50 places to see before you die, according to 20,000 viewers of the BBC’s “Holiday” programme (2003?). See also interesting article “things to do-before-you-die-ism“, and my travelblog(I never quite finished the text – I blame the chest infection I got on Europe Tour! Decided to make myself feel grateful for all the opportunities I have already had to travel – and you can pretty much assume if I haven’t been somewhere, I want to go there…
The Grand Canyon, USA
Great Barrier Reef, east coast of Queensland, Australia Been here!
Florida and Walt Disney, USA Been here!
South Island, New Zealand Been here!
Cape Town and Table Mountain, South Africa
Golden Temple at Amritsar, Punjab, India
Las Vegas, Nevada
Sydney, Australia Been here!
New York
Taj Mahal
Canadian Rockies
Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia Been here!
Chichen Itza, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Machu Picchu, Peru Been here!
Niagara Falls
Petra, Jordan
The Pyramids, Cairo
Venice Been here!
Maldives, Indian Ocean, 450 miles SW of Sri Lanka
Great Wall of China
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Hong Kong
Yosemite National Park
Hawaii
Auckland, New Zealand Been here!
Iguassu Falls, Argentina and Brazil Been here!
Paris Been here!
Alaska
Angkor Wat, Cambodia Been here!
Nepal, Himalayas
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Been here!
Masai Mara, Kenya
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Luxor, Egypt
Rome Been here!
San Francisco
Barcelona Been here!
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Singapore Been here!
La Digue, Seychelles, 1000 miles E of Kenya.
Sri Lanka, S of India
Bangkok, Thailand Been here!
Barbados, 100 miles E of the Caribbean chain
Iceland
Terracotta Army, Xi’an, China
Zermatt, Switzerland
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Abu Simbel, Egypt
Bali, in the Indonesian archipelago
French Polynesia (Bora Bora), 165 miles NW of Tahiti
List from here, wonder what it would look like in 2010. I am looking at going to Amsterdam with Fiona at Easter. Here is some of the places I have said I want to go, what do you think I’m missing?!
After taking 15hours to move about 4 miles along the M20 in Dover, finally made it to Lauterbrunnen where I’ve been cooking for 50 people all week (along with John P, who is in charge!). Christmas Eve was my day for skiing – didn’t quite work, so just enjoyed the train ride/apple fritters in Brandegg on Christmas Day, before we came back and cooked up a storm…
Heading back into the UK 27/28 December, so here’s praying you had a great Christmas, and are looking forward to 2010 - who knows what it will hold. For those of you who have lost track of what I’m up to, and are interested, I am doing the following (I was going to do this on my blog, but the database seems to have a problem, so I can’t get in…), mostly at the University of Winchester:
Whilst checking out social marketing material for Super Fun Days Out, I came across this YouTube video… this has to be one of the best things I’ve seen in ages! Guess it’s using the Wallace & Gromit stop-motion technique… I hate to think how long it took these guys to set this up, but I am LOVING it!
I’ve never been to a cricket match before, although I played once at school (I scored a six, got one run, and was then out!), read the full match report. Hampshire Hawks, 183; Middlesex Panthers 155! Woo… (and we had a very nice picnic!)
Monday 12th November: Flight QF72, depart 09:00, arrive 15:10
First 2 nights: The Emperor’s Crown
Independent sightseeing to include Margaret River, Freemantle and Rottnest Island
(Before New Year): Independent travel, including the Neighbours set (what about including the sports tour?).
Possibly also go to see Karen in Adelaide or thereabouts, which could then include a trip along the Great Ocean Road, and a visit to the Barossa Valley? (No set itinerary)
Thursday 10th January 2008: Flight QF43, depart 11:40, arrive 16:45
Independent travel (No set itinerary)
First night, Auckland International Hostel (look out for the Airbus)
Monday 18th February: Flight QF321, depart 17:25, arrive 12:45 (bit of time travel involved there!)
Staying Happy House Hostel
Independent city sightseeing (think what want to see).
Wednesday 20th February: Independent flight with LAN Airlines, LA634, depart 08:35, arrive 10:20 Sightseeing; Hostel to book, maybe Barranco’s Backpackers or Inka Hostel, but think I will see if anyone at the Asia end has been to Lima!
Friday 22nd February: GAP Adventures: Southern Cross (this trip is not yet guaranteed, so here’s praying!), staying at Hotel La Castellana
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Useful accommodation links: Although I’d bought a YHA card, and checked through hihostels, I ended up booking most of my accommodation through hostelbookers.com (kept coming up cheapest), checking trip advisor before booking. I also checked out hostelworld.com; hostels.com; HotelClub (although hotels aren’t featuring much on this trip) .
Rough Currency Conversions: (xe.com: September 2007)
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