I've lived in placed with clear skies most every night with no light pollution. Arizona was great in that respect! You could see the Milky Way in all it's glory and even the galaxy Andromeda with a pair of binoculars! In four to five billion years from now there is about a 50/50 chance our galaxies will collide, what a show that would be! But the sun will likely burned out by then and we'll all be long gone! lol

How has the weather been over there?