100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#90-Cartagena, Colombia-"This seaport on the northern coast of Colombia is divided into the Old City and the New. The walled Old City (Ciudad Antigua), founded in 1533, is the charmer, a fishing village with tiled roofs, pastel buildings, bellowered courtyards, pleasant plazas and Spanish colonial architecture. Old fortresses and palaces make for interesting exploring, while for the sun 'n' fun crowd, the beaches are top notch." This sounds a lot like Italy to me in some ways...wow I'd be totally in awe in a place like this and totally forget everything else....Yes there are other places out there besides Japan!!!! I can't understand why no one else sees it this way!!!!!!