Would you rather visit Barbados or Bhutan?

[TDAS04]

Assume that costs are the same, or that you get a free trip to either one.

[Cranberry]

Since I have mountains but no tropical beaches at home, obviously Barabdos.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Bhutan seems more interesting to visit than a random Carribean place.

[Goldwater]

Since I have mountains but no tropical beaches at home, obviously Barabdos.

[Indy Texas]

Bhutan is a pretty special snowflake as far as countries go - extremely isolated and built around traditional Buddhism to a degree that really doesn't exist anywhere else.

Nothing against Barbados, but the nations of the Lesser Antilles are pretty interchangeable - you're not getting anything on Barbados that you're not going to get on St. Kitts or Anguilla: nice beaches and steel drum music and the occasional historic sugar plantation or colonial estate.

[Sol]

Barbados (sympathizes with the Lhotshampas).

[Simfan34]

Barbados (sympathizes with the Lhotshampas).

Tell that to the Sikkimese.

[TDAS04]

It comes down to whether you'd prefer a typical caribbean vacation (beach, resort, etc.) or a trip to an exotic, remote, mini-Tibet.

[Sol]

Barbados (sympathizes with the Lhotshampas).

Tell that to the Sikkimese.

I'd say those losing one's independence due to demographic changes, while certainly not optimal, is better than ethnic cleansing to preserve said independence.

[ingemann]

I think really depend on whether you take on vacation to relax or to brag about your vacation to your friends and co-workers afterward. If it's the latter I would say that Bhutan may be only second in bragging material to North Korea.

[RFayette]

I think really depend on whether you take on vacation to relax or to brag about your vacation to your friends and co-workers afterward. If it's the latter I would say that Bhutan may be only second in bragging material to North Korea.

True.  I prefer areas that are modern, technologically advanced, and wealthy..........hence, Barbados would win 10 times out of 10 for me.  But Bhutan would be good bragging rights material.

[Torie]

Getting a free trip to Bhutan would be a no brainer. If you have seen one Caribbean Island, you have seen them all, sort of. That would be a relative yawner for me.