If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

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The discussion revolves around vacation ideas and destinations, with participants sharing their preferences and experiences. Popular suggestions include tropical beaches, the Caribbean, and specific locations like Fiji, the Maldives, and various islands. Many express a desire for relaxation, with mentions of all-inclusive resorts and swim-up bars. There is also interest in more adventurous locations such as Badakhshan, Afghanistan, and Trango Towers in Pakistan. Some participants highlight the appeal of home and local vacations, emphasizing the comfort of familiar surroundings. The conversation touches on the challenges of traveling alone and the idea of joining travel clubs to meet new people. Overall, the thread captures a mix of relaxation and adventure in vacation planning, with a strong emphasis on personal preferences and experiences.
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Where would you go, why, and what would you do?

I don't know, I need a vacation when school ends. I don't know, but throw ideas around. Id be interested to know, even if I don't go anywhere. I might just sit at home on my ass for an entire week, god that would be good...
 
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Fiji. I've heard from some friends that the scuba diving and free diving are spectacular. Gotta love that warm water -- a Speedo and a dive knife are all that you have to wear.
 
Home! (I do more than enough traveling for work).
 
Does it have to be anywhere in the world, or can it be anywhere in the Universe?

The Moon! :biggrin:
 
Maui.
 
DaleSpam said:
Home! (I do more than enough traveling for work).
Good answer, Dale! When I was running my own consulting business, I sometimes spent more time in the deep South than I did at home. Getting back home for my wife and her home-cooked meals and sleeping in our own bed could seem pretty precious.
 
Some beach in the Caribbean that has cocktails.
 
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http://www.incredible-adventures.com/migs/mig31-edge-of-space.html
 
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Kurdt said:
Some beach in the Caribbean that has cocktails.
Me too. The Evo Child's best friend's family rented a place on a private island in the Carribean a couple of years ago and took her. No crowds, they had everything to themselves. They had their own boat, so they could go exploring all of the little islands, ski, snorkle... <sigh>
 
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A private Island would be lovely.

As long as it had a cocktail bar.
 
  • #12
the Canaries, no doubt, the best climate all year around. Neither too hot nor too cold and the best island, La Palma, not in the first place for having an outstanding observatory.
 
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My cousin and his wife typically vacation in the Carribean. They book their flights, arrange for the rental of a sail-boat, and pay to have it provisioned to their specs. They cruise around, island-hopping, anchoring and rowing into enjoy secluded beaches or snorkeling reefs and coves. A week or two later, they are back home, tanned and relaxed with lots of great pictures.
 
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I'd like to go where the government is keeping and working on all the 'found' alien technology, artifacts, and remnants.

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vacation in Caribbean, Mexico, Bahamas, backyard, etc. with some nice caring woman
 
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I could really use someplace warm and sunny, a few drinks with fancy straws. My level of stress is maxed out right now.
 
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Cyrus said:
Where would you go, why, and what would you do?

I don't know, I need a vacation when school ends. I don't know, but throw ideas around. Id be interested to know, even if I don't go anywhere. I might just sit at home on my ass for an entire week, god that would be good...

Stay at home and make models, much better than cavorting all over world wasting fuel.
 
  • #17
Ireland-I think it would be such a neat place to go since family on my mom's side is from there. Specifically Galway.
 
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Cyrus said:
Where would you go, why, and what would you do?

I don't know, I need a vacation when school ends. I don't know, but throw ideas around. Id be interested to know, even if I don't go anywhere. I might just sit at home on my ass for an entire week, god that would be good...

Hmm... *Moonbear contemplates whether she should answer where SHE would go, or suggest someplace to send Cyrus.* :biggrin:

I alternate between desiring vacations in places where there are lots of things to actively do and see...visit some European city, for example, and travel around the surrounding area, find the restaurants the locals eat at (rather than the tourist places), or go hiking, or camping, or visit rainforests or go trail riding on horseback, etc. Those are the vacations that are great fun, but you return needing a vacation from your vacation to catch up on rest after all that activity. And, then, sometimes I just want to go to some all-inclusive resort on a beach...doesn't matter where because they all look pretty much the same...and just relax out lounging by a pool, getting drinks from the bar in the pool, and not doing anything more strenuous than turning pages of trashy novels.
 
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Cyrus, go to TIKRIT, great place. You will love it.

marlon
 
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marlon said:
Cyrus, go to TIKRIT, great place. You will love it.

marlon

When are you coming to DC?
 
  • #22
wolram said:
Stay at home and make models, much better than cavorting all over world wasting fuel.
How about a balloon. I hear that it's only 80 days around the world.
 
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I'd like to kajak down the Ganges.
 
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How about Antarctica? nice penguins :smile:
 
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luben said:
How about Antarctica? nice penguins :smile:

I think there'll be a grumpy Pengwuino round those parts.
 
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I'd go to Nicaragua to watch Buena Vista's league championship girls soccer team play. I wonder how much one of their http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/SPORTS/802160346 would go for on e-Bay, especially now that they've actually been worn by champions.

All of that "World Champion" memoribilia prepared in advance for the losing team almost always gets donated to some third world country as far away from e-Bay as possible, so I guess it was just a matter of time before the losing team's stuff popped back up in the news somehow.

By the way, just so people don't get some idea that the Patriots are more charitable than the Indianapolis Colts, the Colts have donated back-up quarterback Jim Sorgi to Nicaraguan children.
 
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http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hilton_maldives.jpg
The Maldives
 
  • #28
dst said:
A man after my own heart. Will you sell yours for a couple of grand so we can both go?

I've been planning a trip. It will take some time yet as it is tremendously expensive, but I should have an opportunity to go within about two years [depends on how some other plans work out]. I just hope I can do it before I can't pass the physical!

Thing is, can't decide between the "edge of space" of the high performance flight.
 
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The Virgin Islands, by the time I was there 3 days I was tanned, pickled and so relaxed my wife and kids had no idea who I was.
 
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Queenstown, New Zealand! (in January)
 
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My dream trip is to go to Fairbanks and Barrow, Alaska around the summer solstice. I have always wanted to see the midnight sun. I would then go back in the winter if I could to see the aurora.
 
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DaleSpam said:
Home! (I do more than enough traveling for work).

Home is the best place. haha.
 
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But I also wanted to go to Japan.
 
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marlon said:
Cyrus, go to TIKRIT, great place. You will love it.

marlon

Why should he want to go there?
 
  • #35
Integral said:
Why should he want to go there?

Just the typical marlon/cyrus lover's squabble. :biggrin: :smile:
 
  • #36
Casablanca. For the waters.
 
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Antigua, Venezuela, Columbia or Russia.
There has to be at least one cold place there...
 
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jimmysnyder said:
Casablanca. For the waters.
You were misinformed. :rolleyes:
 
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I'd love to visit every country in the world at least once.
 
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Hogwart's
 
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hypatia said:
I could really use someplace warm and sunny, a few drinks with fancy straws. My level of stress is maxed out right now.

We need to have a sisterhood retreat. I'm thinking maybe we should go somewhere with one of those fancy swim-up pool bars.

http://z.about.com/d/honeymoons/1/0/_/Y/05SwimUpBar.jpg
 
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Math Is Hard said:
We need to have a sisterhood retreat. I'm thinking maybe we should go somewhere with one of those fancy swim-up pool bars.
I'm worried about the pools that have swim-up bars. If the patrons won't get out from time to time to answer the call of nature, the water is going to be high in "contaminants".
 
  • #43
Swim to the bar? pffft! Sounds like too much work. Plus like turbo says, you can drink the pool and get drunk for free
 
  • #44
Math Is Hard said:
We need to have a sisterhood retreat. I'm thinking maybe we should go somewhere with one of those fancy swim-up pool bars.

http://z.about.com/d/honeymoons/1/0/_/Y/05SwimUpBar.jpg
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Oh yeah! Swim-up bars :!)...what brilliant person thought of those! Daiquiris, pina coladas...mmmm.
 
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Is Skylab in the world, if it is i would go there, just for a day.
 
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Kurdt said:
Swim to the bar? pffft! Sounds like too much work. Plus like turbo says, you can drink the pool and get drunk for free
No, you can drink from the pool and get urine for free. Alcohol has to be metabolized and does not leave the body in that fashion.
 
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The nice thing about swim-up bars is when you fall off the barstool you don't get hurt. :approve:

lisab, have you ever had a Blue Hawaiian?
 
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turbo-1 said:
No, you can drink from the pool and get urine for free. Alcohol has to be metabolized and does not leave the body in that fashion.

Well I was thinking about the swimming back with the glass in your teeth.

Is a blue Hawaiian some kind of Smurf?
 
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Math Is Hard said:
The nice thing about swim-up bars is when you fall off the barstool you don't get hurt. :approve:

No, but if you pass out drunk you might die.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
The nice thing about swim-up bars is when you fall off the barstool you don't get hurt. :approve:

lisab, have you ever had a Blue Hawaiian?

No, what is it?
 

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