The most interesting trip that you'd love to do someday
Feb 10, 2017, 6:53 am
#31
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Doing Burma this year. Top of my list had been the ancient sites of Syria but sadly no longer! Iran fascinates me for its extraordinary history and culture but, if I do that, apparently I would have all sorts of hassles going to the USA, so it will have to wait.
Feb 12, 2017, 1:24 am
#32
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I'd like to do something similar to Paul Theroux's trip in Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar.
By train across Europe to Istanbul, through the Caucasus into Iran and up into the ancient Silk Road sites of Central Asia. Either fly to India to continue by train into western China and go down through Tibet into Nepal. Hop to Southeast Asia down to Singapore, then turn around and head back north. Up through Thailand, across to Vietnam and back into China to Beijing, then across Russia by the Trans-Siberian Railway into Europe.
Similar to RohanDXB, but I'd simply fly over the hot spots like Afghanistan.
As a US passport holder the most difficult (impossible?) part would be Iran, but if that was unsolvable I could just fly from Armenia or Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan.
By train across Europe to Istanbul, through the Caucasus into Iran and up into the ancient Silk Road sites of Central Asia. Either fly to India to continue by train into western China and go down through Tibet into Nepal. Hop to Southeast Asia down to Singapore, then turn around and head back north. Up through Thailand, across to Vietnam and back into China to Beijing, then across Russia by the Trans-Siberian Railway into Europe.
Similar to RohanDXB, but I'd simply fly over the hot spots like Afghanistan.
As a US passport holder the most difficult (impossible?) part would be Iran, but if that was unsolvable I could just fly from Armenia or Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan.Ro
Feb 12, 2017, 8:43 pm
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Antarctica is really next on the bucket list. I have visited all the inhabited continents and am scraping the bottom of the barrel for new places to visit...
Outside of that I'd love to explore more of South Africa, and the train travel through Russia mentioned above seems really intriguing
Outside of that I'd love to explore more of South Africa, and the train travel through Russia mentioned above seems really intriguing
Feb 13, 2017, 6:36 am
#36
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Antarctica is the only continent that I haven't been to and I really want to go. But the Galapagos are also at the top of my list. I'm hoping to do one of them in a few years for a milestone birthday with my then to-be 9 yo. Right now it is the same 4yo and $$$ as the reasons why I haven't been yet
Feb 13, 2017, 11:47 pm
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I've done this one and really liked it.
It's the highest summit in the world you can hike to.
The two that I would like to do is South America overland and the Everest base camp hike. Unfortunately, I consider the former unsafe and both out of the question for health reasons at this point.
It's the highest summit in the world you can hike to.
The two that I would like to do is South America overland and the Everest base camp hike. Unfortunately, I consider the former unsafe and both out of the question for health reasons at this point.
Feb 14, 2017, 8:52 am
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I've done this one and really liked it.
It's the highest summit in the world you can hike to.
The two that I would like to do is South America overland and the Everest base camp hike. Unfortunately, I consider the former unsafe and both out of the question for health reasons at this point.
It's the highest summit in the world you can hike to.
The two that I would like to do is South America overland and the Everest base camp hike. Unfortunately, I consider the former unsafe and both out of the question for health reasons at this point.
Feb 14, 2017, 4:20 pm
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The altitude doesn't worry me. With much less acclimatization I've been higher. It's my allergies that are the limiting factor, not to mention my wife would neither be interested nor able to do a hike of this nature.