Where are places you would like to vacation to, on your bucket list

Any place I want to see, I go to YouTube.

It ain't like being there but it's a helluva lot cheaper and I don't have to spend an inordinate amount of time in the air wondering how horrible it would be if we plunged into the ocean. (Not a fearless flyer).

Short stays in a place are not worth it.

As the years go by, so do the memories.
 
OldFeller said:
Any place I want to see, I go to YouTube.

It ain't like being there but it's a helluva lot cheaper and I don't have to spend an inordinate amount of time in the air wondering how horrible it would be if we plunged into the ocean. (Not a fearless flyer).

Short stays in a place are not worth it.

As the years go by, so do the memories.
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When you go to some of these places in person, they're commercialized or they're packed with tourists and traffic, which takes some of the fun out of it. But watching travel videos isn't the same thing since you only get to see what the producer of the video wants you to see.

One day, or they may already have them, there will be virtual reality tours that will allow the user to explore popular sites without leaving the comfort of one's couch.
 
I did the classic three months of bumming around Europe when I was a teenager and hit about every country there. Then I lived in Turkey for 2 1/2 years in my early 20's.

But in my middle years, when I had the youth and the health, I didn't really have the time or money to do a lot of traveling. Mexico, Bahamas, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Morocco, Hawaii for short vacations, but nothing epic. And I so longed for "epic"....y'know...African safari, The Camino, boating down the Amazon, exploring ruins at Angkor Wat, etc., etc.

In my old(er) age, while I could still get around well, I did some semi-epic things....Turkey again, Ecuador, Costa Rica, India. And we travelled for 4-5 months a year in our RV all over the country. I can't say I was the spryest one in the bunch, but I managed to keep up.

Now, I have lots of time and a bit of money I could devote to travel and it's just HARD to get my bones moving. I did go to Mexico in 2024 and that was fun but it was....well....hard...all that walking on cobblestone streets and climbing steps. I kept up with my sisters, but that bed sure felt good at night.

I long to go to Australia and New Zealand, but THAT AIRPLANE TRIP!!!! Even with a layover in Hawaii, I think they'd have to take me off the plane with a fork-lift at the end.
 
jujube said:
I did the classic three months of bumming around Europe when I was a teenager and hit about every country there. Then I lived in Turkey for 2 1/2 years in my early 20's.

But in my middle years, when I had the youth and the health, I didn't really have the time or money to do a lot of traveling. Mexico, Bahamas, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Morocco, Hawaii for short vacations, but nothing epic. And I so longed for "epic"....y'know...African safari, The Camino, boating down the Amazon, exploring ruins at Angkor Wat, etc., etc.

In my old(er) age, while I could still get around well, I did some semi-epic things....Turkey again, Ecuador, Costa Rica, India. And we travelled for 4-5 months a year in our RV all over the country. I can't say I was the spryest one in the bunch, but I managed to keep up.

Now, I have lots of time and a bit of money I could devote to travel and it's just HARD to get my bones moving. I did go to Mexico in 2024 and that was fun but it was....well....hard...all that walking on cobblestone streets and climbing steps. I kept up with my sisters, but that bed sure felt good at night.

I long to go to Australia and New Zealand, but THAT AIRPLANE TRIP!!!! Even with a layover in Hawaii, I think they'd have to take me off the plane with a fork-lift at the end.
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I once worked with a woman who went to Australia. I think she said the flight was 27 hours.
 
MarciKS said:
as long as there was plenty of bathroom stops, i think it would be fun to go on one of those old fart bus tours. maybe some day.
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Oh, the old fart bus tours are GREAT! Other old farts to talk to and you're well taken care of. Since there are old farts, the rest stops are frequent and there's usually a toilet on the bus. Sometimes there are one or two old farts on the tour that cause problems but you can usually just ignore them. I've made some great friends from bus tours.
 
jujube said:
Oh, me too! I've watched videos about it and it looks like a dream!
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The best part of the trans Canada rail journey is the first 3 days, going through the Rocky Mountains, eastwards from Vancouver. Crossing the flat lands of Saskatchewan, and Manitoba is kind of boring, but then you get to the amazingly spectacular Great Lakes region of Northern Ontario, land of one hundred thousand lakes and rivers. Then descending south to the largest Canadian city, Toronto. This is the route of the Via Rail train called The Canadian. Not to be confused with the much shorter 3 day trip called The Rocky Mountaineer. JIMB>
 
Trip 1: Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Dubai, Oman (not going to happen anytime soon)

Trip 2: Kenya and/or Tanzania

Trip 3: Dalmatian Coast, Albania, Corfu

Trip 4: Baltic Cruise (would be nice to include St. Petersburg, but again not going to happen soon)

Trip 5: Japan and Shanghai

Trip 6: Indonesia

Trip 7: Galapagos, Peru, Chile

That's pretty much the bucket list. We're going to try to take one big trip per year and another smaller trip to cover places in the US and some one-offs like Scotland, Corsica, Portugal, Sardinia, etc.

After we finish all that, I'm going to vacation in the back yard.
 
Probably a vacation to Guam.

Would love to show the wife the many places I visited while stationed there in the 70's.
Great beaches and people.

The real goal would be for her to see it as a place we could move to and finish out our time above ground.
Being a Territory of the US, my retirement from the military kicks in with the bases there.

I miss the ocean every day.

Every Day...
 
Many years ago, sitting on the beach reading, an older man with quite a tan stopped and asked what we were reading and carried on quite a conversation about our books and ones he read and suggested some to try. He moved on to the next folks who were reading and continued discussing books. My husband said right then "that's what I want to do when I retire" We nicknamed him "the Professor" from the Shoe cartoon. Sadly walking on the beach now (35 years later) we see very few readers and I doubt they would enjoy the conversation as we did
 

48 hours in Montpellier 🇫🇷 | French Vlog with subtitles – cafés, museums & city walks​


Montpellier (UK: /mɒntˈpɛlieɪ/; US: /ˌmoʊnpɛlˈjeɪ/)[a] is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the department of Hérault. As of 2023, 310,240 people live in the city proper,[7] while its metropolitan area has a population of 813,272 as of 2020.[3] Montpellier is the third-largest French city near the Mediterranean coast, behind Marseille and Nice, and the seventh-largest city of France overall. The inhabitants are called Montpelliérains.

 
I've long thought a visit to Tahiti would be nice, and I would like to to take a boat ride on the Amazon River but these days neither is very likely to happen. I am satisfied with the amount of travelling that Hubby and I enjoyed together.
 
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