Bucket List of Travel Places

Egypt and the Nile River
Himalayan Mountains
Siberia
Alaska
Greece
Antartica
Iceland
China

Spain & Portugal

Greece

New Zealand

Bordeaux, France 

Chinguetti, Mauritania
Ethiopia
Coastal Somalia (seems unlikely at this point)
the Nile on a Dhow
St. Petersburg, Russia
Drive and hike the Norwegian Fjords

Bhutan
Northern India
Cambodia - Ankor
Ireland
France
Greece
China, most of it
Japan

Well, aside from the visit every place on the planet, my short term list:

Madagascar - before the lemurs are gone
Rwanda/Uganda - to see the gorillas
Mongolia

And of course the rest of the planet, no place too far or too obscure for my wanderlust -- though the crossing to Antarctica scares the bejeezus outta me

I have similar discussions with my GF and w/ folks at work occasionally. They all think I'm nuts, but I'm heartened to see that I'm not the only one with some slightly-atypical destinations in mind. I'd like to see a couple of civilized places also, but it's some of the out-of-the-way places that seem really interesting:

Prague
Djibouti
Istanbul (not Constantinople?)
Namibia (the Kalahari and the Great Karoo)
Tibet
The Atacama Desert in Chili
A couple of the cities in Russia
The Crimean Peninsula
Algiers (yes, I'd like to Rock the Kasbah, I just don't want to get arrested for it)

I'd love to get back to (if only for a day or two)
Bonaire (and maybe Curaçao)
Marrakech
Germany (where my father was born)

Given time I could think of many other places.

Edited by RBesecke 2011-01-30 1:13 PM

Cairo.

Definately add Greece

I read somewhere that the new part is called Istanbul and the old part is still called Constantinople.  When I was a kid I fell in love with the name Constantinople so have wanted to go since I was 10.

If I recall the song correctly, Istanbul was Constantinople... just ask "They Might be Giants"...



I'm a nerd.

Fiji
Thailand
Bali
Follow the tour de france for entire tour
Patagonia
Africa

I had forgotten about Patogonia - definately on my list due to Madeleine L'Engle's "An Acceptable Time"

It was.  Just the old part is still called Constantinople by the natives and that's the part I would want to see most.

I love to drive fast so at the top of my list is to drive the Nurburgring in Germany.

After that:
Swiss Alps
Prague
Oktoberfest in Munich

Crossed Rome off the list several years ago and that was the most amazing place I've ever been to.

In no particular order (except the first one)

Galapagos Islands
Tanzania
Italy
Iceland
Kona
The Pacific Northwest (Portland I guess)
Egypt
Alaska

I'd have to think for a few minutes to come up with a list of my own, but I'm surprised that no one has included any spots in the US. Have you all already been to Yosemite? That's my all-time favorite place to be.

scandinavia.

 

             Too many Americans      (except Florida, where there are too many Canadians).

 

I have to say I'd like to drive Monument Valley in Utah/Arizona. Maybe the badlands of the Dakotas too. I've driven through Detroit, but I think it's a different type of badlands.

Germany.
Great Britain.
Hawaii.
As many places where you BT'ers reside, outside of Wisconsin and Illinois.

What I'd like to know from those of you who posted offbeat places is ... why? (or heck, even usual places)? I mean, I think it's awesome you want to visit coastal Somalia, for example, but ... what's it attracting you there?

I'd still like to hit South America because it's the one continent/region I haven't been to. That's a whole world. I hardly know what to pick!

I'm thinking Uruguay because there are some gorgeous beach places there (very much a beach person), I get along better in Spanish than Portuguese, and they have two really cool iron-distance races there .

Besides, nobody ever goes to Uruguay, but they do have a helluva soccer team.

None. I've been to all the places I've really wanted to go to and quite a few that I didn't really care to be.

The only reason I'd travel at all now is to go to a destination tri.

Chinguetti, Mauritania
   Was once an even greater city than Timbuctoo; during Berber kingdoms it was one the great centers of scholarship and spirituality in the world and it's libraries were second to none. Still supposed to be a great destination for historical travelers. And I would like to see a great desert, see such a unique culture. All that stuff!
   
Ethiopia- I suspect you know it was the only African Kingdom not colonized by Europeans and thus is a "purer" historical experience, the cultural piece would be amazing.
  
Coastal Somalia (seems unlikely at this point)
One of the most spectacular coastlines anywhere...

Yippee

actually yes i was hoping you would explain how exciting and what a beautiful pic ... i think it would be wonderful to travel down the east African coast ... but the pirates ... hmph!

I would love to go to Ethiopia too. (Although I do suspect there may have been an Italian or two there, once). I have this THING for Ethiopian food. And I would love to trek in the vast stunning highlands, and I hope to spot the Ethiopian wolf. Visit archaeological sites in the Awash.