Yellowstone, both winter and summer. Bryce Canyon. Been to 7 different countries and those two places continue to blow me away.

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I’ll go first. Australia blew my mind.

Where women glow and men thunder?

Where women glow and men plunder. Or chunder. Depends where you are in the song.

Stickman and his wife had the best time down under.

The GM Holden Maloo R8 that he refers to:



How to travel the long and arduous distance is premium economy or the exit row seats.

I have travelled back and forth so many times, that's the only way. Well first and business is usually out of reach.

For me, it's Kakadu National Park and Arnhem land, along with Ulara (Ayers Rock) - those are my places.

The tranquility, roaring silence and the stars.

(not my imagery)


Also on the list ...
Belize out by the Cayes and the Blue Hole.
Jerusalem, the history and an unmarked tunnel.

But the Outback. That's me.

Jasper National Park (and Banff) in British Columbia Canada.

Took everything I thought was incredible in Alaska, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado and bundled it together x 10.

i would have to say the time me and my friend in 1984 at 20 yrs old did a road trip from NH to fl we partied all the way down and back for 2 months we only had 500.00 bucks and worked odd jobs and manpower stuff we met a lot of good people along the way

Malta. It was a stop on the Mediterranean cruise we did a couple of years ago. Anticipation was, "meh". After visiting there I decided if I ever decided to say screw it and become an ex-pat, that's where I'm going.

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Croatia for the beach life. Bosnia and Herzegovina has come a long way since the war. The dollar goes a long way there. Very beautiful country.

You Are 100% correct!!!!!

Split Croatia was flat amazing. Cheap as can be amazing seafood.
Bosnia while not as nice as Croatia I did enjoy it very much.
Most of that trip was spent in Italy too which I loved but honestly was not surprising. I expected it to be that way.

As for being surprised in a bad way. San Juan Puerto Rico hated it! The mountains of Puerto Rico was nice and the food was great!

Czech Republic, visited in 2005 while backpacking around Europe with my brother. It was more of an afterthought than anything, but we ended up staying longer than we’d planned. The people were amazing, food was cheap, beer even cheaper, and the history fascinating.

Israel...hands down.

It is the most amazing place that I have ever been. Were it only the history, that would be good enough. But, there is so much more.

You will leave there a different person than when you arrived.

That Holden Maloo looks especially good in red. I LOVE that thing!! LS V8, 6-speed manual, room to haul my motorcycle, exotic Aussie Ute styling on full display....man it’s just perfect.
I’ve been looking for a GTO here to possibly convert to a Holden UTE. I wish I could just import a new one and keep it right hand drive.

Gustofer, I would love to go to Israel. You are not the only one I’ve heard recently say going there changes you. My pastor says the same thing. Our church is going in 2020. I am considering going.

The beautiful countryside of Iceland. I was just blown away and I've done my fair share of traveling.

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I was shocked by the large Middle Eastern/Muslim population of Malmo, Sweden.

I had no problems, but I just wasn't expecting it.

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I had never been to southern Utah before and it was incredible. The National parks and general landscaped were great.

+1.

+2 and I'll add Monument Valley on the Utah/Arizona border. Truly amazing.

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Japan, by a long stretch. Mind-blowing.
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I'd have to agree.

NYC.

I'm not as well traveled as most of yall,

never been west of the mississippi, and have only been to England,


I used to think I knew was old things were like, visiting DC, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Fredericksburg etc etc and growing up in RVA,

and having my direct fraternal ancestor come over in 1610,

however all that ended when we were in the UK,
spent out time in London, did not get to see no where near the stuff we wanted to,

did go to Bath/Stonehenge/Winchester on day, and to Leeds/Canterbury Cathedral/Dover another,

passed the oldest inhabited (continuously) house in the country (since 1500ish iirc)

London was fantastic,

Canterbury Cathedral was amazing, got to stand in the spot where Becket was killed in 1170.....

what is the difference between an American and an Englishman?
one thinks 100 miles is long way, the other thinks 100yrs is a long time


stonehenge was amazing, had wanted to see it since I was a kid,

however it was not as impressive as I had thought it would be,

maybe because it was just there, basically roped off in a pasture full of sheep,,

I did get a few pieces of Chalk from the grounds
(we could not get too close to the stones)

I agree with many of the people here. There are a lot of beautiful places in the world. One of my bucket lists items is to visit all 7 continents and I still have Australia and Antarctica but i will make it.

One place that blew me away was Botswana.
It is a very stable economy and virtually ALL the people there, regardless of their socio-economic status seemed very happy and were always smiling.
Once you got out of the towns or villages the natural beauty of the landscape and fauna is second to none.

Go! you will not regret it...

I had a professor who traveled to Botswana every year. He spoke very highly of the country. It is a country I would definitely like to visit. To this day I still remember one of his lectures was titled “Debbie in Botswana” and was about one of his students reaction to visiting Botswana. He was a fascinating processor.

New Zealand. In 2004 I spent 20 days down there, 13 on the South Island and 7 on the North Island. It is an incredible place and the inhabitants are very friendly. (The 15-hour flight from LAX is daunting, though, even using Qantas.)

In the US, South Carolina. I was stationed near Sumter, SC for 4 years back in the 1970s and was very surprised at how much I enjoyed my time there. I had been reared in Detroit, MI and previous visits to the deep South had readied me for treatment that was "polite, but restrained". I was very surprised to discover that the South Carolinians were very friendly and helpful, even to a "Northerner" who wasn't from around there.

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Reading though some of these posts, I’m struck by how much depends on time AND place.

For example, the Isla Margarita was a paradise up until the late 2010’s, nowadays (like everything else in Venezuela) one must hope for better times and stay away.

Or (and not to call you out, flashguy) but the last example given, of South Carolina in the 1970’s. That’s almost 50 years ago... a lot can change in 50 years.

To put things in perspective, Rhodesia was a thriving country during that time.

I've lived on three continents (not just visited but actually lived there). I've scaled parts of the Himalayas, swam in the Indian Ocean and traveled extensively on the Indian sub-continent. I spent a year in Africa and visited three countries there.
There is a lot of this world that I haven't seen but the place that has made the deepest impression on me is the million+ acre Bounday Waters Canoe Area on the border between Minnesota and Canada. It is remote and takes days to paddle into the interior. There is no cell service and aircraft are not allowed to overfly it. You can get a permit to venture into Quetico National Park in Canada where access is controlled more strictly and which is even more remote.
It has been one of the most serene and soul satisfying places that I have ever visited. Watching the setting sun go down over glass smooth lakes, while listening to the call of the loons, is something that is hard to forget.