The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and the like.

I've seen pictures from friends' vacations, and it looks boring. I can't imagine spending two weeks hiking, camping or even glamping...seems miserable.

I would love to visit China...BUT, and this is a big but, my sister went for a multi month business trip and her hair started falling out. It was on the top front too. Fortunately it came back after she returned to the states, but still.

They went to industrial areas and stayed in nice hotels.

She also said those areas did not have birds because the polution has killed off the bugs and tye ecosystem is dying from the bottom up.

So, until China fixes its polution issue and starts csring at least a tiny bit about the world, no China for me.

Northwest Pakistan/Waziristan
South Sudan
Chad
Vegas
Cruise ship.

Alaska. India. Anywhere resort-confined.

Anonymous wrote:Most of Africa (disease, too hot)
most of the middle east (violence, attitude towards women, no religious freedom and very limited freedom of speech)
the rainforests (snakes and bugs bigger than me freaks me out)
Mount Everest (too high and too much work to get to the top)
That building in Chicago with the glass floor.

Too lazy to rewrite this myself, so i'll just add to your list
China/Vietnam/N. Korea (too poor and dirty for last two and too crowded for first)
India/Bangladesh/Pakistan (see Africa and middle east above)

and remove one:
I would totally go (and have been) to rainforest, just on organized excursion, not camping. Come to think of it, lets add camping to no go list all together!

India. Many I know have gotten really sick, one with a horrific parasite that took months to diagnose. So I'm sure it's an amazing place, but I'll pass.

I went on an Alaskan cruise and it was awesome. Sitting on the deck in a blanket watching whales breech and seeing incredible scenery go by was incredible. That said, I will never go on another cruise ever again. And I'd never go on a tropical cruise. They really are gross.

Anywhere in Asia.

I'm kind of surprised at some of these... you can go to Jamaica or the DR and not stay at an all inclusive. I've done it and its lovely. And Alaska is supposed to be beautiful!

Bolivia sounds awesome, so does Poland.

But +1 on no cruises, no middle east.

Turkmenistan
Bolivia
Maryland

Climbing any very high mountain - they are high, cold, and increasing pointy. I don't need to visit to learn that.

Most cruises - I go on vacation to get away from the folks back home. Why bring them with me? Plus, a 24 hour buffet would be my undoing. I may do one of the Shetland and Orkney Islands though. You do need a boat to visit Islands.

Any skydiving venue. I was going to include all NASCAR venues, but it occurs to me that at a NASCAR track, I could probably eat Velveeta nachos without shame, which is worth something in and of itself.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of Africa (disease, too hot)
most of the middle east (violence, attitude towards women, no religious freedom and very limited freedom of speech)
the rainforests (snakes and bugs bigger than me freaks me out)
Mount Everest (too high and too much work to get to the top)
That building in Chicago with the glass floor.

But would you go to k2?

Lower than Everest...

How much climbing would I have to do? Any precarious cliffs that I would have to navigate?

Those Everest climbing documentaries scare me.

K2 is harder than Everest.

Disney
Vegas
Cruise, anywhere

Anywhere in East or Central Asia, other than (perhaps) Hong Kong. Sub-Saharan Africa. Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, etc.

Anonymous wrote:Rockville ...and waste another year

So don't go back ...

Disney

Why spend all the time & money when Bush Gardens is just fine.