Places I want to go...

...and stay up all night!

Having spent the last three months a long way away from rainy/snowy/sleeting (delete as appropriate) Northern Europe, I've really been bitten by the travel bug. It's funny how being away from home for a decent chunk of time opens your eyes to the possibilities of other ways of living.

For example, there are thousands of my countrymen (Brits, that is) floating around the world with a seemingly unquenchable taste for hedonistic pleasure. The strong pound puts us in the best position to get away and see the world, while living it up along the way. So far, the only nationalities I've encountered for whom this travelling lark is so financially easy are the Irish (of course) and the Norwegians (strange but true).

This, along with a number of recommendations, has lead me to compile a list of three party hotspots which I shall be visting in the next two years, all things going to plan. So, in no particular order...

Salvador, Brasil

While Rio takes all the international plaudits for being a hedonist's delight, outside of carnival the real action is happening a couple of thousand miles up the coast in Salvador. Perpertually sunny, Equatorial days set the backdrop for some of the wildest parties anywhere on the planet.

Berlin, Germany

The home of so much fantastic, progressive electronic music. My favourite record label of the last couple of years - Gomma - is based there and all reports suggest that the clubs of Berlin are the place to hear the next sound of dance music. I do like it filthy... Berlin offers plenty of the filth.

Tallinn, Estonia

The countries of Eastern Europe are partying doubly hard as they shake of the legacy of Soviet rule. The current generation of twenty-something club heads are the first generation to have grown up in an independent Estonia and all reports suggest that Tallinn, along with many other cities in the region, are just going wild in the Noughties.

Hmm.... I reckon more will have to be added to this list as time goes by and the recommendations pour in.

Anyways, take it easy.