If you could go anywhere, where would you go?

Hubby and I have been to most of the places we each wanted to visit and/or touch.

His list included every historic bridge in Britain, especially all the Brunel ones. His strongest desire was to touch the Iron Bridge. He also wanted to see Anzac Cove at Gallipoli, to climb Ayers Rock in central Australia and to see the Dig tree where the explorers Burke and Will perished after an epic journey from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria and halfway back again. He has ticked them all off over time.

My list was full of natural wonders - the Barrier Reef, an active volcano (Hawaii), the Grand Canyon and as many limestone caves as I could find. I love mountains and deserts and found both in abundance when we took 2 weeks to drive around some of the western states because I wanted to see the Grand Canyon.

We are both interested in history and have been privileged to see pyramids, temples and tombs in Egypt, Greece and Turkey, the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's wall in Britain and the catacombs of Rome. Another interest we share is Australian war history and this has taken us to Singapore where my uncle is buried and to Papua New Guinea where my father served. If there is anywhere left on my travel bucket list I would say it would be the Great War battlefields of France and Belgium. I would especially like to visit Villers-Bretonneux in France.

These days we take it easy and have taken up cruising. We go where the boat goes and next time it will probably go to SE Asia - Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand but not Bali. Neither of us wants to go there - too many Aussies and too many bars. Not a good combination.:rolleyes:
 
I read enough of those time twisting sci-fi stories to do my head in years ago. I'd opt to go back and get rich on shares except then I'd have to live through those last few decades again and once was enough. The future's too risky. There mightn't be any, it could get lonely there. :biggrin-new:

I've been just about everywhere I wanted to go. I've 'done' Canada, Alaska, the US and NZ and all but one corner of OZ. Regret I didn't get down to New York when I was in Toronto, thought I'd do it 'next time' but of course there wasn't one. siiiiiigh.

Havana fascinates me, love to see it while it's still a grand old tart in a time warp, before Maccas and co. get in.
Mongolia, and Ulaan Bator looks interesting.

So, New York, Havana, and Ulaan Bator for cities, and the Antarctic and South Georgia island for 'the wild places'. (I do 'flyovers' of them on Google Earth sometimes, I guess that's as close as I'll get.) :biggrin-new:
 
My three places of choice to go would be Italy, Russia and Greece, where my family's ancestors came from. I've been given locator maps of regional areas where the great, great grandparents and families lived .. not that anything would look the same today, but what enjoyment to see the region and all. .. their homes in the hills, etc.
Do know some areas are rather hostile these days, especially to Americans ...
but, put it on the growing dream list. :notfair:
 
My traveling days are about over. I did get out a portable bottle this morning, toss it in the basket of my walker, and walked down to the corner of Dakota and Barry Road. There is a chill in the air and I parked the walker and sat, watching the traffic, secure in the fact I could still see where I lived and would not get lost.
 
Years ago, when anyone asked where someone went, my friend would always answer, "They went surfing." So, in his memory, if I could go anywhere where would I go? I want to go surfing!
 
I've been very lucky in my lifetime to have visited Germany, Austria and Switzerland, all beyond description in beauty. But people on the East Coast/USA seem to favor the Caribbean for vacation (pkg deals are always going on) and I've been extremely lucky with trips there. My favorite is St. Lucia and that's the one place I would love to go back to. The one I missed is Bermuda, but I hear it's far more expensive there than those further south.

My bucket list for real adventure, not a seaside resort is:

Greek Isles cruise and any and all hillside villages
Tuscany and every other part of Italy I could get to
Australia
 
Jackie22 said:
I have also been very fortunate to travel to many places, one that I missed and would love to see are the Aztec Ruins in Mexico.
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Jackie, I haven't seen them either, only spent a day in Cozumel on a cruise ship vacation decades ago. But my daughter & d/h have seen them twice on an excursion from Cancun and from the pix they took, we definitely need to ad that trip to our bucket list. :)
 
I have been to Scotland but only a weekend stay in Dumfries and Galloway. It was beautiful but I would love to go a lot further north - with a trip to Edinburgh en route to see where my ancestors lived. :)
 
Financial restraint - or boracic lint as my late husband would have said - ;) is one of the reasons. But, the main thing is that I have an elderly dog (15) with Addison's disease and there's no way I would go away and leave her for even one day. My eldest son has said he'll take me to Ireland when I'm ready. Doubt if I will get to tour Scotland, I'll never be able to afford that but I am sure I will manage the trip to Edinburgh.
 
I understand about the dog. When we took a long trip overseas we left behind a geriatric dog and she was gone when we came home. However, she was looked after by my mother and was cared for extremely well. She spent her last days on a sheepskin rug between two cats and was fed titbits and stroked lovingly until she needed to make the final trip to the vets.

I've never seen Ireland but we did spend some time driving around Scotland. I really liked Edinburgh. We stayed in country farm house B&Bs and the cost was not too bad. Start saving.
 
Pam, Edinburgh is virtually England! If you get a chance, see the north of Scotland. Living north of Aberdeen, I'm biassed towards that area, Royal Deeside & the Cairngorms. The west is beautiful, but very wet. Of course, I'm sure you're used to that in Cumbria.

I've been in 11 states of the US. Really enjoyed the times I spent in Minnesota. I'd like to see some of Canada, but it's such a big place, I'd have to be selective.
 
I would certainly love to go further up into Scotland, you never know one day I might make it but I would definitely would have to stop in Edinburgh to see the church where my ancestor was christened etc.
 
Pam said:
I would certainly love to go further up into Scotland, you never know one day I might make it but I would definitely would have to stop in Edinburgh to see the church where my ancestor was christened etc.
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THAT WOULDN'T BE BILLY CONNELLY BY CHANCE PAM?:lofl::wink:
 
I wanted to get in my car and drive the back roads to New England, watch the leaves turn. Drive down through the Smoky Mountains, visit the Cascades again and drive around Washington State. I never had an urge to visit other countries. I never got to visit those places mentioned. I did go to Europe, to Japan, to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. And all over this country. I've travelled enough. I don't want to go anywhere else, except home sweet home.
 
We were going to head north and travel the Strzeleki track in search of some family history but due to having to fix certain things on the 4 wheel drive and now the hot weather it will have to be some other time,was so looking forward to going too.
 
Ozarkgal: Too bad Mexico is such a drug war zone now, there are some wonderful places there as well, but I wouldn't step foot over the border anymore.

I totally agree. Many yrs ago we were in Cozumel for one day on a cruise, but you couldn't get the flavor at all, and it's not one of the prettier places I've heard. (But were warned even back then to watch your back & be especially careful because there was such dire poverty.) Sometime later my daughter/hubby visited Cancun & Cabo several times and they raved about both. But the gangstas have ruined the country's appeal for everyone. Anthony Bourdain mentioned he had to have a truckload of armed guards when he was there filming recently for fear of kidnapping.....just "ain't" worth it! And such a shame for their economy because all that beauty could be making a grand fortune for them with traveler's $$$.
 
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