*sigh*
Well, dearest blogwatchers, I’ve been back from Peru for almost 2 weeks now and already the memories are starting to take on that soft-hue fuzziness, as the immediacy of the trip fades and real-life rushes back in. I’ve already had one trip to Philadelphia for work since I got back, and am off again in a couple of weeks to Zurich, followed almost immediately by my trip to Napa for the half-marathon (which I will update you on in my next blog post), so its certainly been a busy start back after my vacation!
To stave off the post-holiday blues, I always immediately start to fantasize over my next trip – be it another biggie like Peru or Bhutan or littler trips like Santa Fe or Austin. My question for you, dear blog watchers, is this – where would you like to see me go next? (“to hell” is not an acceptable answer here). Here are a few ideas that I’ve come up with – some of these are obviously more feasible than others but just for now, I’m not going to limit myself with such mundanities as budget or available time off work. This is the Inaugural SITC Fantasy Vacation League, so anything goes! Which one(s) get your vote?
- Taking the Hurtigruten Ferry up the Norwegian coastline in winter to go searching for the Northern Lights
- Sailing round the Galapagos Islands on a beautiful yacht on a wildlife photography trip, followed by a trip to the Amazon rainforest
- Follow in Genghis Khan’s footsteps with a horse-trek across the Mongolian Steppes, staying in traditional yurts
- Go to Canada and stay in the Tundra Buggy Lodge for a close-up and personal encounter with both grizzly and polar bears
- Visit the Okavango Delta in Botswana during migration season to see lots of incredible African wildlife on a walking-style safari
- Reach for the heavens and do some serious altitude trekking in Nepal to either Everest base camp or the Annapurna circuit (assuming conditions have returned to being safe etc etc)
- Go herd sheep and other outdoorsy stuff in New Zealand
- Hike live volcanoes in Java with a vulcanologist-guide (hey, Spock!)
- Visit Finland and stay in a thermal glass igloo so you can lay in bed and look up at the Northern Lights dancing above your head
So, what do YOU want to read about next?
5 Comments
Trekking and yurts or Finland and Northern Lights please xxxxxxxxx
Definitely to Finland or somewhere northern, think of all the snow…I mean you get alot of it there but up north its "special" snow! xx
Bear watching in your favourite swimsuit
Tornado chasing for sure!! Think of the photo oppotunities!! And i can live one of my bucket list items through you instead!!! If not i think the NZ idea is cool!! xxxx
Having done the Hurtigruten trip over New Year to search for Northern Lights (and we found them… boy, did we find them. WOW) my vote would be for Norway. It was a special trip and I think you would really enjoy it. You stop off at something like 35 Norwegian towns on the route and it was quite special. But I would settle for you bear watching in your favorite swim suit as noted above!