Mogadishu Top City For Tosspot Travel Writers

16-10-08

MOGADISHU has been named the world's hottest destination by a panel of tosspot travel writers.

Mogadishu offers dozens of funky, boutique hotels

The Somali capital was praised for its rodent-based cuisine, funky kidnappings and a vibrant street life featuring enormous amounts of fresh blood.

Mogadishu 'must-have' experiences include a plastic bag filled with peas and mice from Jerry's Roadside Cafe and Grenade Shop, and being machine-gunned into a pit by a 12 year-old heroin addict.

Julian Cook, editor of Tosspot Planet, said: "Why go to Paris when all it has to offer is 4000 Michelin starred restaurants, stunning architecture, and lots of incredibly sexy, sophisticated women who know how to do it?

"Real travellers want the edgy fun of dragging a bullet-ridden corpse from the back of their taxi or dancing the night away on a beach covered in human turds."

Other hot tips this year include the North Korean capital Pyongyang, where Kim's Turnip Hut has become one of the hippest turnip huts in south east Asia. The guide also praised the eclectic nightlife which ends abruptly at 8pm or you get shot in the face.

Faluja and Kandahar both made the list for their combination of psychopaths firing guns in the air 24 hours a day and free public stonings. Meanwhile Japanese city Hiroshima made the top 10 for offering a 'much better atom-bomb experience' than Nagasaki.

The World's 10 Hottest Cities 2008