Category: Plans

Dream Travel Experiences

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When my book is finished, if you read it (and I really, really hope you will!) you’ll find out why I so desperately want to travel to Antarctica. I don’t need it for the A-Z, I already have Austria and Australia for A, but I do have an excellent reason beyond that. I just need to finish the alphabet first!

And that does raise a good point. I have 8 letters left, and obviously I’m in the midst of writing the book, so my travel choices tend to be centred around getting to those letters. Which does cut out a whole lot of places I’d still love to see.

So, once the book is finished (or, at least, the necessary letters are collected), here are some of the experiences that will still be on my Bucket List:

Iceland

I’d love to see the Northern Lights, volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls, and geysers. It’s such an ecologically interesting country (and seriously, volcanoes!)

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Galapagos Islands

I would love to visit the islands – I know it’s somewhere my dad was desperate to dive, and it just looks like an amazing experience in general. The variety of wildlife is amazing, and the scenery looks stunning.

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Vietnam

Vietnam may not be the first tourist destination that springs to people’s minds, but I’ve wanted to visit this beautiful country for a long time. The remote places, mountain passes and landscape are all wonderfully different, there are some amazing architectural sights, and by all accounts, it’s a welcoming and delightful place to stay.

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Cuba

From pictures, it always looks like stepping back in time – the gorgeous old cars giving this particular resonance! That’s clearly not the only reason to go; I’d hate to narrow a country down to one feature, but it’s always the first thing that springs to mind (well, and cigars of course)!

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Costa Rica

I’ve never properly experienced the Rainforest – I did get to spend an afternoon in one in Queensland, Australia, but it doesn’t really count to me. I would have to psyche myself up to deal with all the insects, arachnids, and other creepy crawlies, but would be rewarded by sloths and colourful birds and plenty of other beauty – a fair trade, I think!

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Your Turn…

Ok, so tell me, what and where do you have on your bucket list?!

Antarctica – Where it Began

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Ok, so that title is a little disingenuous, as I’ve never been to Antarctica (well, not yet anyway). But it is, in its own way, the country that kicked all this off.

It started when I mentioned to dad that I’d love to visit Antarctica, because as soon as I do so, I will have been to all 7 continents. And that’s something I’d love to achieve. I mean, I know it might sound a little pretentious, but saying that I’ve been to every continent just seems like a fabulous achievement.

That conversation started this whole crazy quest, because it triggered a conversation about all the other travel goals we could have. Dad wanted to swim in every sea in the world, to match my desire to collect every continent, and somehow we settled on completing an alphabet of the globe.

Incidentally, my grandmother travelled to Antarctica in her 60s or 70s, which just goes to show that I’ve got plenty of time to get there! I have a feeling I won’t want to leave it that late, but it’s not a priority right now – getting the last 8 letters ticked off is my main goal, and I already have A covered.