Best food: Mexico
Honorable mention: Thailand
Honorable mention: China

Worst food: Czech Republic
Dishonorable mention: England

Best nightlife: Gion entertainment district, Kyoto, Japan
Honorable mention: New York City

Best naturally-formed wonders: Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Best ruins: Rome, Italy
Honorable mention: Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Best cultural city: Rome, Italy
Honorable mention: Kyoto, Japan

Best history museum: Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany

Best weather: Hawaii

Best art: Vatican City, Italy
Honorable mention: Paris, France

Best technology: Japan
Honorable mention: South Korea

Best place to be a backpacker: Vang Vieng, Laos

Worst place to be a backpacker: Hanoi, Vietnam

Kindest locals: all of Laos

Most obnoxious locals: Nice, France
Dishonorable mention: Paris, France

Most relaxing country: Laos

Most bustling, energetic country: Japan

Most debauched city: Amsterdam
Honorable mention: Bangkok

Most interesting city: Berlin, Germany

Most intense monument to a genocide: The Killing Fields, Phenom Penh, Cambodia
Honorable mention: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima, Japan

Most urban city: Tokyo, Japan (no competition here)

Most beautiful historical relics: Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand

Most naturally-beautiful region: Scottish highlands

BEST COUNTRY OVERALL: Japan