[BnaBreaker]

CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA!

Amazing people, amazing weather, amazing beaches, amazing food, surprisingly cosmopolitan, great nightlife, quite safe overall, a beautiful city scape that encompasses a mixture of modern highrises and stunning and colorful colonial architecture and a beautiful mix of Latin American and Afro-Caribbean cultures. It also has a good sized airport, a booming economy, and TONS of highrise construction. The biggest drawbacks to me, I think, would be the lack of rail transit (but that is the case for most cities in Latin/South America) and the relative lack of an ethnically diverse restaurant scene (though the local food is very delicious and diverse in and of itself).

Mello, check it out...based on the description of what you want in a destination, I honestly think it is exactly what you're looking for. I really don't think you'll be disappointed.