Top Ten Places I Feel an Inexplicable Urge to Visit:
- 10. Greece - Good food, ancient ruins, pretty postcards…yeah, I could take a month off to chill there.
- 9. Turkey - Have you ever met anyone who went to Turkey and didn’t like it? I don’t know much about it, but everyone loves it, and undoubtedly I would, too.
- 8. Peru - Gotta climb the Inca Trail up to Manchu Picchu to round out my Ancient Ruins of Central and South American repertoire.
- 7. Vietnam - Been to Thailand many a time, but never to Vietnam. Good food, cheap, pretty, fun…sounds like a good vacation.
- 6. United Kingdom - I’d like to live in London one day, and the UK in general would be fun to visit. With the loss of Strawhenge and Stickhenge, it seems necessary to visit Stonehenge…and ya gotta go to Loch Ness…and I wouldn’t mind picking up an Irish accent.
- 5. Italy - They say it’s a lot like Taiwan - nice people, great food, insane drivers, lots of mountains, lots of mopeds, lots of coastline, hot springs, etc…
- 4. Australia - Always wanted to see all their funny animals…and backpacking across the outback, while misguided, certainly sounds like fun.
- 3. Tanzania - I’ve wanted to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro for about 5 years now, and I’ve wanted to see the Serengeti since I was a little girl…
- 2. India - Like China, it’s just one of those amazing countries waiting to give you enough stories to entertain tables of friends for a lifetime…
- 1. Egypt - Pyramids, Sphinx, and all that awesome stuff…if I see one place before I die…
People who think I’ve been everywhere, guess again. I may travel a lot, but I find that I tend to keep going back to the same countries time and again, so my list is somewhat shorter than I might hope.
Places I’ve been:
- Belize
Belize City, Caye Caulker, Middle of Nowhere (Belize Zoo)
- China
Provinces / SEZs: Beijing, Guangdong, Hebei, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Macau, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Zhejiang
- France
Paris, Versallies
- Guatemala
Flores, Santa Elena
- Japan
Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, Ishikawa Prefecture
- Mexico
Cancun, Villadolid, Merida, Campeche, Palenque
- Taiwan
Taipei, Keelung, Jiufen, Ilan, Su’ao, Hualien, Taitung, Green Island, Kenting, Kaohsiung, Hsiaoliuchiu, Tainan, Taichung, Sun Moon Lake, Mt. Ali, Hsinchu
- Thailand
Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Krabi, Phi Phi
- United States
States: California, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virgina, Washington DC, Wisconsin