Your most favorite place in the world.

I'm making a list of places I'd like to see before I my time is up. Could have as much as 2 years left to do it in, all being well.

15 years ago, February 26th 2009 No: 21 Msg: #64205 Delete Edit

mark and chrissie
Mark and Chrissie Hayward

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Hi,

This is a fantastic idea, enjoy your trip when it arrives - I´m sure you will.

We´ve been to some incredible places, some more touristy than others but all with their own merits! Here are just a few of our highlights...

Seeing the orangutans in Borneo

Walking the Great Wall in China

Visiting Machu Pichu in Peru

Learning to scuba dive and diving off Sipidan island in Borneo

Skydiving in Australia (although skydiving anywhere would be just as amazing!)

A helicopter ride over Iguazu falls in Brazil/Argentina

Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia

A night in Raffles hotel, Singapore

The Sambadrome parade in Rio at carnaval time...the list goes on!

Blossom season in Japan

Some things I would absolutely love to do...
A cruise to Antarctica, safari in Africa, relaxing/snorkelling in the Maldives, seeing the bears in Canada/Alaska, staying in the ice hotel in Norway, seeing the Northern lights, visitng the Galapagos Islands, going to Easter Island, taking the Trans-siberian all the way to Mongolia...(this list also goes on and on!!!)

Good luck with your planning, I look forward to following your journey,

Take Care, Chrissie Reply to this

15 years ago, February 27th 2009 No: 22 Msg: #64303 Delete Edit

liliram
liliram

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Have not been to Petra, but it is definitely in my list. From there you might as well go for Israel and Egypt (and try your camel ride) - places I enjoyed. Back when I did my treatments, my surgeon said "there's a lot you can do in 5 years or so". He was right. And I've been at it , traveling on and off, and in better health, for more than 7 years now! Just go, girl..........go where your heart leads you. Reply to this

15 years ago, February 28th 2009 No: 23 Msg: #64316 Delete Edit

EdVallance
Edward Adrian-Vallance

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Of the roughly 50 countries I've been to I have to say Vanuatu is my favourite. In some international survey the people there were found to be the happiest in the world and you really see it everywhere you go - beaming smiles, raucous laughter, random acts of kindness and hospitality, they all become pretty much ever-present, especially once you leave the capital and travel to some of the smaller islands. On top of that many of the islands have easily accessible tribes who have preserved more of their culture and traditions than any tribes I've visited anywhere (and I've visited a fair few). Traditional dancing, songs, ceremonies, clothing (or lack of it!) and houses all remain very much a part of people's lives. As well as all this Vanuatu has a few of the best beaches anywhere in the Pacific (for example Champagne Beach on Espiritu Santo island) but here you are more than likely to have the beach all to yourself. If you like mountain scenery and trekking, Vanuatu has it in abundance. If you like adventure sports, it has a hell of a lot of that too in the capital. It also has two easily accessible volcanoes, one of which is the most easily accessible in the world. Good diving too in some parts, such as the USS Coolidge wreck. Reply to this

15 years ago, February 28th 2009 No: 24 Msg: #64317 Delete Edit

EdVallance
Edward Adrian-Vallance

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I forgot to mention that Vanuatu also has one of the most spectacular ceremonies anywhere in the Pacific, if not the world. In April on Pentecost Island local tribes build huge wooden towers up to thirty five meters high and, clad only in their traditional dress (leaves wrapped around the genitals!) the men throw themselves off with only a jungle vine tied around their ankle. The length of the vine is measured exactly so that their hair brushes the ground at the end of the fall! This was apparently the origin of modern bungee jumping. Reply to this

15 years ago, February 28th 2009 No: 25 Msg: #64332 Delete Edit

golfkat
Gerry Kataoka

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There are many beautiful places, like the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, and Yellowstone. But the places that have meant the most are: Amazonia, Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, Machu Picchu in Peru, Hanoi, Vietnam, hill tribes of Laos, Queenstown, NZ, and Penang, Malaysia. Let me know if you need more information. Reply to this

15 years ago, March 1st 2009 No: 26 Msg: #64392 Delete Edit

A New Beginning
Anna Strachan

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Some of my favourite places are Namibia (Sossusvlei, Etosha National Park and Kaokoland), Jordan, Morocco (Chefchaouen and Marrakesh), Oman (the interior), Mongolia and Mozambique (Ilha de Mocambique). Reply to this

15 years ago, March 2nd 2009 No: 27 Msg: #64534 Delete Edit

steadywench
Soofri

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I would love to recommend Baltistan, Hunza and Shigar in Northern Areas of Pakistan, the true heaven on earth.

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15 years ago, March 4th 2009 No: 28 Msg: #64743 Delete Edit

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15 years ago, March 6th 2009 No: 29 Msg: #65011 Delete Edit

The Travel Camel
Shane Dallas

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For what is worth here are my suggestions, and I'll expand this to include many favourites:

Favourite buildings: Taj Mahal (Agra, India), Palace of Versailles (Paris, France), The Alhambra (Granada, Spain)
Favourite landscapes: Wadi Rum (Jordan), Anywhere in the Sahara Desert, Kakadu National Park (Australia), Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Favourite cities: Paris, Madrid, Tokyo, Prague
Favourite food: Malaysia, India, Ethiopia (all are spicy so you have been warned)
Favourite (friendliest) people: India, Syria, Bangladesh, Ethiopia
Favourite religious sites: Venkateswara Temple (Tirumala, India), St Peters Basilica (Vatican City), Ste Chapelle (Paris), Abraham's Birth Cave (Sanliurfa, Turkey)
Favourite ancient sites: Temple of Karnak (Luxor, Egypt), Temple of Osiris (Abydos, Egypt) Petra (Jordan), Ephesus (Selcuk, Turkey), Angkor Thom (Siem Reap, Cambodia), Krak des Chevaliers (Syria)
Favourite festivals: Diwali (India - October-November), Ghost Lantern Festival (Keelung, Taiwan - August), Festival of San Fermin (Pamploma, Spain - July)

Okay, that's enough from me, I could keep this list going for quite a bit longer 😊

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15 years ago, March 21st 2009 No: 30 Msg: #66667 Delete Edit

Smashley
Ashley S

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My favorite place in the world to go (or that I have been too ) is San Francisco, California. The weather is great. (unbeatable) The people are great. Scenery is OUTSTANDING! And if you go you have to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. It is the most amazing feeling EVER. Nevermind, the steap streets will give you all the excersise you will ever need. SAN FRANCISCO should definitly be on everyones to do list. Reply to this

15 years ago, March 24th 2009 No: 31 Msg: #66912 Delete Edit

joe5710
mark

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you have not seen beauty and kindness till u have been to myanmar/burma. when i return year after year i feel like i am home.i want to retire here. Reply to this

15 years ago, May 3rd 2009 No: 32 Msg: #71753 Delete Edit

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So Avril, where did you decide to go? Reply to this

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