FUTURE TRAVEL RANKING
 

WE HAVEN OW HAD A COUPLE OF FORUMS ON FAVORITES AND THEIR RANKING CAN WE NOW RANK OUR FUTURE TRAVEL PLANS AND PLACES IN ASIA, AND ELSESWHERE IF YOU WISH....

mine include:

INDIA 1

MALDIVES 6

TAIWAN 7

JAPAN 5

SOUTH AFRICA 3

PHUKET 8

PATTAYA AND THE AREA EAST OF BKK 4

LAOS, ESP. LP 2

DUBAI 9

PARAGUAY 10

that should read: we have no had

Oh my I have unleashed a monster- now everyone is in the ranking business. OK here is where we are headed:

1) Manila 2005

2) Shanghai/Taipei - 2006

3) Bangkok/Phuket or Pattaya - 2007

4) Paris/London - 2008 but only if the dollar recovers and is strong against the Euro and the French get an attitiude adjustment. (frontal labotomy?)

This sounds like fun:

1. India (February 2005)

2. Bangkok - Angkor Wat - Hua Hin (2006)

Other future trips (not necessarily ranked in order):

3. Viet Nam

4. Laos - Myanmar

5. Egypt

6. Chile - Argentina

7. Australia

8. New Zealand

9. South Africa

Yes, I like this one.

1. Peru/Equador (2005)
2. Cambodia/Vietnam and back to Thailand (2006)
3. South Africa/stop in Dubai
4. Australia/Fiji
5. China/Tibet/Nepal
6. Prague
7. India again but this time Goa/Kerala

I will leave the rest open..Somewhere new always pops up.

Places I would like to go either for the first time or as a return -- in mo special order.
1. Thailand -- always have to return.
2. Afghanistan when it's safe
3. Cambodia outside of Angkor Wat
4. Bhutan
5. Laos
6. Burma to see our guide again
7. Hanoi to see how it's changed
8. Yunnan province of China
9. London when there is great theatre
10. Florence just because I love it.
11. India but this time southern and/or Gujarart
12. Prague for the first time
13. Japan -- return and this time rurual. Would also like to go just to concentrate of spots and things related to "Tale of Genji"

bob; how many can we list, is 1 considered the highest, and are you going to tally this?

you can list as many as you want...i have hired bill to tally it...hahaha....i may try to tally in a few days...

great, heres my list.

mars(i think they have water there)
olongapo.
kaoshung.
madras
bhutan
rio d.
paris
munich
florence
hokkaido
martha's vineyard(if time permits)
in no order.

nantucket is much nicer than marthas vineyard...slightly further at sea as well but in the same area....12 minute flight from hyannis on cape cod..

I'm wading in here too:-

1. India & Thailand Dec 04/Jan 2005
2. Cook Islands esp Aitutaki (sometime 2005)
3. New Zealand 2005 (for the fourth time, because it's fabulous & sooo close for us).
4. Galapagos Islands, Bolivia & return to Argentina 2005/2006
5. Egypt (whenever we can fit it in).
6. Japan 2006
Let's hope the world remains relatively stable/safe and we are all able to realise our plans/dreams!

sounds like fun, here's mine...
(1)Maldives, North/South India, South Africa - 2004
(2) Argentina, Japan (7th time) - 2005
(3) Shanghai, Beijing - 2006
(4) Lake Garda and/or Sicily
(5) Laos, Burma
(6) Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay
(7) Budapest
(8) Prague
(9) Dubai, Oman
(10) I can go on and on

1. cambodia. again and again
2. Seatle
3. Hartford
4. Macau
5. Vietnam
6. beijing
7. mangolia
8. Siberia, Rusia
9. San fransico
10. Australia

Orgy - Hartford??? If you ever do make the trip home, let me know so I can buy you a beer in "New England's Rising Star" (Hartford's new logo).

Jerusalem really should be on everybody else's list, IMHO.

The first two are booked:
1) Buenos Aires*, with day trip to Colonia, Uruguay
2) Thailand (Bangkok & Chiang Mai) and stops in Siem Reap, Seoul, Kyoto*, and Tokyo*.

The next three are very close in ranking (you could call them 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and then Australia would be 4) and I have done a significant amount of research on this year:
3) Moscow & St Petersburg and a stop in Copenhagen
4) India (golden triangle) with stop in Vienna
5) South Africa with side-trip to Victoria Falls

The following have about equal weighting:
6) Australia
7) Italy
8) Ireland
9) Toronto
10) Grand Canyon

*=been there before, never been to the other places.

In no particular order
Cycling in Guilin (2005)
Swimming with whale sharks in the Phillipines (2005)
Australia (Dec 2004)
New Zealand
Macchu Picchu
Cherry blossoms in Japan
Green Magic Nature Resort, Kerala, India
Israel
Prague
Myanmar
Morocco

1. Thailand
2. Japan
3. India
4. South Africa
5. Patagonia
6. Central Africa
7. China
8. Paraguay
9. Greenland
10.Boston

In no particular order:
Thailand
Peru
Argentina
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Hungary


Hartford????

All very interesting....

1. Cook Islands (best place ever)
2. Costa Rica (great volcano)
3. Bermuda (leave in a month)
4. Singapore/Bali (summer 2005 vacation)
5. Fiji (Christmas 2005 vacation)
6. Greece (Summer 2006 vacation)
7. Can't think that far in advance....

Hmm, I thought bob said Asia... I supposed one gets carried away easily when they're having fun?