Place you want to go to before you die? For me it is the Seychelles. I'd love to dive

[applegrove]

wrecks off one of the Islands. I recently found somebody who actually went there. Said it was humid which is bad for me. But I looked it up and there is a dry time of year. 60 minutes did a story on it in the 1980s, talked about how it was a mix of socialism and capitalism. I've wanted to go ever since.

http://www.seychelles.travel/en/about_seychelles/index.php

[NYC_SKP]

1. Shit, works for me.

Whatever it is, it would be a diving or snorkeling or coral reef destination, no doubt.

[ohiosmith]

2. Was there in 2009. Was going back in 2010 but did not due to pirate activity so went to Maldives.

Found both places to be pretty boring.

[applegrove]

9. I love the outdoors. I get thrilled by waves and snorkeling. Seychelles to me seems

pretty natural. That is what I want. Sorry to hear they have modern day pirates. I will have to rethink my dreams.

[CharlieVicker]

3. For me there are so many...Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Antarctica just to name a few.

Luckily for me I should be in good financial shape to travel the world when I retire in 5 years or so.

[ohiosmith]

4. All great places. Antarctica is incredible!

[CharlieVicker]

5. I've toyed with the idea of trying to get hired to work at McMurdo base after I retire.

[ohiosmith]

6. I met several of the scientists from McMurdo in 2010. Very cool.

[kentauros]

7. The Moon.

Barring the tens of millions to buy that ticket, I'd be satisfied with seeing the rest of New Zealand

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. Williams Canyon, Colorado

When I was 12 years old, I caught the spelunking bug and I became obsessed with cave exploring. A few miles outside Colorado Springs there's Williams Canyon which contained a number of limestone caves. My friends and I explored a cave named Huccacove Cave which had a very interesting layout, on two levels with some drop offs and pits that made an impression on us 12 year olds exploring it by the light of carbide lamps without adult supervision. We felt like we were in the movie Journey To The Center Of The Earth or exploring the cave in Mark Twain's novel Tom Sawyer. This was in about 1961. Since that time, explorers from the National Speleological Society made major breakthroughs in the cave, finding new passages and increasing the known cave length about five times what it was before. I'd like to go back to that cave to see what they've found and see if the cave would still be as exciting to me now as it was when I was an adolescent.

[applegrove]

10. Sounds like fun.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Any place in

Japan that looks like this


or like this

[applegrove]

12. My brother and his girlfriend are talking about buying a place in the hills of kyoto to retire at.

I'm going to have to visit him there.

[AsahinaKimi]

13. You should probably make them

watch this first;

[avebury]

22. Thank you for the link. I am really

enjoying it.

[4_TN_TITANS]

14. Macchu Picchu

Would drool all over the Andes mountains.

[mnhtnbb]

21. We were there in 2009. It is spectacularly beautiful.

[GoCubsGo]

33. Me, too!

There's a bunch of stuff I want to see in South and Central America, but that tops the list. Number Two is to swim a lap in the World's Largest Swimming Pool: The Crystal Lagoon at San Alfonso del Mar resort,inChile.

[rurallib]

15. I would like to see D.C.

since I spend so much time bitching about it.

[applegrove]

17. Go during the cherry blossom season. Actually it is probably packed then. Beautiful.

[femmocrat]

16. Paris.

I have wanted to go there since I was a little girl.

[applegrove]

18. I've been there twice. It is really great. If you can get a hotel room with a kitchen

you will save a whole bunch of money and eat wonderful food. Their veggies, fruits, cheese, meat and bread are all so fresh...cooking in is so worthwhile. Not the same as cooking the 'fresh' food we buy at grocery stores in North America.

[SwissTony]

36. Any advice as to how to find such a room?

In a post downstream, I talk about how we're going to Jordan in May. We're going via Paris as we can't get a direct flight from Amsterdam (we live in Holland). So, we're planning to stay in Paris for a week. I know, most people would weep upon hearing about our problem. (Background: promised the wife 20 years ago that I'd take her to Paris. i'm now actually going to do it. Plus, we get Jordan. Oh boy, big dent in the bank balance!!!!)

Any advice/website/hint would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[applegrove]

40. No. I don't know any hotels there. Went with a bus tour and the second time with a friend

whose family had an apartment there. Go see Rodin, Pere LaChaise Cemetery, and see if there are any concerts going on at Notre Dame Cathedral.

[SwissTony]

43. Thanks for getting back to mee.

I will take your suggestions most seriously.

And European cemeteries are very interesting. Walked through a wonderful one in Lyon.

[sinkingfeeling]

46. Hope you have a wonderful trip to Jordan. We flew into Amman last November on the

day the population protested the energy subsidy cut and the tour company flew us to Cairo within 6 hours. Didn't get to Petra or anywhere else.

[SwissTony]

48. I thought the protests were fairly non-violent. And ant-government as opposed to, say, anti-tourist.

Did you get to see much of Egypt?

Edited to change "ant-government" to "anti-government".

[sinkingfeeling]

49. Yes, saw a lot in Egypt which had been #1 on my list. The Jordan protests were over before

we landed in Cairo! We weren't very happy with the tour company and said so. We were in the Four Seasons Nile Plaza the night before we left and could see Tahrir Square from the room. Watched the protests start up again in Egypt.

[LNM]

50. We've used VRBO.com several times

It's Vacation Rental By Owners. Basically the owners or their agents rent apartments to travelers. There are several sites like this. You typically pay half up front and they meet you with a key when you show up and pay the second half. I'm sure it's possible that they will cheat you out of your money, but I think if there were complaints against them they'd be kicked off the site. We've never had a problem and we've rented in about 8 different cities in the US and Europe.

Note- I'm not affiliated with them, just offering this type of suggestion.

[SwissTony]

51. Excellent!!!!

I'll look into that site. We're going in May.

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

[LNM]

53. Enjoy your trip! nt

[Paladin]

24. Paris is glorious. By all means, go.

And I'll share the best advice I ever got about visiting Paris with you: If you only have time to go to one museum, it ain't the Louvre you ought to consider---it's the Musee d'Orsay. If you've got a week, do them both, of course. Bon Voyage.

[sinkingfeeling]

45. I'm currently planning my trip to Paris fo later in the year. Want go and room together?

[femmocrat]

55. Thank you, sinkingfeeling! I wish I could.

Can you send us pictures at least?

[Broken_Hero]

19. Northern Europe, Denmark, Norway.....nt

[Initech]

20. St. Maarten

Only beach in the entire world where you have the possibility of getting injured or killed by jet blast:

[a la izquierda]

23. Turkey and Jordan.

In time, I'll see most of Latin America through work. Probably a good chunk of Europe as well. But the Middle East calls me.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

25. Greece and Turkey...

I'm a lover of history. I'd love to cruise the Greek Islands...on a sailboat, thank you.

[In_The_Wind]

26. For me it isn't where but what: Hot Air Balloon Rides

When I visited my love from our college days, it was my wish for a balloon ride with someone very special Phil had other ideas. so we spent a wonderful week in the Keys at Islamorada.

Somewhere out there,
perhaps there is still time for one very special breathtaking moment before my time is done.

namaste my love

in the wind

[ohiosmith]

28. In The Wind! Balloon ride! Go figure!

[In_The_Wind]

29. *sigh*

[img][/img] I am who I am.

[MuseRider]

27. I too have always wanted to dive there.

Will never make it, may never dive again. Been enough to have great memories and experiences. I agree with you totally that that would be one very awesome place to visit and dive.

[applegrove]

41. I too don't know if I will ever dive again. I'd have to lose weight. I wonder too about adrenalin

which I can't handle. But I can always snorkle.

[TuxedoKat]

30. Indonesia

and other islands in that part of the world. Bali Hai is calling...

[Bucky]

31. You want to go to the the Seychelles before THEY die. The ocean will swallow them in 40 years.

[SwissTony]

32. Jordan - been wanting to go there since 1958

I used to go to my local library in Scotland as a seven year old. I often looked at books with photos of pyramids. A helpful librarian pulled out a book with pictures of Petra. I was hooked. We are going in May. I'll see Petra, Petra by night and little Petra.

And I get to swim in the Dead See.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

34. I've got a few:

Hawaii, Belize, Italy, Ukraine, Poland. (The latter two for family roots reasons).

[GoCubsGo]

35. Pompeii

I have always wanted to visit Pompeii and the other ruins in that area, and that was well before I knew that some of my ancestors came from nearby Naples.

I would love to visit the Seychelles, too. The beaches look so inviting.

[Kali]

37. Australia

may get there in 2014, was supposed to go in 2010

may go to Germany this fall to plan for the Australia trip, have renewed my promise to myself to go whenever, however. no excuses including money, weight, health - whatever. if there is a chance I need to take it or there will only be regrets.

suggest others follow the same philosophy

[SwissTony]

44. I'm sure you know this, but Australia is a BIG country.

It's about the size of the US in terms of area.

My advice: don't try and see too much if you only have a few weeks. You don't want to spend all your time travelling as opposed to admiring my wonderful country.

Hope you have a great trip.

[Kali]

56. yeah

we will probably try for a full month and my travel partner has been twice before.

probably northwest tropical area and the tablelands around Urulu - I am not a city person at all

when she was there (20 years ago?) they had rental camper/RV type vehicles. we are thinking about this as well.

[SwissTony]

57. So, you're thinking of The Kimberley and Uluru??

Not bad choices at all. Two great areas.

Be aware of the time of year. If you're not used to tropical and extremely humid heat, avoid the Kimberley in the period Nov-Feb (The Wet). I lived in Darwin for six years and always joked that you tell the locals from the tourists by the fact that the locals walked in the sun, the tourists skipped from shade spot to shade spot. It's merciless if you're not used to it. Particularly during the wet. But even in the Dry, it's very hot.

I presume you'll be flying into Darwin. I don't think there are any direct international flights into Kununurra or Alice. Why don't you consider going to see Kakadu? 250 km from Darwin and more than worth the effort.

There's not a great deal to see in Darwin, but Litchfield's worth a visit.

I wouldn't drive a camper from Darwin-Kimberley-Alice Springs. They are all a long way apart. Better to hire one at each destination. Fly between the destinations.

When you get to Uluru, go out to the Olgas. They are magical. And I presume you'll be going to places like King's Canyon.

I hope you go and I wish both of you a fantastic journey.

Edited to add: take PLENTY of water

[DearHeart]

38. Several on my list:

Washington D.C.-historical reasons
Philadelphia-historical reasons
Pennsylvania-genealogy
Santa Fe, NM
Paris and Normandy, France
Florence, Tuscany & Rome, Italy
Back to Prague-Loved it!
Slovakia-genealogy

[midwest irish]

39. The area of Scotland where my family came from

We left the Highlands in 1775. Id love to see the part of the country where my family came from.

[Blue_In_AK]

42. India

[sinkingfeeling]

47. Australia and New Zealand are still on my list.

[geardaddy]

52. I've never been to me.

[Callalily]

54. Dive the Great Barrier Reef!

Yup . . . that would make me one happy old lady!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

58. The set where they film the award of...

...powerball checks...

...

...

...as a winner of course.