Where do you NOT want to go and why?
Mar 5th, 2005, 05:51 PM
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Where do you NOT want to go and why?
I'm just trying to help things along - the screen is driving me nuts!
So, is there anywhere you've been you have no desire to return, or just no interest in going in the first place?
So, is there anywhere you've been you have no desire to return, or just no interest in going in the first place?
Mar 5th, 2005, 07:19 PM
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Ah, move the threads up, that is a good idea babs.
OK, I will never return to Reno.
Feel the same way about LasVegas.
Fishermens Wharf in SF unless a grandson insisted he wanted to go there.
Carmel, I don't know, it just doesn't turn me on as it did years ago.
Cinque Terra, saw it several times before Rick Steve's discovered it. No desire to go back
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Tahoe South Shore. Would never bother again unless house guest wanted to go.
Pisa, Italy, unless I was with someone who had never been there.
Off the top of my head these are the places that come to mind.
And thanks for moving things along, LOL.
OK, I will never return to Reno.
Feel the same way about LasVegas.
Fishermens Wharf in SF unless a grandson insisted he wanted to go there.
Carmel, I don't know, it just doesn't turn me on as it did years ago.
Cinque Terra, saw it several times before Rick Steve's discovered it. No desire to go back
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Tahoe South Shore. Would never bother again unless house guest wanted to go.
Pisa, Italy, unless I was with someone who had never been there.
Off the top of my head these are the places that come to mind.
And thanks for moving things along, LOL.
Mar 5th, 2005, 07:27 PM
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My family and I used to go to Branson back when it was a small Ozark town surrounded by beautiful scenery, with a trout filled river running through it. Now, I'd agree. I'll never go back.
Las Vegas isn't my thing either, really, for those times when I have a choice.
And I'm not much for beach sitting, so places that focus around that activity aren't on my list.
Mar 6th, 2005, 06:59 AM
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Hard to be negative, because every place does have its good points.
But it is just that there are SO many places, and so little time.
Therefore, I will never return to Jerome (ride up/ back is not my cup of tea), Dells and large areas of WI, most ski towns (very much including Aspen, Lake Tahoe and Reno,too much money for too little- IMHO),Turkey, Jamaica, Branson, Florida from Christmas until end of August, Amsterdam (only place I actually left early- I just disliked almost everything about it)and any of the Mexican border towns. (Other places in Mexico I do look forward to returning to, especially Cozumel.)
To be honest, I also would probably not want to go to India, Aphganistan, lots of the Middle East, and much of desert Africa, because I know others who went, and I know that I would have great trouble with their cultural treatment of women, and especially dress/ physical limitation rules especially- apart from the acceptance of female circumsion by the authorities.
But it is just that there are SO many places, and so little time.
Therefore, I will never return to Jerome (ride up/ back is not my cup of tea), Dells and large areas of WI, most ski towns (very much including Aspen, Lake Tahoe and Reno,too much money for too little- IMHO),Turkey, Jamaica, Branson, Florida from Christmas until end of August, Amsterdam (only place I actually left early- I just disliked almost everything about it)and any of the Mexican border towns. (Other places in Mexico I do look forward to returning to, especially Cozumel.)
To be honest, I also would probably not want to go to India, Aphganistan, lots of the Middle East, and much of desert Africa, because I know others who went, and I know that I would have great trouble with their cultural treatment of women, and especially dress/ physical limitation rules especially- apart from the acceptance of female circumsion by the authorities.
Mar 6th, 2005, 07:11 AM
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In the US- Another vote for Branson. Like Clifton, I was there many years ago when it was a charming town in the Ozarks. Went back a few yrs ago and felt like crying.
Outside the US- Baghdad and Tehran
Outside the US- Baghdad and Tehran
Mar 6th, 2005, 07:36 AM
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This is a great post...interesting!
For me it would have to be Hawaii--it is the flighttimes that keep me away. I know it's beautiful, but the flight time from JFK is the deal breaker for me.
It used to be Las Vegas....and we went last year for the first time. I was not looking forward to the trip, and had every expectation of American Cheese. When our friends used to tell us how great it was we thought they were just crazy I went to LV to prove myself right... I was wrong! It was one of the best vacations we ever had. We returned a few months later and had an even better time.
But even with only a 3 hour time difference from NY to LV I am not right for at least 5 days when I get home.
For me it would have to be Hawaii--it is the flighttimes that keep me away. I know it's beautiful, but the flight time from JFK is the deal breaker for me.
It used to be Las Vegas....and we went last year for the first time. I was not looking forward to the trip, and had every expectation of American Cheese. When our friends used to tell us how great it was we thought they were just crazy I went to LV to prove myself right... I was wrong! It was one of the best vacations we ever had. We returned a few months later and had an even better time.
But even with only a 3 hour time difference from NY to LV I am not right for at least 5 days when I get home.
Mar 6th, 2005, 07:43 AM
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Niagara Falls in December. Stupid decision my boyfriend and I made when we were 20, not much pre-planning or research went into it. We had driven to Pittsburgh from Florida to see a Steelers game and knew we were ending up in Boston to visit friends and thought it would be a sweet, romantic thing to do. NOT!! Everything was closed and all the pictures are of us looking frigid. I plan everything like a fanatic now.
Mar 6th, 2005, 10:01 AM
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I gotta jump on the Branson bandwagon too. That is the first thing that popped into my head when I read this question. I've never been there, but from the descriptions I've read, it doesn't seem to be someplace I would enjoy. I would like to visit the Ozarks though - I have heard that there is some really pretty country in that area.
