RTW Destinations
May 12, 2012 | 2:48 am
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RTW Destinations
Looking for hints for next award RTW - already done one, to more common destinations, but would like to do second one, perhaps in Winter/Spring 2013 but I am struggling to figure out some more exotic destinations that ST si flying to...like Easter Islands or so... where would you go? 
May 12, 2012 | 9:50 am
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Have you been to Korea and Russia? Chengdu? Dubai? Istanbul? South Africa? Kenya?
May 13, 2012 | 12:32 am
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Just use this tool on the ST website (http://www.skyteam.com/en/your-trip/...ses/Go-Global/) to see all destinations, exotic or otherwise.
Jul 18, 2012 | 11:03 am
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Thanks for the input - I have booked following stops, starting from Prague (I am Czech).
Lima
Havana
Fiji
Taipei/Hangzhou
Male
Joburg/Cape Town
(visited Shanghai/Beijing, New Delhi, New Zealand and Australia on my first RTW, and had to cut off Tahiti from the trip)
Lima
Havana
Fiji
Taipei/Hangzhou
Male
Joburg/Cape Town
(visited Shanghai/Beijing, New Delhi, New Zealand and Australia on my first RTW, and had to cut off Tahiti from the trip)
Jul 18, 2012 | 9:01 pm
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I don't think one would want Male and Tahiti on the same trip.
Jul 19, 2012 | 1:35 am
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Jul 19, 2012 | 6:02 am
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Is three days enough, given the difficulty of getting in and out, plus the cost of getting from Male to the resort hotels?
Jul 19, 2012 | 8:07 am
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I agree. I would rather spend more days on your south Pacific island on this trip and go to Male next time. It does not make sense to rush to a beautiful island just for the sake of having been there. These places are all about relaxing and enjoying nature. You will miss the point about visiting them if you go about visiting them in a way that would be suitable for a quick weekend in a large city. This works with Paris, London, Berlin, New York (or Prague), but not with Male, Fiji or Tahiti. If you have a 3-day trip to Male, you can boast about it to your friends or send a postcard from there (to show off) but face it, you will never truly have been there and experienced it.