there, and the music is definately better.

[tiranaki.livejournal.com]

I say, ditch Mexico and New Orleans and come to Puerto Rico! sorry heeh. Why? Well, we've got the tropical relaxation thing going on, and we also got the jazz big city thing as well. Every night in Old San Juan there are clubs that play jazz music, and sometimes there are jazz concerts and such. Even tho they are clubs, most of them have a laid back bohemianish attitude (which I personally love ::shrugs::) and our official languages are both spanish and english, so you're bound to find some one that speaks english. As for the tropics, well, we've got the National Rainforest of the Caribbean, known to us locals as "El Yunque". You could get lots of "art time" here, I do ;) Especially in Old San Juan. We've also got little fishing villages, like the ones you see on travel shows, and mountain villages. I know sometimes people don't want to come here because it's very modernized and stuff, but we do have some thigns that aren't modernized. I dunno, Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, same thing. Well... no volcanoes, but everything else is pretty much the same...

someone stop me before I go crazy and keep on rambling...