<p>I’ve been to lots of the East African game parks. My favorite is Ngorogoro Crater, though Serengeti for the migrations is really cool too.</p>
<p>I really want to hike Hadrian’s wall. Preferably one of those hikes where someone else takes care of the luggage!</p>
<p>" But that trip to Bali, Tahiti, and I think Bora Bora is on the itinerary,on the Paul Gaugan is my dream. It is a very small and personal cruise boat."</p>
<p>That is something that sounds very appealing to me. It’s not over the top expensive for us, either. We can get a 10 day French Polynesia cruise for 2K (outside cabin), and free airfare. Not chump change for sure, but actually pretty reasonable to pay 4K + wine for two people. Okay…wine could add up, but still. </p>
<p>I’m always hunting for great vacations for a deal. I had heard of the Paul Gauguin cruises, but didn’t know much about them.</p>
<p>“Barcelona for the architecture, culture and history” - jean, I hope you get to do that! It’s terrific and not as pricey as some of the other dream spots. We went in May 2012 as part of a wonderful western Med cruise that started and ended in Barcelona.</p>
<p>I’m obviously very boring, but I always said if I won a huge lottery, I’d buy the biggest most luxurious motor home available and drive to every state, spending at least a week in each to see the national parks, tourist spots, eat local foods, etc. Then I’d take a cruise to Alaska and fly to Hawaii to finish off traveling through every state. I want to know our own country first- then start dreaming about more exotic places.</p>
<p>2016, I’ll go with you. Except if we have lottery amounts of money, let’s not drive a motor home. We rented one once and never again! If we’re rich we will drive in a fun car and have someone Sherpa our luggage to the next spot ( and set up camp in the parks).
I would love to check off all the National Parks.</p>
<p>I just really want to sleep in air conditioning though. I think a custom made one would be better than a rental… I hope! Someone else could drive the motor home maybe?</p>
<p>Well my heart skipped a beat knowing I was on China’s Great Wall. But I cannot wait to return to Rome next year, for the first time with our sons.</p>
<p>2016BarnardMom, seeing the country is a wonderful thing to do. I did most of what you did on a shoestring budget the year after I graduated from college. I (and a partner) got a grant to photograph firestations across the country for a year. Meeting firemen and doing research everywhere was a way to get to know communities, and we missed out on some State Parks (Yellowstone was too much of a detour to justify, sigh,) but thanks to that grant I think there are only 9 continental states I haven’t been to.</p>
<p>The moon. Mars is too far and would take too long.</p>
<p>When I was in my 20s, I knocked off most of my travel bucket list. Fortunately, being young and pre-internet, it was pretty short. I have made it to 49 states (missing OK and not sure I’ll ever make it there). Thought about trying to hit all the National Parks but decided I probably won’t make it to Wrangell-St Elias in AK or the Dry Tortugas, 70mi off FL keys, so gave up on that idea. Just going to places that pique my interest, some repeats, some for the first time.</p>
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<p>One of the prettier sights I’ve ever seen was the St. Elias range from the coast just north of Juneau. No need to go there, the sight was sufficient. </p>
<p>Walked on the Great Wall back in 1981 and it felt remarkable. One fantasy was to backpack a major section of the Wall. I think someone later did, and wrote a book. </p>
<p>Hearing the stories of the ship caught in Arctic ice makes me wish for that sort of detailed, informative tour to someplace remote. </p>
<p>A long held dream is traveling the length of the Andes by bus.</p>
<p>Definitely Santorini, Greece.</p>
<p>I would have my own yacht and travel all summer from Barcelona, up and down the coast of Italy, Croatia, Greece, Crete and Turkey.</p>
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<p>We left out of Port Douglas, too. I don’t remember the name of the boat, but it took close to two hours to get to the first spot. Then they took us to two more spots, but they weren’t far from the first. I thought the fish would be the highlight, but the reef formations were really fascinating.</p>
<p>54 Places to Go in 2014–some rather interesting destinations on this NYT list.</p>
<p><a href=“52 Places to Go in 2014 - The New York Times”>52 Places to Go in 2014 - The New York Times;
<p>Just returned from Fiji–I would have to rate it way up there in the “trip of a lifetime” category.</p>
<p>Europe. All of it. Long and leisurely.</p>
<p>So many places: Australia, New Zealand, Morocco, Oman, Iceland, Patagonia in Argentina, Greece, and much of Europe.</p>
<p>Great Lakes: Alaska’s St. Elias fly over might be spectacular, but for me the sight is not enough. Driving to the Kennecott Copper Mines (Guggenheim etc.) is a marvel. Stay a few days, hike glaciers and bear territory, float a river, and then fly out over the park. OMG.</p>
<p>Ever been to “Soar” at Epcot? IMAX screen and you sit in what becomes a flying glider–you soar over landscapes, smell the orange trees etc. Very cool. Wish they had more experiences like that to get to travel exotic places you’ll probably never go.</p>
<p>We’ve been fortunate to have extensively traveled. Italy was a true favorite.</p>