Tuesday, November 25, 2014

21 Amazing Trips to Take in Your Life

This is a list of different trips I have taken or would one day like to take in my lifetime

1.       Backpack across Europe

Get a Eurorail and YHI pass and hit the European hotspots… See Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower, see Buckingham Palace in London, visit the Sagrada Familla in Barcelona, take a Gondola ride in Venice.  Travel and stay cheaply and splurge on the experiences.

2.       Travel through Southeast Asia

See Angor Wat in Cambodia, tour the Mei Gong river in Vietnam, lie on the beaches in Thailand

3.       Go on an African Safari

Take photos of the big 5 and see herds of animals migrating!

4.       Go to Mexico with friends

We booked an all inclusive vacation in the Mayan Riviera and spent a week touring the ruins, hanging out at the beach, eating at great restaurants and visiting the spa

5.       Take your children to Disney World

Do the whole shebang…. Stay at a Disney resort, sign up for the Disney Dining plan and spend a whole week visiting the parks!



6.       Romantic get-away to New York City

See a show on Broadway, go to the top of the Empire State building, tour some of the many amazing museums, stand in Times Square, eat at amazing restaurants

7.       Go to Las Vegas

Not my favorite place on the planet, but I still feel like it is something to be experienced at least once.  Go see a show, gamble a little, stay somewhere grand and take some side trips to the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon.

8.       Go to a big, world class festival somewhere in the world

I haven’t really done this yet but I want to go to New Orleans for Marti Gras, to Calgary for the Stampede and to Brazil for Carnival as a minimum!

9.       Hike the Grand Canyon

Go hiking on the south rim, camp overnight and see the stars, visit the Hualapai lands and do the sky walk.

10.   Travel through Jasper and Banff in the Rocky Mountains

Ski, snowshoe, snowmobile through Jasper and Banff in all of its glory.

11.   Take a family vacation to Hawaii

Go boogie boarding, climb a volcano, visit a pineapple plantation, go snorkeling

12.   Take a cruise through the Caribbean

Take your kids and spend a week on a big cruise ship in the Caribbean.  Take a chartered excursion to some little island paradise and do some snorkeling, swim with some dolphins or Manta Rays, spend time on the beach.  On the ship see the shows, eat great food, check the kids into the kids club!

13.   Visit the UK

Tour through Glasgow & Edinburgh and the Scottish Hylands – drink Whiskey &  go to a real Caleigh.  Explore Dublin and Belfast, go to the Blarney Castle & kiss the Blarney Stone – drink Guiness.  In London visit the amazing museums, see the changing of the Guard at Kensington Palace & ride the London Eye.  Ride the tube & eat fish & chips!

14.   Travel through Eastern Canada


Visit New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland.  Talk to the amazing locals, eat freshly caught lobster and experience the amazing landscape and culture.

15.   Take a tour through Peru and the Galapagos Islands

Climb Machu Pichu, see Lake Titicaca, go animal spotting in the Galapagos by land and by sea

16.   Travel through Australia

Snuggle a koala and feed a kangaroo, go snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef, see the rainforest in Cairns, go white water rafting, run down the sand dunes on Fraser Island, people watch at Bondi Beach

17.   Experience China

Climb the great Wall, see the Terra Cotta Warriors in Beijing.  Experience the sights and sounds in the city markets and travel to the spectacular countryside to take in the contrasts

18.   Experience Egypt

Visit the pyramids, float in the Dead Sea

19.   Travel to Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria

Just because I live here doesn’t mean I can leave it off the list!  It is such a beautiful part of the world and a must visit destination in the summer or fall.

20.   “Voluntourism”

My dream is to do a “Me to We” trip to India to help build a school and make a real difference to a community.

21.   Take a world cruise through Asia and the Middle East

There are so many places I want to see in Asia and the Middle East… a world cruise segment seems like a great way to do it!What’s on your list?


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