Long Overdue Travel Updates!
No, I'm not going anywhere.
But, way back in January, I opened up my page-a-day calender for the "1,000 Places To See Before You Die" folks, and started leaving their tips here. Then I started seeing the Lovely Carly and realized I had better things to do, including actually trying to, you know, really see those places.
But one thing about the Lovely Carly is she keeps me on my toes, and since she is right and my apartment is a wee bit messy, I'm doing some clean-up today, and what better way to continue (as I am already done cleaning the kitchen sink, various windowsills, and am washing the sheets) then to see about getting rid of the excess paper that is the many pages I set aside to leave notes here. So, here goes.
More places to see before you die:
The Melk Abbey, Wachau Valley, Austria
The world's largest wooden structure with the giant bronze Buddha, Nara, Japan
The San Juan Islands, Washington state, USA
The Kingdom of Mustang, Nepal
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, USA (and other Civil War battlesites)
The Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Masada, Israel
The North Pole
The Ring of Kerry, Kerry, Ireland
Marrakech, Morocco
Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA, for the annual sandcastle competition
Wadi Hadhramawt, Yemen
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Caernarfon Castle, Wales
Baliem Valley, Papua, Indonesia
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (and New York State, USA)
Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent, Istanbul, Turkey
Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Parati, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vezelay, Burgandy, France
The Northern Lights
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA
St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles
Galway, Ireland
The Amazon River Basin, Brazil
Chicago, USA, for a hot dog
Bath, England
Hong Kong, China
Convent of San Francesco, Florence, Italy
Dogon Country, Mali
The Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa
Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia
Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
St. Luca, Lesser Antilles
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Natchez, Mississippi, USA
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Tower of David, Jerusalem, Israel
Gobi Desert, Mongolia, for a camel ride
Washington D.C., USA
Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy
Safari Lodges, Kenya
Bermuda Islands
The Cherry Blossom Festival, Yoshino, Japan
Place Djemaa El-Fna, Marrakech, Morocco
Serpent Mount, Peebles, Ohio, USA
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico
Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA
The wildflowers of Texas
Petra, Jordan
Il Duomo, Orvieto, Italy
Sidi Bou Said, Tunesia
Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, USA
Mount Fuji, Japan
Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
Banaue Rice Terraces, Banaue, Luzon, Philippines
The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pamukkale, Turkey
Machu Picchu, Peru
Western Fjords Region, Norway
The City Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
The Newport Mansions, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
The Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA
Yunnan Stone Forest, Yunnan, China
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, USA
New Brunswick, Canada
The Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Shanghai, China
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Meteora, Greece
The Garden of the Humble Administrator, Suzhou, China
Aix-en-Provence, France
Canopy of Touring in the Rain Forest, Costa Rica
Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Portilli, Chile
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA
Tiger's Nest, Bhutan
The Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Long Beach Peninsula, Washington State, USA
Lancashire and Cumbria's Lake Districts, England
Lindau and the Bodensee, Germany
Sylt, Germany
Evora, Alentejo, Portugal
Andos, Greece
Edinburgh, Scotland
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Old Graz, Austria
Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
Inle Lake, Myanmar
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Heli-Hiking, British Columbia, Canada
The Painted Monasteries of Moldavia, Romania
Bergen, Norway
Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Loch Ness, Scotland
Antarctica
Carlsbad, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Chincoteague, Virginia, USA
Zacatecas, Mexico
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
Ellis Island, New Jersey, USA
Cathedral of the Sea Cove, Tonga, which is underwater
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Delphi, Greece
The Black Forest, Baden-Wurttembery, Germany
Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy
Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, USA
Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred, Sweden
Yunnan, China
Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, Massachusetts, USA
Cape Benton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Willametta Valley, Oregon, USA
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, Poland
Bordeaux Vineyards, Aquitaine, France
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Ashland, Oregon's Shakespeare Festival, USA
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA
St.-Tropez, Cote D'Azur, France
Lucca, Italy
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compestela, Galacia, Spain
Napa Valley, California, USA
Hoover Dam, Nevada and Arizona, USA
Cenote Dzitnup, Yucatan, Mexico
Rothenburg, Germany
But, way back in January, I opened up my page-a-day calender for the "1,000 Places To See Before You Die" folks, and started leaving their tips here. Then I started seeing the Lovely Carly and realized I had better things to do, including actually trying to, you know, really see those places.
But one thing about the Lovely Carly is she keeps me on my toes, and since she is right and my apartment is a wee bit messy, I'm doing some clean-up today, and what better way to continue (as I am already done cleaning the kitchen sink, various windowsills, and am washing the sheets) then to see about getting rid of the excess paper that is the many pages I set aside to leave notes here. So, here goes.
More places to see before you die:
The Melk Abbey, Wachau Valley, Austria
The world's largest wooden structure with the giant bronze Buddha, Nara, Japan
The San Juan Islands, Washington state, USA
The Kingdom of Mustang, Nepal
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, USA (and other Civil War battlesites)
The Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Masada, Israel
The North Pole
The Ring of Kerry, Kerry, Ireland
Marrakech, Morocco
Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA, for the annual sandcastle competition
Wadi Hadhramawt, Yemen
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Caernarfon Castle, Wales
Baliem Valley, Papua, Indonesia
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (and New York State, USA)
Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent, Istanbul, Turkey
Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Parati, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vezelay, Burgandy, France
The Northern Lights
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA
St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles
Galway, Ireland
The Amazon River Basin, Brazil
Chicago, USA, for a hot dog
Bath, England
Hong Kong, China
Convent of San Francesco, Florence, Italy
Dogon Country, Mali
The Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa
Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia
Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
St. Luca, Lesser Antilles
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Natchez, Mississippi, USA
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Tower of David, Jerusalem, Israel
Gobi Desert, Mongolia, for a camel ride
Washington D.C., USA
Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy
Safari Lodges, Kenya
Bermuda Islands
The Cherry Blossom Festival, Yoshino, Japan
Place Djemaa El-Fna, Marrakech, Morocco
Serpent Mount, Peebles, Ohio, USA
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico
Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA
The wildflowers of Texas
Petra, Jordan
Il Duomo, Orvieto, Italy
Sidi Bou Said, Tunesia
Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, USA
Mount Fuji, Japan
Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
Banaue Rice Terraces, Banaue, Luzon, Philippines
The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pamukkale, Turkey
Machu Picchu, Peru
Western Fjords Region, Norway
The City Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
The Newport Mansions, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
The Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA
Yunnan Stone Forest, Yunnan, China
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, USA
New Brunswick, Canada
The Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Shanghai, China
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Meteora, Greece
The Garden of the Humble Administrator, Suzhou, China
Aix-en-Provence, France
Canopy of Touring in the Rain Forest, Costa Rica
Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Portilli, Chile
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA
Tiger's Nest, Bhutan
The Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Long Beach Peninsula, Washington State, USA
Lancashire and Cumbria's Lake Districts, England
Lindau and the Bodensee, Germany
Sylt, Germany
Evora, Alentejo, Portugal
Andos, Greece
Edinburgh, Scotland
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Old Graz, Austria
Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
Inle Lake, Myanmar
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Heli-Hiking, British Columbia, Canada
The Painted Monasteries of Moldavia, Romania
Bergen, Norway
Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Loch Ness, Scotland
Antarctica
Carlsbad, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Chincoteague, Virginia, USA
Zacatecas, Mexico
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
Ellis Island, New Jersey, USA
Cathedral of the Sea Cove, Tonga, which is underwater
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Delphi, Greece
The Black Forest, Baden-Wurttembery, Germany
Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy
Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, USA
Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred, Sweden
Yunnan, China
Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, Massachusetts, USA
Cape Benton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Willametta Valley, Oregon, USA
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, Poland
Bordeaux Vineyards, Aquitaine, France
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Ashland, Oregon's Shakespeare Festival, USA
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA
St.-Tropez, Cote D'Azur, France
Lucca, Italy
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compestela, Galacia, Spain
Napa Valley, California, USA
Hoover Dam, Nevada and Arizona, USA
Cenote Dzitnup, Yucatan, Mexico
Rothenburg, Germany