OT - What are some of your future travel bucket list destinations?
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Italy - going this June
Maldives
Dubai
Fiji
New Zealand
South Africa
Peru (Machu Picchu)
Motorcycle tour through Morrocco
Banff
Greece
Bali
Maldives
Dubai
Fiji
New Zealand
South Africa
Peru (Machu Picchu)
Motorcycle tour through Morrocco
Banff
Greece
Bali
Short Term Since I am 68.
I am going to LA next week with 4 friends from high school to see the Dodgers and Angels. Have been to about half of the major league stadiums and want to hit them all with my friends.
As soon after retirement as I can, I'm heading to Australia for 3-4 months, leasing or buying an old Ute, getting a Sat phone, and heading to the Back of Beyond - the Bungle Bungles, the Kimberley, Kakadu, down to Southwest Australia to Perth, etc. I want to be tooling around a red dirt road hundreds of miles from pavement
As for near term:
Alaska next year
Scotland (my ancestral homeland)
New Zealand
The classic American National Parks (e.g. Zion, Bryce Canyon, Yosemite)
Going to Iceland for the 2nd year in a row in 13 days. That country is epic. Just did a gear check and initial pack this morning
As for near term:
Alaska next year
Scotland (my ancestral homeland)
New Zealand
The classic American National Parks (e.g. Zion, Bryce Canyon, Yosemite)
Going to Iceland for the 2nd year in a row in 13 days. That country is epic. Just did a gear check and initial pack this morning
My 23 year old son just booked a trip to South Africa over Ireland and Italy. Was that a good choice?
Top three are the Alps, Scotland and Molokai. After that, the list quickly becomes too large for a bucket.
Kakslauttanen, Finland to see the Northern Lights (top of my list)
[The Northern Lights are my current sig pic]
Mt. Everest base camp (This is a tough sell to my wife because, while she will go to Tibet or Nepal, she will not go up the mountain. The window on this is closing quickly due to age.)
Alaska
Canadian Rockies by rail
[The Northern Lights are my current sig pic]
Mt. Everest base camp (This is a tough sell to my wife because, while she will go to Tibet or Nepal, she will not go up the mountain. The window on this is closing quickly due to age.)
Alaska
Canadian Rockies by rail
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You could double up Alaska and Northern Lights.Kakslauttanen, Finland to see the Northern Lights (top of my list)
Mt. Everest base camp (This is a tough sell to my wife because, while she will go to Tibet or Nepal, she will not go up the mountain. The window on this is closing quickly due to age.)
Alaska
Canadian Rockies by rail
True, but it is my understanding that the chances of seeing them is far greater in
Kakslauttanen.
Israel - my highest priority
Egypt - pyramids, museums,.....
England
Have previously been to Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria with my wife, and to Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia on business. Of those, we may go back to Italy as we never made is to the south past Rome. I'd love to take her to Budapest, as it was beautiful, but I doubt we would go.
As someone above mentioned, I would also like to go to the great American parks, particularly Yellowstone. But my wife only likes to camp at a Marriott so we'll see how that goes.
My son is in seminary and went to Indonesia on a short mission trip this past winter. Where he goes his parents are sure to follow, so that is an unknown at this point......
I'm just working part time, and retiring very shortly, this summer. But since the plan is for my wife to work 4 more years, until I get SS, we likely won't plan any large scale trips for a few years.
Egypt - pyramids, museums,.....
England
Have previously been to Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria with my wife, and to Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia on business. Of those, we may go back to Italy as we never made is to the south past Rome. I'd love to take her to Budapest, as it was beautiful, but I doubt we would go.
As someone above mentioned, I would also like to go to the great American parks, particularly Yellowstone. But my wife only likes to camp at a Marriott so we'll see how that goes.
My son is in seminary and went to Indonesia on a short mission trip this past winter. Where he goes his parents are sure to follow, so that is an unknown at this point......
I'm just working part time, and retiring very shortly, this summer. But since the plan is for my wife to work 4 more years, until I get SS, we likely won't plan any large scale trips for a few years.
Only foreign country I truly want to visit is Australia. Hoping I get to do that on work's dime in 2019 with the Presidents Cup just being announced as going to Melbourne. One other thing I'd love to do is see the Midnight Sun in Alaska during the summer solstice.
Excellent, although that's actually a "post bucket list" destination, and one I hope to put off for a couple of decades.
From most likely to least likely:
Key West
Panama Canal cruise
Mediterranean cruise
Australia/New Zealand.
Key West
Panama Canal cruise
Mediterranean cruise
Australia/New Zealand.
Bring an armed posse. Dangerous country. I'm good friends with 3 different families originally from South Africa. It's a mess. ( I'm sure statistically he will be fine).IMO, Italy and the Amalfi Coast can't be beat.
south africa before it ain't a place worth visiting... aka, when they start confiscating land as their president is advocating (and specifically we want a ride on the blue train).
road trip... venice to slovenia, croatia, montenegro (loved montenegro and looking forward to returning)
staying in one of the towers (parker villas) in san gimignano
south of rome, up the amalfi coast, all the way into france and then provence
iceland... missed out upcoming trip.. maybe in 3 years we'll re-visit
river cruise through either bordeaux or the rhone (got that one covered next july)
got most of the bucket list covered on next vacation in june july.
I never had a bucket list of places I'd like to travel but I now have an idea. Thanks!
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I'm one who rarely ever posts but I had to reply to this thread. After 14 years with the same company, I choose to take a leap year and the wife & I are taking our two kids (5,2) on a trip around the world. We made the decision about a year ago to live our dream, set a budget and go out and do it. The great news is you all can follow along as we plan to blog the entire journey. We'll start blogging May 21.
www.travelerstateofmind.com
Looking forward to wearing my Penn State gear on the far side of the world!!!!
www.travelerstateofmind.com
Looking forward to wearing my Penn State gear on the far side of the world!!!!
Alaska-in 3 weeks!
Scotland/Ireland/Wales
Grand Canyon
Montreal
Australia
Scotland/Ireland/Wales
Grand Canyon
Montreal
Australia
San Diego/Joshua Tree next week
Big Bend in Sept.
Banf is on my Bucket list in the next 2 years. Have to get my passport.
I would have checked off Holland and the Van Gogh Museum last year, but my FIL came down with cancer not long before we were planning to leave and a 3+ week trip ended up being a 9 day trip--and that only to Heidelberg and surroundings.
Still on my list, though--but unclear when we will be able to make any long trip again.
Others are Ireland, London, Compton Castle in Devonshire (ancestral home of the Gilberts) and an African safari to see elephants in the wild.
Still on my list, though--but unclear when we will be able to make any long trip again.
Others are Ireland, London, Compton Castle in Devonshire (ancestral home of the Gilberts) and an African safari to see elephants in the wild.
