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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Wanted: Places

I decided I should make a list of places I need to go before I die:
  1. Egypt
  2. Greece (Corfu, Santorini)
  3. Nepal (Himalayas)
  4. Argentina Patagonia
  5. India (Taj Mahal)
  6. Japan (Mt. Fuji)
  7. Etosha Ntnl Pk, Namibia
  8. France (Mont Saint Michel- Normandy)
  9. Brazil (Amazons)
  10. Tanzania: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar
  11. Southern Italy: Amalfi coast (Ravello hotel), Naples, Pompe
  12. El Nido, Philipines
  13. Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
  14. Oman
  15. These places:  http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2012/08/29/gossip-76317.html
  16. Some of these crazy places, probably in the "safer mode" - like by foot on the Ireland cliffs or with chains/hooks on Hua Shan, China.  Definitely want to go volcano boarding some day - whether it's in Nigeria or Nicaragua...
  17. Ireland
  18. Iceland
  19. Australia: Great barrier reef
  20. Easter Island
  21. Israel, dead sea
  22. Cambodia: Angkor Wat
  23. Jordan: Petra and Wadi Rum
  24. Marrakech Morocco

Places I've been:
  • Amsterdam: Van Gogh museum, Ann Frank House, Red light district
  • Australia: Sydney (Opera house, bridge, Bondi to Coogee beach hike)
  • Bahamas
  • Botswana: Chobe
  • Canada: Vancouver, Banf ntnl pk; Jasper ntnl pk
    • Montreal: botanical barden, Mont Royal, St. Joseph Oratory, Notre-Dame Basilica, Old Montreal
    • Moraine Lake (Banff ntnl park Canada)
  • China: Guiling, Yangshuo, Kunming, Lijiang, Dali, Xi'an (Terracotta soldiers), Chengdu, Qinghai, Shangri-La, Xishuangbanna, Beijing (Great Wall, Forbidden Palace, Summer Palace)
  • England (layover)
  • France: Paris, Lyon, Nice, Avignon, Marseilles, Chamonix, Mont Blanc
  • Haiti: Port-au-Prince
  • Italy
    • Lake Como, Bellagio
    • Venice: St. Mark's Basilica, Doge's palace
    • Rome: Colosseum, Palatine Hills, Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica
    • Florence: Uffizi, Galleria d'Accademia (David)
    • Pisa
    • Milan: Duomo
  • Korea: Seoul, Bukhansan ntnl pk
  • Lesotho: Semongkong, Malealea, Thaba bosiu, sehlabathebe national park
  • Mexico:
    • Cozumel
    • Cancun, Chichen'itza (Mayan ruins, El Castillo pyramid, ball court)
    • Puerto Vallerta: Marietas Islands National Park (hidden beach)
  • Monaco
  • New Zealand: Auckland, Waitomo glow worms, Queenstown, Te Anau, Milford Sound, Roy's Peak, Wanaka Lake, Mount Cook, Lake Tekapo, Christchurch
  • Nicaragua: Managua, Granada, Esteli, Matagalpa
  • Peru (Machu Picchu)
  • Sierra Leone: Freetown, Lunsar, Segbwema
  • South Africa: Kruger ntnl park safari, Sentinel peak (Natal national park), Golden Gate ntnl park
  • Switzerland: Chateau de Chillon, Geneva
  • UAE: Dubai (4 hr layover): fountain, mall, Burj khalifa
  • USA:
    • Hawaii (Maui): Haleakala crater, Ka'anapali beach, Napili beach, Road to Hana, Big beach, Polo beach
    • Grand Canyon (only hiked 3/4 way down), Havasu falls
    • US: Yosemite (half-dome!)
  • Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls

Only for a short while:
  • London
  • Nairobi
  • Mexico

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