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?

He did say "and elsewhere if you wish". In that light,
1. Italy
2. France
3. Turkey
4. Malaysia/Indonesia
5. Bits of Australia I haven't paid due attention to.
6. Pacific NW USA and Canada, but not before the Americans stop fingerprinting their allies.
7, 8, 9, 10 - plenty of ideas but short of the readies.

Subject to the usual order changes forced on us all (finance usually).

1. Thailand
2. Vietnam
3. Sri Lanka
4. Costa Rica
5. Australia
6. Cambodia
7. Morocco
8. Peru
9. Goa
10. Botswana
11. China
12. Malaysia
13. China
14. Borneo
15. Eire
16. Cuba
17. Czech Republic
18. Holland
19. New Zealand
20. Brazil
21. Venezuala (SP.)
22. Canada
23. France
24. I could continue.

Somewhere high on the list would be New England, California, New York, New Orleans etc etc. Because of the difficultie with changes to immigration regulations I have chosen not to visit. The security checks at Heathrow are fantasstic yet I am still checked for weapons on entering the USA. Absolutely ridiculous. Are we part of the coalition or not ?

Oh yea he did! Duh...

And mine

Bangkok (Jan 05)
Niagra Falls
Greece
Mauritius
Bali
Ireland
Spain
NZ
Brazil
All parts of Australia except Syd (been there)
etc
etc
etc

It's up to you, SidB. Probably better that you stay away.

mrwunrfl, that's a good example of the attitude I'm talking about. In my travels I try to be as courteous as I reasonably can. I expect the same in return. Sadly, this was not the case the last time I visited the US. In UK travel forums I have heard this said many times.

In no particular order...Sri Lanka/Maldives/Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia/ Myanmar/Aruba/Bhutan/Zanzibar/Argentina/Osaka,Japan....and of course back to most of the couple dozen or so places I've already been to which I adore. Happy Travels!

Peru (Hiking the Inca Trail ) May 2005
Australia (again to see more of central and western parts)
New Zealand
France (only seen Paris - this time Provence)

I can't believe that only two people listed Brazil. It's an incredible paradise...especially the Salvador area in the region of Bahia and that whole Bahia area...blue...blue...water and amazing beauty...a true paradise. Happy Travels!

bob; i think we are ready for a tally. :-)

Yeah Bob, a tally. The exit pollers are probably looking for work. Maybe you could get them to help. Here's my submission:

1. BKK (4 days from now)
2. Myanmar
3. Luang Prabang
4. Angkor Wat
5. Tokyo (would be higher except for $)
6. Paris
7. Italy-Amalfi Coast
8. India
9. Australia
10.New Zealand
...
Last-Needham

Yes, Bob it is time for a tally - and don't forget those all important votes for New England, Needham and Hartford. Didn't see any votes for Cambridge though - must be the political climate :-)

craig---you are not the only one who noyticed the absense of cambridge, both england and usa....

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT???

OK SO AFTER 2 HOURS OF RESEARCH I HAVE THE FOLLOWING TO REPORT:

I HAVE PUT A FEW PLACES TOGETHER WHEN THEY ARE BASICALLY THE SAME LIKE BRAZIL AND RIO, but others i have left seperate...

THE FOLLOWING PLACES RECEIVED ONE VOTE ONLY:
seattle
hartford
macau
vienna
seoul
kyoto
san francisco
toronto
oman
needham---can you believe this???
copenhagen
turkey
central africa
taipai
spain
cuba
italy
aruba
guilin
switzerland
hua hin, thailand
sicily
lake garda
niagra falls, ny usa
galapagos
zanzibar
singapore
equador
fiji
tibet
bermuda
nepal
pacific NW usa
botswana
holland
afghanistan
yunnan
MARS
venezuala
olongapo
kaoshung
madras
munich
martha's vineyard, usa
hokkaido
grand canyon, usa
greenland
pattagonia
BOSTON



lots of great places, maybe some of you want to reconsider???

the following had two votes:

Phuket
pattaya
malaysia
indonesia
beijing
paraguay
shanghai
italy
london
morocco
egypt
chile
uraguay
budapest and hungrary
jerusalem and isreal
mauritius
greece
bali
canada
florence
phillipines and manila
cook islands


the following had three votes:

china
bhutan
brazil and rio
costa rica
maldives
dubai
sri lanka
ireland

the following had 4 votes:

russia


the following have 5 votes:

peru
argentina

the following have 6 votes:

prague and czech rep
south africa
laos
france and paris
hanoi and viet nam
myanmar/burma


the following have 7 votes:

cambodia and angkor
new zealand


the following have 8 votes:

none

maybe we should put hartford in here to make orgy feel loved

the following had 9 votes:

australia
toyko and japan

the following had 10 votes:

BANGKOK AND THAILAND

THE CLEAR WINNER WITH 11 VOTES IS INDIA

I N D I A

THIS IS AS OF 12:34 AM EST ON TUESDAY NOV. 16

becasue of all the pressure put upon me i declare the voting closed....anyone who has not voted is probably wearing shorts and a t-shirt and is yelling that if they are not allowed to enter the lobby at the bangkok oriental that they will retreat to the tower rooms at the ROS...and that's that!!!!

roberto; bravo zulu, well done. now go have a glass of wine, and go to bed. tomorrow is another day, so pls come up with another survey. this was fun. btw, i guess its too late to change mars to the moon, i think its closer. oyasumi.

Have the provisional votes been counted? How about the long lines to vote? Cambridge is a state of mind and soul. Mere physical visits cannot transport anyone to that higher plane. That's why Bob and I have dinner in Brookline. There's a border that he cannot/will not cross. I do note for the record that a tally of places without weighting them by where they are mentioned in posters' wish lists is unrepresentative of how much each location is desired. For instance two number 10 mentions should not get higher ranking than a single entry at the top of someone's list. Typical Republican polling data.

let me "flip flop" a bit and add in the moon...one vote...

it should be noted that the ve5ry best travel book store in the northeast is located in cambridge, ma and thus one has to travel to communist enclaves on occasion....

Well for everyone that voted for India, I have to say, after just getting back last week, that India is the most amazing place that I have ever seen!!