Have Books, Will Travel
Working for a travel guide company really makes you want to go places. Though we're not as "upwardly mobile" as the future-MBAs downstairs, we're certainly more laterally mobile. Sadly, travel is currently just a pipe dream; I don't have the money to go anywhere, and I can't apply to travel for the company this spring because I plan to take an EMT course. Still, I'm really hoping to do a round-the-world trip before med school, maybe from June to August of 2007. Gleaned from the pages of our trusty guides, I present my top 20 most desired travel destinations (in no particular order, but numbered so you don't think I skipped any).
1. Easter Island, Chile. Big heads on a little island in the middle of fucking nowhere. Wow.
2. Mongolia. Did anyone else's parents threaten to send them to Inner Mongolia when they were naughty? I mean, um, mine didn't, either.
3. The Great Wall of China. I figure I'll tackle this one after Mongolia, maybe dress up in some skins, grab a sword, and see if I can one-up Genghis Khan.
4. Isle of Skye, Scotland. Apparently I don't like people.
5. The Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. I've felt small before, but I want to feel really, really miniscule.
6. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Actually, I don't smoke. But I do love me some Van Gogh.
7. Moscow, Russia. Word on the street is that the Kremlin museum is amazing and that Red Square is of historical interest as well.
8. Machu Picchu, Peru. Gesundheit.
9. Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Very Lara Croft.
10. The Dalmatian Coast, Croatia. Supposed to be a cut-rate (but equally gorgeous) alternative to the French Riviera. Sweet.
11. Mount Everest, Nepal. This may be aiming a little high (there's no way I'd scale the goddamn thing), but I'd love to trek the region and, well, you can't exactly miss it.
12. Cape Town, South Africa. One word: penguins.
13. New Zealand. I'm a not-so-secret nerd and, like all nerds, am jonesing for the chance to make like Frodo and tramp around the mountains on the power of my big, hairy feet.
14. The Kingdom of Tonga. I admit, Fiji used to be my South Pacific destination of choice. But ever since Steph dated a guy named Tonga (who was, unbelievably, Tongan) I've been intrigued by it. Fiji is so last season, dahling.
15. Antarctica. Pretty much the Cadillac of exotic vacations. Though you'll notice that most of my destinations are warm-weather spots, I must admit to a certain curiosity regarding the only uninhabited, ungoverned continent on Earth.
16. Japan. Pretty much the whole country, although I'm going to need an infusion of cash before I go.
17. The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Again with the Darwin thing.
18. Edinburgh, Scotland. This makes two for Willy Wallace World, but I'll allow it.
19. The Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Apparently Agra sucks, but I'd love to see the world's greatest monument to love and bling.
20. Morocco. You know you want to play Bogey in Casablanca. Just don't go there for the waters.
1. Easter Island, Chile. Big heads on a little island in the middle of fucking nowhere. Wow.
2. Mongolia. Did anyone else's parents threaten to send them to Inner Mongolia when they were naughty? I mean, um, mine didn't, either.
3. The Great Wall of China. I figure I'll tackle this one after Mongolia, maybe dress up in some skins, grab a sword, and see if I can one-up Genghis Khan.
4. Isle of Skye, Scotland. Apparently I don't like people.
5. The Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. I've felt small before, but I want to feel really, really miniscule.
6. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Actually, I don't smoke. But I do love me some Van Gogh.
7. Moscow, Russia. Word on the street is that the Kremlin museum is amazing and that Red Square is of historical interest as well.
8. Machu Picchu, Peru. Gesundheit.
9. Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Very Lara Croft.
10. The Dalmatian Coast, Croatia. Supposed to be a cut-rate (but equally gorgeous) alternative to the French Riviera. Sweet.
11. Mount Everest, Nepal. This may be aiming a little high (there's no way I'd scale the goddamn thing), but I'd love to trek the region and, well, you can't exactly miss it.
12. Cape Town, South Africa. One word: penguins.
13. New Zealand. I'm a not-so-secret nerd and, like all nerds, am jonesing for the chance to make like Frodo and tramp around the mountains on the power of my big, hairy feet.
14. The Kingdom of Tonga. I admit, Fiji used to be my South Pacific destination of choice. But ever since Steph dated a guy named Tonga (who was, unbelievably, Tongan) I've been intrigued by it. Fiji is so last season, dahling.
15. Antarctica. Pretty much the Cadillac of exotic vacations. Though you'll notice that most of my destinations are warm-weather spots, I must admit to a certain curiosity regarding the only uninhabited, ungoverned continent on Earth.
16. Japan. Pretty much the whole country, although I'm going to need an infusion of cash before I go.
17. The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Again with the Darwin thing.
18. Edinburgh, Scotland. This makes two for Willy Wallace World, but I'll allow it.
19. The Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Apparently Agra sucks, but I'd love to see the world's greatest monument to love and bling.
20. Morocco. You know you want to play Bogey in Casablanca. Just don't go there for the waters.
posted by A at 10:52 AM
1 Comments:
Great list. I've been to some of those, and they were as amazing as described, and those that I haven't have always vastly intrigued me.
And my parents threatened to send me to Outer Mongolia when I was little. Apparently, it has a more desolate sound.
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