Cardiff featured in National Geographic's 10 Best SummerTrips of 2011

[MOBIUS]

Always knew they had good taste...

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-trips-summer-2011-photos/#/cardiff-bay-wales-richard-rogers_34731_600x450.jpg

Though the article is a bit of a crappy cut 'n' paste job that misses out on most of our best bits...

[Asher]

#1 is Muskoka? What a ****ing joke.

[Barnabas]

These lists are meaningless, they are always the result of tourism industry bribing magazines.

[Cort Haus]

Lolling at the giant mushroom.

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, whatever...

[Cort Haus]

Night out in Cardiff:

http://ajanlo.kapu.hu/pics.php?d=cardiff

[dannubis]

WTF !

I need new retinas...

[MOBIUS]

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[MOBIUS]

http://ajanlo.kapu.hu/pics.php?d=cardiff

That's my mate Maciej!

Him and a few other guys have taken these over the space of the last 5 years or so - it's a wonder no one's tried to attack him yet!

Night out in your average UK city:

Corrected!

[Cort Haus]

In certain provincial backwaters, perhaps, but I've never seen anything quite so extreme in North London - and that includes living on Camden High Street for over 12 years. Stuff happens, of course, but not on that scale.

[Cort Haus]

Although, now I see that these were taken over some years, it does change the picture, tbf. I was under the impression that it was all going on simultaneously.

[MOBIUS]

So I take it you've never been to the various Cross/Church/Bagley's incarnations just down the road in King's Cross...?

Outside and around the back of Benjy's in Mile End was always an eye opener. Not to mention the Old Kent Rd anywhere down from the Elephant. At least in Cardiff you don't risk getting gunned down or stabbed for your troubles.

Then again, I might just be showing my proclivity for visiting dodgy nightlife areas of town...

[MikeH]

I've been out in Cardiff on a Saturday night, and I'm sure you could take a series of pictures like that over one night.

[MOBIUS]

Probably true, actually...

[Cort Haus]

The Church depravity on York Way was mostly Australians, ISTR. Bagleys was a looong time ago. It's now on the site of a big redevelopment. As for East London and South of the River - I was never really commenting on them.