Anywhere you would have liked to visit? Anywhere not ?

I have not been abroad very often. Partly through choice.

I half fancy going to the Carribean. But concerned it would be like some of the nicer beaches in the Uk, so not worth it.

I did used to want to go to Iceland.
But seen enough programmes now about it, that I am not bothered now.

That is your great loss. South Africa is a beautiful, welcoming country of many different climes and vistas. The people and food are wonderful too.

I loved Canada. We travelled by various trains from Toronto to Vancouver, with overnight stops in Jasper and Banff, which included travelling on the Rocky Mountaineer. It was an incredible experience and a holiday I would recommend.
We also loved our safari holiday to Botswana.
Up to then, I had only holidayed abroad in France and Spain.
We’ve also had wonderful holidays in Scotland and Switzerland. My daughter and son in law have recently been to Krakow, Poland for a short break, so I’m thinking of going next year. Long flights no longer appeal to me, but I do enjoy train journeys.
I have no desire to visit Dubai or America.

I would have loved to go on The Rocky Mountaineer through The Rockies and then take a cruise to Alaska, whale spotting. It'll never happen now. I have never wanted to travel to Asia. Generally it would be too hot and steamy for me. In addition I don't like bugs and have no wish to encounter spiders and snakes in the wild of a hotel room.

We got The Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Banff with an overnight stop in Kamloops. It was very slow, got stuck behind a goods train for ages...and we never saw any bears Spectacular scenery for some of the journey, but the journey itself didn't live up to my expectations.

We have had wonderful holidays in North America. New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, Boston, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon and a lot more. Also Canada, Italy and China. Going to Istanbul later this year.
Would like to visit Australia and New Zealand but too far and too expensive.

You you would have to pay me to go to Dubai or South Africa.

I would love to have visited the Galapagos islands but somehow never got around to it. I have a great fondness for reptiles and would love to have seen the iguanas and big tortoises.

I would also have loved to visit Yemen but it was never possible because of civil war. Its one of the few countries in that region I never visited.

Although I loved visiting middle eastern countries I would have never visited Saudi Arabia because of their attituide towards women.

My idea of hell are cruises and all inclusive "family" holidays. Anything organized with crowds of people.

I doubt that I will ever travel again. I hate the way you get treated at airports.

I have been lucky enough to go on many long haul holidays over the years but one place that I would still like to visit is the Canadian Rockies

TerriBull

We got The Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Banff with an overnight stop in Kamloops. It was very slow, got stuck behind a goods train for ages...and we never saw any bears Spectacular scenery for some of the journey, but the journey itself didn't live up to my expectations.

We had several overnight stops which I really enjoyed on our Rocky Mountaineer trip, TerriBull, but I found the scenery a bit monotonous after a while (I know that sounds very spoilt) and much preferred the Via Rail journey across Canada that we did first. I love a sleeper train, and it was so exciting to hear the train whistles from far away as we sped along in the night. We were lucky, we saw at least 6 bears close up - well, as close up as I’d want to be! We witnessed idiotic tourists getting out of their cars with their children to move closer to them while locals shouted out warnings.

I was just 15 when the Aberfan disaster happened. My family had recently moved to the North East of England from Cardiff. We were so shocked by the terrible disaster, especially the loss of so many Primary school children.

I have always wanted to pay my respects in the cemetery there, so next week my daughter is taking me there to complete one of the goals on my bucket list.

I worried that the folk of Aberfan might get sick of people coming to their town, but I looked online to see how they like visitors to the cemetery to behave.

mabon1

Hong Kong. too late now

Why do you think it’s too late? I’ve been a couple of times since China took over and whilst I very much preferred it before the handback it is very safe and if you didn’t know it before then you might enjoy it.

Yes I agree Maggiemaybe, that journey was monotonous, not the scenery in Canada per se, which is spectacular.

Like you I also like sleeper trains, we did Paris to Verona a few years ago. The best one we did Amtrak New York to Savannah saw a lot of scenery on that journey before nightfall. American trains the carriages so high up and the noises and whistles very different from here, loved it.

Never had any desire to see South America, or USA (but have been to Las Vegas). But always wanted to travel in the Middle East and visit Hong Kong. Have been lucky enough to live in Middle East and have been to Egypt and Israel and travelled through Russia by train (amazing) and been to HK twice. Visited lots of European countries but would love to get to Antarctica and walk the Camino de Santiago. Not likely now I’m in my 80s!

Maggiemaybe I did that trip on Via Rail in the 80’s, Toronto to Vancouver, loved every minute of it, we had a week in Toronto first, then ten days in Vancouver.
I’ve been fortunate and travelled widely, a lot through work, often tacking a short holiday onto the end of the work.
No desire for foreign travel now, we’ve been exploring the UK and Ireland.

I lived for a long time in Italy and have explored it quite extensively but would always go back if the opportunity arose. Otherwise I'd like to visit the USA, especially the deep south as my mother had ancestral roots there. I'd also like to visit Ukraine at some point as my paternal great grandmother hailed from there.

I've never had a desire to visit Africa, Australia or any Scandinavian countries and I would not revisit Malta.

Round the world cruise? I would love to do a round-the-world cruise but am worried about rough seas and storms. My cousin spent a week in her cabin when she did a cruise to Norway in December. What sort of medical support do they have if things go wrong? Aren't I a worrier?

Don't really have a passion for travel but do particularly like France. Not sure what the fuss about Australia is and have not been to USA, you couldn't pay me to go to Vegas. No place like home!

I would have loved to have visited Japan, both ancient and modern.

Freya5

Have been very lucky to have been able to visit, and stay in local areas, thanks to family, and not just in Europe.
Would really like to visit America, find our joint history faacinating, and believe me they are not all Trump voters, the Americans I know are warm and welcoming. So who knows.

We have had many holidays in the USA and Canada over the years, we mainly did road trips visiting many places and met lots of lovely people, we used to love planning them. Oregon and Washington state was our favourite trip.

I’d like to see the gigantes de Nazare (huge waves off the coast of Portugal), but I’m not sure my health will allow it. The best view is on a long pier with a lighthouse at the end.

Someone mentioned the airports and difficulties there. I agree with that. Most are fine but they do seem to attract certain staff with Attitude. I nearly always get searched because I set their lousy machines off. No idea why, must be my electric personality 😀😀

at the age of about 4 I said I wanted to go to machu piccu and ulan Bator (capitol of outer mongolia) Well for various reasons I never managed to get to either although did live abroad and visit many places. for health reasons regretfully dont think I shall get the chance to go there now, but you never know. I was 79 yesterday so have another year before the wretched insurance means that i cant afford to go anywhere. Who knows I might win the lottery (when you see pigs flying overhead!!) or meet a handsome stranger who will whisk me off on a grand world tour!! Ah well my beloved Yorkshire has much to enjoy so shall carry on enjoying the dales and the coast!

If I could have a magic sofa, that flew me to all the places I fancy seeing, I'd love that.
Just seeing would be enough for a lot of places.

Tuaim

Round the world cruise? I would love to do a round-the-world cruise but am worried about rough seas and storms. My cousin spent a week in her cabin when she did a cruise to Norway in December. What sort of medical support do they have if things go wrong? Aren't I a worrier?

When I worked on cruiseships we had a doctor and nurse aboard. We had a helipad for emergency evacuations. I remember one cruise to Alaska where the whole ship had been booked by elderly people and extra body bags we're ordered ... just in case.

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