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If I had to choose just one place, it would be rural Jamaica.

Orange Hill, near Negril, has some amazing weed growing on it.

Before I came to University, I travelled around China. I was certain that I wouldn't be getting stoned while I was there, I was under the impression that the police would have your dick on a plate for using drugs.

However, good quality hash is so easy to score in the big cities. In Shanghai, just look for dudes selling melons, theres a fair chance they're selling hash aswell. Just say to them 'hashish?' if they have some, you'll know about it, if not just walk away. There is also the added advantage, which I learnt while I was there, that the Chinese police really do not want to confront a westerner. They are actually discouraged from doing so by the government.

I was in Shanghai for about 3 months because I was volunteer teaching in a school there. The volunteers who were there before me though had found a, wait for it, coffee shop . I'm not kidding, this coffeshop rivalled anything in Amsterdam for cotchability. It was a small bar downstairs, with a couple of bar stools but up stairs it was a big open plan room with low tables and loads of cushions, nice ambient lighting and always nice mellow tunes. There was also a resident cat This is going to start sounding far fetched but there was a resident dealer called 'Yusef' who actually gave out business cards with his name and mobile number on. I was probably getting ripped off by his standards but a lump of nice soft hash, about the size of a AAA battery was 100 yuan, about 7 quid. It was better than any hash I've ever had in Britain hands down.

One time though, while I was in the toilet downstairs, the police turned up. I was getting ready to leg it, I didn't want to chance it but my boots were upstairs. I crept out really quietly and snook into the bar. I could hear the police radio's outside, I looked at the barman and he was as calm as f**k. I was so confused. I walked upstairs and all my mates were pulling their shoes on fast, saying the cops were here. I started to panic again so I got my shoes on, started to make my way down the stairs and theres a cop standing right there on the stairs looking at me. He stepped aside and ushered me past. We just left, no hassle. My heart was beating like a drum though.

We went back and checked the place out again a couple nights later, it was still open, no problems, we assume they must have been paying the cops off good times!

So yeah, if you want to do some serious travelling, see some of the most amazing scenery and culture and still smoke hash, go to China. The flight may be a bit pricy but once you're there, it's dirt cheap. You can live on £2 a day + accomodation which again is dirt cheap. I'm going back as soon as I finish University to get a job teaching English out there.




Edited by The_Toker - 22 Mar 2007 at 12:30

Maybe! I tell you, you wouldn't regret going there if you just want travel experience and still be able to get high.