Like a warm welcome when you travel? Check out this list of the top 10 friendliest countries in the world and feel the foreign love!

I got caught in the rain today and a man gave me his umbrella. Not a cheap, plastic one but a nice one with colors and a wooden handle.

It made me feel warm and fuzzy. It’s nice when strangers are friendly for no reason.

Even nicer when you’re thousands of miles from home and possibly feeling a bit lonely and fed up.

Want to suffer warm and fuzzy when you travel? Check out Lonely Planet’session list of the Top 10 Friendliest Countries in the World,* and stay dry across the globe!

1.    Ireland
2.    USA
3.    Malawi
4.    Fiji
5.    Indonesia
6.    Vietnam
7.    Samoa
8.    Thailand
9.    Scotland
10.  Turkey

Who’s been to Ireland? Got more friendly stranger stories? Disagree with this list? Post up your comments below, we want to hear from you.

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*List taken from the Lonely Planet Bluelist: Best in Travel 2008

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