My daughter went to Mexico with her gal pals - told lots of things were dangerous but ended up being helped from village to village as they (idiots) had no money but were good horsewomen so they helped get horses across mountains, her being leading rider and other horses following. She's tall blonde gregarious and up for anything and had no trouble at all. The village 'aunties' were great and the small dark men fitted neatly under her armpits. Mornings at ruins and nights by lakes and met lots of wonderful people, great sign language conversations and was fed well if a little differently. Australia is where she comes from and is part of the oldest known living culture; she is Indigenous, and knows many of our sites some over 70,000 years old. Kakadu and Palm Valley up north, Mungo National Park which was an inland sea 15,000 years ago (kombi went by with sufboard on top and bunch of Brit packpackers and were told they were 15,000 years too late!) Rock carvings and other ancient sites only an hour out of Sydney north or south, you choose, great Sydney harbour, Darwin has a glorious diversity of cultures that play out most nights on the beach markets, Broome where some of the greatest contemporary music both Indigenous and non-Indigenous comes through a mixture of Chinese/Aboriginal and Lord McAlpins money. The Kimberleys, Stone Country, Monkey Mia feeding and swimming with the dolphins, Perth and Fremantle where you can eat fish and chips on the wharves fish just brought in by the Italian fishermen who came as migrants so many years ago and where the women got together with Kavisha to remember their old songs which became the voices of the women (who saw that in Australia? wasn't it great?). I could go on and on. There is lots of travelling which becomes very meditative and wonderful in itself but my country is a wonderful country and more than happy to share any part of it with visitors. We are so far away from everywhere that if the opportunity exists - well then take it. Not to speak against Mexico which I have never been to but love because the people were so very good to my daughter and her friends and that in itself is a recommendation for the place. Question, how far away is Mexico? How far away is Australia? Want is it that you want to experience from each of them. How many people do you know in either place (matters). Make the list. Which is the longest?