Where in the World would you go?

tayto lover

If you had free flights to anywhere in the world where would you choose to go?
I have this dilemma but I have not travelled abroad much and would be interested to hear where people have been and why they would return there. I would consider anywhere interesting. I am not too interested in lying on beaches though.
Thanks in advance.

THEZAPPA

tayto lover wrote: »

If you had free flights to anywhere in the world where would you choose to go?
I have this dilemma but I have not travelled abroad much and would be interested to hear where people have been and why they would return there. I would consider anywhere interesting. I am not too interested in lying on beaches though.
Thanks in advance.

I would go to Seattle. It's a lovely place, scenery is breathtaking, the people are so nice and have manners, loads of places to see, easy to travel up to Canada etc, very cheap in my experience, culture is fantastic, underground tour of the old seattle before the great fire, you can still find great gigs on no matter what music you are into. I could go on forever. Oh and its not always raining, was roughly 17-20 degrees last time I was there, if it did rain it was only for a few minutes and nothing more.

I already have a holiday booked in September and I went just this past march. Needless to say Seattle feels like home to me...now to somehow get a job there.

tayto lover

THEZAPPA wrote: »

I would go to Seattle. It's a lovely place, scenery is breathtaking, the people are so nice and have manners, loads of places to see, easy to travel up to Canada etc, very cheap in my experience, culture is fantastic, underground tour of the old seattle before the great fire, you can still find great gigs on no matter what music you are into. I could go in forever.

I already have a holiday booked in September and I went just this past march. Needless to say Seattle feels like home to me...now to somehow get a job there.

This is one of the places my wife has put on the list. Thanks.

schemingbohemia

I'd pick Japan, flights there are generally very expensive so if I had free flights anywhere that would be it. For anywhere else I can generally afford the flights so I'd pick the most expensive place to fly to. Also though I've never been Japan just seems so interesting and different.

You can get to Seattle or at least the west coast cheaply enough most of the time, though it would be an interestng area to go to, though the rainy weather would put me off.

Bolivia.

salar de uyuni

La Paz

Lots of other places and things to do. Amazing place, amazing culture & people.

Flights are expensive to get there usually also. And it's cheap once you get there.

ardmacha

Japan would be good, especially if a free rail pass was thrown in.

South Africa. A few days in Kruger, a few in Capetown, drive around the Cape area.

It depends what lights the OP's bulb, culture, history, scenery, outdoors etc.

Corkbah

depends on the time of year and what I wanted to do.....

off the top of my head:

Mexico = mainly diving
Palau (Caroline Islands) * = just for the jellyfish lake
South Africa (Safari)...and in April see great white sharks breaching
Panama = diving
Belize = for diving
Borneo = for diving
Laamu (Maldives) = scenery and diving
Maldives other places
Indonesia (Komodo, Bali, Java etc) = komodo dragons and diving

I like to scuba dive ... this year its Moorea and Rarotonga, hopefully go snorkelling with whales and their calves, feed Sharks and Rays....oh and a helmet dive and swim with dolphins.

of course I'd also love to return to Hawaii and walk on lava again (about 20feet from flowing lava - its amazing ...its al illegal trek across lava)

spurious

New Zealand - always.

Tipperary animal lover

Vietnam..... Simples

athtrasna

Vietnam is my favourite place on the planet. Would go back in a heartbeat. All the charm of Asia without the sleaze of Thailand.

I want to go back to Texas too, was surprised with how much I loved it. We stayed in San Antonio for 5 days and loved it. Did a day trip to Austin, really want to go back and see more.

Yamanoto

I'd definitely recommend Japan also.

Been lucky enough to get out there on a handful of occasions and I love the fact that you have to make quite an effort to attain even a small understanding of the place and its culture. Though it's obviously a modern first-world nation, it felt eminently more exotic to me than a place like Thailand tbh.

Though it's not by plane, the idea of travelling slow by Cargo ship really appeals. It's very doable too, typically working out at about €100 per day.

India to Malaysia, French Polynesia, the Marquesas Islands or even Long Beach to Japan are just some of the routes available.

It's on the long finger for practical reasons but a little like the journey itself, I'll get there, eventually.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Freighter_trav

endofrainbow

Margarita Island - Venezuela

mel.b

Would def head back to Kenya and Tanzania. I didn't get to Zanibar last time so that would be high on the list. I would also love to see the goriallas in the wild and a lot of trips start in Nairobi.

Would love to visit South Africa also.

High on my list at the moment is Iceland, Russia and Cuba. Would also love to visit Easter Island.

Would love to visit Paula for jellyfish lake also and Yap for the Manta Rays and also Tonga to snorkel with the Humpback whales. Ningaloo Reef in WA or Isla Holbox for Whalesharks.

And finally Melbourne and Christchurch so i could visit my family

However because i'm trying to save as much money as i can as i'm buying a house my next trip will probably be to Morocco as flights, sightseeeing etc is cheap