If you could travel to any place in the world, where would it be and why?

Icepick · 27-09-2014 11:43PM

Patagonia

_Brian · 27-09-2014 11:52PM

Egypt is wonderful, spend the whole time there in complete awe !!

Last time we visited the Great Wall there was fresh snow and It was beyond magic. Would go back in the morning.

Next trip back to China I'd like to see the terracotta warriors.

maryishere · 28-09-2014 12:13AM

The euromillions lottery ticket office.

coolemon · 28-09-2014 12:24AM

Socotra.

Curly Judge · 28-09-2014 12:33AM

The Persian city of Persepolis.
In fact, the whole of Iran.

Leogirl · 28-09-2014 12:47AM

John Doe1 wrote: »

I'd love to visit Granada and see the Alhambra. Also Dubrovnik is definitely on the bucket list.

Alhambra for me too. Fascinated since I watched a programme about it a few years ago & a bit annoyed with myself for not just going alone at this stage! Right- that's gonna be my New Years resolution!

DazMarz · 28-09-2014 12:50AM

Japan. I've always been fascinated with it. I reckon I'll hit Japan in 2016 or so. I've generally got holiday time around August, so I'll be pencilling in Japan for August of that year.

For 2015, I'm pencilling in a cross-America road-trip to visit my relations across the nation; fly into Houston, Texas... drive to San Francisco, California... drive to Olympia, Washington... drive to Chicago, Illinois... drive to Washington D.C. and finally drive to New York and fly home then. That is the plan anyway... how practical it will be remains to be seen and I will possibly be gutted and skinned by a serial killer somewhere en-route.

shalalala · 28-09-2014 12:52AM

I have one of those impossibly long lists of places to go or go again.

Iceland, Japan, Hawaii, Mauritius, Barcelona... The list goes on... It would be hard to pick one place

dimcoin · 28-09-2014 12:52AM

SkyBlueClouds wrote:

I'd love to visit Japan. Seems like a cool place with an interesting culture.

It is like its own world.

dimcoin · 28-09-2014 12:55AM

Duff wrote:

North Korea. Just to see if it really is best Korea.

I saw N. Korea from the DMZ. Bleak looking place and we could not see farther than the mountain range. I am sure the mystical Communist Gumdrop Forest was right around the corner.

osarusan · 28-09-2014 12:56AM

I've been in Japan for a few years.

It's great to find out that I am actually living the dream after all.

BoJack Horseman · 28-09-2014 12:57AM

mojesius wrote: »

New Zealand. I'd love to get a camper van and drive around both islands. Someday pepe, someday.

Done it.

Unforgettable...... Sell your spleen if you must to achieve this trip.
Money well spent.

BoJack Horseman · 28-09-2014 01:02AM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Egypt

You should go for it.

2 days Luxor
2 days Cairo.

Then bail on the place because tbh, its an absolute armpit of a nation.

Merkin · 28-09-2014 01:08AM

Iran. Fascinating place and people by all accounts.

Billy86 · 28-09-2014 01:09AM

Gili Islands, Indonesia.

Three tiny islands, one where most of the locals live, another mainly used for family holidays, honeymoons and the like, and a third that is more of a party island. No police, no motorised transport, no electricity for most hours of the day (apart from 2 or 3 hotels apparently), surrounded by coral reef, and it looks like bloody paradise. And obviously loads of Indonesian food!

http://2sporks1cup.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Gili-islands.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vYC0P6PbdbA/UVswB2hlqyI/AAAAAAAACO0/YMrJwJlSPMk/s640/2_dreamvillagetrawangan.jpg
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/3d/8c/01/restaurant-on-gili-trawangan.jpg
http://blob.vilondo.com/content/galleries/gili-guide/F44/Gili-Meno-beach2.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-vRvPtAx7g/TfGZx5fjteI/AAAAAAAAAqs/W41ufUMw_x8/s1600/Gili+Trawangan+Underwater+Enchantment.JPG

Undertow · 28-09-2014 02:01AM

So many to mention. Iceland, Bolivia, Nepal, Patagonia for a start!

All sound like epic adventures and have unrivalled scenery anywhere in the world, from what I can tell! Climbing to Everest Base Camp over Christmas so that will be one ticked off the list!

dimcoin · 29-09-2014 09:22AM

I would also like to check out Ireland someday. I heard it rains all ot there, I like the rain.

gramar · 29-09-2014 09:25AM

It's Monday morning and I'm in no mood to be at work so if I could travel anywhere right now it would be home.

Balmed Out · 29-09-2014 09:39AM

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

You should go for it.

2 days Luxor
2 days Cairo.

Then bail on the place because tbh, its an absolute armpit of a nation.

Totally disagree though it was pre 9/11 that I went. Cairo is one of the few cities with enough to see and do to fill up more then a week. Go to Cairo spend a few days then head to Sinai then a few more days in Cairo before heading south via luxor to Aswan. Back to Cairo for a few days then west to Alexandra and on to Siwa. Back to Cairo for a few more days. Cairo is an amazing city and possible the most foreign feeling place ive been to but it is polluted, crowded, intimidating etc and I wouldn't spend one large block of time there.
Of anywhere Ive been to its one I would love to return again though it was my first time out of Europe / USA so perhaps I have romanticized it a bit in my head.

Anyhow back to the OP, id like to explore Indonesia or a trip to Israel/Jordan. Two trips id planned before a wife and kid tied me down.

Jawgap · 29-09-2014 09:45AM

Travel to any place?
- New Zealand
- Iceland
- Kerguelen (read about it in a book as a teenager and have been fascinated by the place ever since!)
- South Georgia
- Alaska, Death Valley, Monument Valley in the US

Live in any place?
- Switzerland
- NZ
- Northern California

FTA69 · 29-09-2014 09:48AM

Merkin wrote: »

Iran. Fascinating place and people by all accounts.

Definitely. I'm going next year anyway for two weeks.

jester77 · 29-09-2014 09:56AM

Billy86 wrote: »

Gili Islands, Indonesia.

Three tiny islands, one where most of the locals live, another mainly used for family holidays, honeymoons and the like, and a third that is more of a party island. No police, no motorised transport, no electricity for most hours of the day (apart from 2 or 3 hotels apparently), surrounded by coral reef, and it looks like bloody paradise. And obviously loads of Indonesian food!

http://2sporks1cup.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Gili-islands.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vYC0P6PbdbA/UVswB2hlqyI/AAAAAAAACO0/YMrJwJlSPMk/s640/2_dreamvillagetrawangan.jpg
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/3d/8c/01/restaurant-on-gili-trawangan.jpg
http://blob.vilondo.com/content/galleries/gili-guide/F44/Gili-Meno-beach2.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-vRvPtAx7g/TfGZx5fjteI/AAAAAAAAAqs/W41ufUMw_x8/s1600/Gili+Trawangan+Underwater+Enchantment.JPG

There is nothing to do there and it gets boring very quickly. They don't even have fresh water, so you have to have a salt water shower. Fresh water has to be brought in by boat.

Hoop66 · 29-09-2014 10:01AM

Love to do Alaska - Patagonia on the transamerican. Japan would be nice, also Uruguay.

chakotha · 29-09-2014 11:18AM

Indonesia with a yacht and a few years. 13000+ islands to explore.

gramar · 29-09-2014 11:22AM

chakotha wrote: »

Indonesia with a yacht and a few years. 13000+ islands to explore.

Most of which are probably the exact same!

Hoop66 · 29-09-2014 11:23AM

I read that as beers at first. Either's good though, when are we leaving?

thrashmetalfan · 29-09-2014 11:30AM

I would like to go to cork, never been there. is it as nice as they say it is???

29-09-2014 11:46AM

Nz, Iceland, Nepal, places in India, switz, Thailand maybe, see some of those national park places in Croatia, bhutan

29-09-2014 12:02PM

A week ago I'd have said Japan but right now the only place in the world I want to be is just outside of Tuam with the person I live most in the world. I'd do anything for that, know it sounds soppy and all that but to be there would make me so happy.

Meathlass · 29-09-2014 03:47PM

Curly Judge wrote: »

The Persian city of Persepolis.
In fact, the whole of Iran.

It's ok but there are much nicer sites in Iran e.g. Choca Zanbil and another one high in the mountains in northern Iran whose name escapes me now are far superior.

When I visited it was snowing heavily and the steam rising off the volcanic lake made the whole site glow. Very very surreal.

If you could travel to any place in the world, where would it be and why?

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