jaspertl

My top 6 wish list:
S. Africa
New Zealand
St. Petersberg
Rome
London
Croatia

My top 6 already visted in no particular order:
Iguazu Falls
Denali National Park
Machu Picchu
Cozumel/Palancar reef
Ireland (loved Killarney)
Jasper National Park/icefields parkway

Lindores

Dear quimbymoy

If you're planning to visit South Africa in 2010 just remember that we're hosting the Soccer World Cup - all transport & accomm options will be at a premium, so book well ahead.

If you're a soccer fan then you will already know this!

Lindores

Hmmm, my top 6????

1. Morocco
2. Pyramids
3. Seychelles
4. Greek Isles
5. Switzerland
6. Croatia

Places I've been, in no particular order, but would recommend:

1. Malawi - very poor but lovely around Lake Malawi
2. Victoria Falls and Zambia - the Falls are a must-see.
3. Namibia - Etosha Pan Game Park is magnificent, as is Swakopmund and the dunes are awesome! Waterberg Plateau is spectacular.
4. Scotland - my "roots" are there and I love it.
5. England - too expensive for the SA Rand, but I love it too (more "roots&quot.
6. Ireland - the scenery is spectacular and the people so friendly - love that Irish accent.
7. Austria - heavenly.
8. Germany - some special places.
9. Prague - one of my all-time faves.

Lindores

Just a thought for those of you who are travelling in Africa - be sure to take out medical travel insurance - I had to be air-lifted out of Zambia with a dodgy appendix - high drama, but ended well. The flight alone cost R122000-00 (USD 12000-00) in 2008, but was covered by the med insurance.

DMcavoy

My 6 places would be.
Chiangrai
Ko Samet
Ko Phangan
Phuket
Ko Samui
Ko Lanta

Have travelled the world and no where like thailand.

christee52

I had a list and I knocked off one location in October which was Kenya.

Alaska (by ship first, then by land)

Adirondacks

Historic National Road (travel by truck and pull a camper)

China, Nepal, Denmark, Greenland

Not in any order, just gotton go there!

thursdaysd

I'd never heard of the Historic National Road - thanks for the info. BTW, you do know about the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Natchez Trace Parkway, right?

BillT

No one mentions these but they should be considered:

Rice terraces in Phillipines- often called one of the wonders of the world. Also the chocolate hills and the smallest volcano in thew world.

offwego

Top 6 of the places I haven't been:

Trans Siberian Railway

Iraq, just not right now.

India

Bhutan

Africa, not sure where, it keeps changing

Vermont in the Winter, I have no idea why.

jaspertl

we drove the blue ridge parkway and it was spectacular (even in the rain ;0(

Now that I really think about it, I don't think that I've been anywhere that I've been unhappy with. It's all a great experience.

this thread has given me some new ideas too!

Clifton

Love reading these lists. Been to some of the wish spots but haven't been to a lot more of them (if you like Asia for the exotic feel and chaos and don't mind touts, you'll probably love Morocco too).

If Santa was a travel agent, our wish list might be something like:

1) Kyrgyzstan - my daughter's heritage. It'd be fun to put it in the middle of a Silk Road kinda thing from Kashgar to Osh and onward, ending in Samarkand or Bukhara.

2) Vietnam
3) Mongolia
4) Ethiopia (Lalibala in particular)
5) Nepal + Varanasi
6) Peru & Bolivia

And um, Java + Bali. I couldn't decide. And Rajasthan or Kerala. Shoot...

mrwunrfl

Guenmai, Kamakura is in Japan, near Tokyo.

Far and away the number 1 must see place on my list, "the center of the world", is: Jerusalem.

But I have been there.

Of places I have not been to, in no particular order, and subject to change by tomorrow:
1) India
2) Russia
3) French Polynesia
4) Ayres Rock
5) Victoria Falls
6) Gettysburg

Guenmai

Thanks for the Kamakura explanation. Smiles. Happy Travels!

writealiving

I love reading this forum. I do not get to travel as often as I wish, so I can do it vicariously, lol. I am curious. What is GTG? And someone posted about Afghanistan and Iraq. I don't know why, but it is a dream of mine to go to both places. Hopefully there will be a time it will be safe for us to go.

Kathie

gtg=get together

These are meet-ups that Fodorites arrnage in various locations.

magical

writealiving---- Afghanistan & Iraq..uum. I would like to spend some time in Kashmir (India), someday, when it's safe to go there.

AskOksena

... fine 'op', 'g' ...

... one continent to go for the Asian female crazed (just one, these days, mind you), BKK/SIN/SFO based business traveller: a certain peak, located a bit, 'down south' ... (hiya, 'S', at 'Camp Murdo' ... loved climbing with you in Alaska and Tibet) ...

... now, would suggest, it's not the 'place', but rather 'the journey' ... (as my dear sweet mum would say to me before rather extended mountaineering expeditions in Nepal, Tibet and one very special time 'high up' in a 'pre 9/11' Pakistan ...

... and, as for the 'journey', well here is one suggested programme: Singapore Girls, all the way to Bangkok, joyous evenings with some of the most gorgeous, gracious women in the world, followed by Thai Airways business class to Kathmandu, and yes, more surprisingly hot times with Nepalese women at the Yak and Yeti hotel, and then, depending upon budget, you either hike or chopper 'a bit', and then climb and climb, and ultimately - karma /weather permitting - pay your ultimate respects to the 7000 and 8000 metre goddesses who truly rule
our world. ... ((no 'bottled oxygen' for 'us' above 8000 metres ... ('your mileage may vary')) ...

... after 'coming down', well, more joyous massage treatments at the 'Y&Y', then TG J back to BKK, and then, yes, Thai 'masseuses' - Forever ... (and don't forget those Girls back to your 'real world'.) ...

... savour your 'must see places' ... (perhaps via SQ F/J) ...

macintosh (robert)




... More Spacious Than The World Has Ever Seen ...

(Singapore Airlines)

dogster

AskOksena:

Madam 'I Give You Good Time' Lulu L'Amour of the Yak and Yeti Beauty Salon in Kathmandu sends her love.

She thinks you might be confused.

This post is NOT the one called 'Six Places I Once Had Sex In Before I Got Married.'

That post has been removed.

AskOksena

>>>This post is NOT the one called 'Six Places I Once Had Sex In Before I Got Married<<<

...

just watch me now/

(Bowie)

...


... classic 'd' ... (but you still need to turn it up a notch by flying, yes, Singapore Airlines F/J) ... those Girls won't bite ... (unless you ask them ... behind closed doors, to be sure) ...

... (and just between us: are you still skulking for a major book contract? (If no score yet, don't take it too hard: in my late teens/early 20's, harboured high hopes of landing a recording contract and becoming the next Dylan / Bowie / Young ... well, now, to please the SQ-forever wife, I monitor sqtalk, the sq board on flyertalk and do my best to entice those on fodor's into flying SIA ... (check out my work with the grandmother from Houston, Texas) ...

... as always, all the best to you 'd', and please know you are my current #3 on Fodor's, behind the the all-time sentimental 'bella' and yes, that HK lawyer ... (she recently came out with more praise for SQ's latest and greatest business class product ... she's lapping you, dude) ...

... and, as for 'madame lulu' at the Y&Y, well, never quite made her companionship, but as for some of her 80's and early 90's colleagues (and yes, a certain unnamed KTM 'retreat'), well, 'thanks for the memories' ...

macintosh


... and the inflight service even other airlines talk about ...

dogster

lol mac, you're my #3 too.

Or my #2, three. I'm not sure which.

As for the book contract, alas - Random House have not been on the phone, as yet. Stupid fools, unable to recognise real talent...

Now, back to the long list of every place in the world I haven't been to... Guenmai will get angry if we hijact this topic with our banter.