Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Falconry in Ireland
Jumping off a boat in Hawaii right as a pod of dolphins swam by
Holding and petting sting rays in grand cayman
Getting to Machu Picchu early and watching the fog lift around the llamas

Apparently it’s all about the animals for me!

Weird. Do sting rays actually want to be held and petted by humans?

DP but many rays enjoy humans. I have touched them all over the world diving..they come back for gentle pets. Also sea lions…we were diving and played with the sea lions in the Galapagos. They would swim/somerdault/flip around and then look at you and wait, then let you do something, then zoom around again and come back and wait…so cool. You wait for them to come to you but there is nothing wrong with touching them if they like it.

Visiting Ranakpur Temple.

Hiking in the Seychelles that ended in the ocean - we had to carry out backpacks on our head

Sailing the Norwegian Fjords

Family Catamaran trip by Pitons in St. Lucia

Salt lake and seeing flamingos in Atacama

Hiking the narrows in Zion

Enjoying the food in Vietnam

The Taj at dawn with DH was pretty amazing.

Night snorkel with mantas in Hawaii.

Anonymous wrote:Hiking the Narrows in Zion
Riding a bus through India and trekking in the Himalaya
Eating wild blueberries along the trail in Acadia
Whitewater rafting in the Snake River in Wyoming
Camping in Yellowstone and seeing how many stars were visible

Amazing experiences! Tell us about yourself and how you got to do these things.

I’ll second kayaking the Bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico we did it as a family and it was a great time

Taking a strudel cooking class in Vienna

Having a private appointment at the Louis Vuitton on the Champs-Élysées and being able to both bypass the line, buy something and have it couriered to my hotel.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was on a business trip to Buffalo, NY, and had an afternoon free. On a whim, I took an Uber to Niagara Falls and did the Maid of the Mist boat tour by myself. It was October or November. I got absolutely soaking wet and had to buy Niagara Falls cheesy clothes at a gift shop, but it was utterly exhilarating and such a fun way to break up a business trip and do something for myself, which I never do.

Ours was a family trip in 2021. Made of the Mist after all the stress and uncertainty was exactly what I needed. I love Niagara Falls and have revisited a couple times.

I did maid of the mist when I was probably 6, so in the 1970s, and it really was unforgettable. I wanted to take my kids but it’s hard to work it into another vacation….thry aren’t good car travelers so suggesting a drive like that for a boat ride has been a hard sell.

Snuggling puppy huskies in the Yukon
Watching pods of whales swim alongside our Alaska cruise ship
Heli Hiking in the Bugaboos
White Water rafting on the Savegre in CR
Canyoning in Zion

Sledding in Switzerland. Kayaking a Norwegian Fyord.

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Anonymous wrote:Snorkeling and seeing a sea turtle in Maui
Watching lions and cubs on safari in Tanzania
Doing a long walk in Australia where we saw almost no people and tons of kangaroos
Riding bikes in Mexico City on La Reforma

So hard to narrow it down!

Isn't that really dangerous?

Why would that be dangerous? The roos gang up and eviscerate you?

Pablo on a deserted beach in Colombia.

Night swimming with Manta rays on the Big Island
Sydney bridge climb (and I'm afraid of heights generally)
Sailing in the BVI, jumping off the boat every day and swimming in the clearest water was just so magical
Antelope Canyon (totally unprepared for what it was)

Being out in the crowd in New Orleans the night they won the NFC Championships for the first time after Katrina. I am not a football person, I happened to be there for a work trip, but it was so much fun. There were spontaneous brass bands playing on street corners, everyone was happy and excited and a little drunk.

Snorkeling at Kicker Rock in the Galapagos. It's a really sheltered, but deep spot, and we saw so many amazing things. Sea turtles, rays, sharks, incredible fish.

Scrambling through fields and over stiles to find a small standing stone grouping in Cornwall. We got there at sunset and no one else was there. I'm not a believer in mystic powers, but knowing it's a place people have been going to for 4000 years made it feel special.

DH and I went to a very small wildlife sanctuary in Tasmania, and there was an enclosure with a baby wombat. I got to hold the baby wombat (like a baby, on its back in my arms), and it fell asleep and just snoozed in my arms.

Other highlights would be doing the Sydney Harbour Bridge climb with my kids, snorkeling in the Andaman Sea, and doing a whole bunch of animal encounters in the US - capybaras, red pandas, meerkats, and a sloth.

Overnight clamping in the Sahara