Which specifics are a necessity when writing about a locale?

I have no preconceptions when I travel- only wants.

I want a clean soft place to land with clean running water. Some fresh food and good wine or local beverage. I usually want to hear a foreign language and a country that is not engaged in upheaval, kidnapping or a civil war is high on my list. A place that can evoke a spiritual feeling or raise a passionate issue is now becoming a necessity for this jaded writer.

And of course sun,sand,surf and a moon to color my dreams!