Perseid Showers 2011 Missed Again

I have been trying to view the Perseids at my home for some 17 years.  Most of those years the weather has not cooperated.  This year was no exception.  The sky has been overcast this last week.  I need to get to an area on this planet that historically has clear weather and little light pollution so that I may view the Perseids and the Milky Way in all their grander.  Milky Way and Perseid Showers  Some day.