I think flying internationally for the next 1-2 years is still going to be rough - in the sense of inconvenience (testing/flights cancelling/$$/etc). Our 2 kids are 10 and 12 now. I'm trying to stay domestically but we would love to do Europe as well..

- Santa Fe - I have a real obsession for NM and would really like to do White Sands too
- Marfa TX/Big Bend National Park
- Greece
- Portugal
- Munich
- Aix en Provence
- Moab/Arches/UTnational parks in general

I had wanted to go to Iceland for Northern Lights at one time - that was my big bucket list place but I'm so obsessed with US SW these days I don't know why. I was always a big city and water girl but now in my late 40s, I'm attracted to mountains and desert and culturally the SW.

Croatia

We are planning Vietnam & Cambodia next Christmas, probably Singapore after over New Years.
Hawaii for Feb winter break
Either Greece or Italy this summer (we hope!)
Morocco possibly next Feb break
Machu Picchu & Galapagos Christmas 2023
Safari in 2024 or 2025
India in 2024-26
China or Japan at some point
Hopefully Egypt & Jordan, possibly Israel but depends on stability

We go to France & other places in Europe most years (dh is French), Caribbean often, haven’t traveling abroad since 2019. We did a bunch of bucket list national parks in 2021 which was great, hope to do more of those as well.
Oldest dc graduates in 2027, youngest in 2032.

Japan
Thailand
African Safari
Peru

Anonymous wrote:Who revived this old thread?? Did any PPs who answered 5 years ago check any places off their list??

Fun! We've been to Colombia, Thailand and Morocco since.

Who revived this old thread?? Did any PPs who answered 5 years ago check any places off their list??

Sri Lanka
Colombia
Botswana
Turkey
Egypt

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glacier National Park - might be longer than 5 years, because DS won't be old enough to really enjoy/appreciate it yet, but definitely before 10 years out...that sucker is melting fast.

That is why I do not want to go to any pristine, remote or ecologically fragile places.

It's possible to visit most places in a conscientious way. Aside from the plane or car to get there. But iPhone factories in China are hurting the glaciers as much as the cars near them.

I know. I climbed Kilimanjaro. The trash off the hiking trails and the disappearing ice cap at the top made me sad.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glacier National Park - might be longer than 5 years, because DS won't be old enough to really enjoy/appreciate it yet, but definitely before 10 years out...that sucker is melting fast.

That is why I do not want to go to any pristine, remote or ecologically fragile places.

It's possible to visit most places in a conscientious way. Aside from the plane or car to get there. But iPhone factories in China are hurting the glaciers as much as the cars near them.

Anonymous wrote:Glacier National Park - might be longer than 5 years, because DS won't be old enough to really enjoy/appreciate it yet, but definitely before 10 years out...that sucker is melting fast.

That is why I do not want to go to any pristine, remote or ecologically fragile places.

Anonymous wrote:Visit all of the cathedrals in France to photograph and sketch their stained glass.

I need to see the Marc Chagall stained glass. The art work stirs me. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UN_Glass.jpg

Visit all of the cathedrals in France to photograph and sketch their stained glass.

Zambia

Botswana

South Africa

Bhutan

Go back to New Zealand (again!)

Switzerland

Maldives

Morocco

Uzbekistan

Finally make it to Thailand (have already been to Malaysia (twice), Indonesia (twice), Vietnam, Laos, and Singapore).

Anonymous wrote:Cuba, before it changes.

Too late?
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/world/americas/americans-rush-to-cuba-overloading-services.html