I'm bored
Obviously, hence b3ta. Anyway, I've been whiling the hours away looking at the Lonely Plant for when I get the balls/funds to up and go backpacking so I can bore the grandkids with stories of the wonderful things I've seen.

So my question is:

What would you like to see in the world before you die?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:12, 31 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Baghdad
Seriously.

I grew up on fairytales, 1001 Arabian nights, all that sort of stuff, so I'd love to see the real Baghdad once it's safe to visit there.

And I want to do the Silk Road on horseback one day too.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:14, Reply)

I've never really read anything about Baghdad
You say "Baghdad" and you just think of wars and terrorism and Terry Waite. I think.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:20, Reply)

Ali Baba lived there
The Thief of Baghdad did too...

It's name has always conjured up images of spice filled markets, romance, intrigue and adventure.

I'm a romantic at heart.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:28, Reply)

I went to Marrakesh
a couple of years ago and that was pretty much exactly like that, I half expected to see flying carpets and people hiding in those huge wicker baskets. It was awesome though, the way they live is just so different from the UK.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:48, Reply)

The whole of it
From Orbit or the surface of the Moon.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:14, Reply)

Is the Lonely Plant an interesting reed?
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:15, Reply)

Nice.

( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:17, Reply)

Dammit
I'm so ashamed I won't even edit it as punishment to remind myself of how even the mighty grammar nazis can fall.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:18, Reply)

And it makes it sound
like I've been staring at a tiny little flower in the garden and being miserable like an emo kid.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:19, Reply)

more mountains

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:19, Reply)

but at what cost...
AT WHAT COST?!?!?!

*sobbing*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:22, Reply)

we could get rid of some of the rainforests to make room for them.
They're overrated and contain large spiders.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:24, Reply)

but if you got rid of the rainforests
then the spiders would all move to the mountains
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:28, Reply)

Cuba
or Laos...
anyone of those backwards communist countries just to get a feel for it

don't expect me back though
(smathels left-wing not feckin' chicken wing, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:24, Reply)

True, you might fall in love
and stay forever.

Or get shot in the face.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:26, Reply)

So want one of those old cuban cars
and blare out chuck berry tunes
(smathels left-wing not feckin' chicken wing, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:30, Reply)

Old cuban c ars
With new(ish) Lada engines. Yes really.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:40, Reply)

and braking fluid
exchanged with washing up liquid
(smathels left-wing not feckin' chicken wing, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:48, Reply)

My dream would be
To follow the surf competitions around the world with a stop off in Hawaii for some tattoos.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:29, Reply)

The thing is is that I hate travelling with a vengeance but want to see the world.
I'm just hoping that someone invents an immediate transportation device before I die.

I'm supposed to be going to New Zealand at some point but just can't pluck up the courage to sort it out.
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:43, Reply)

Get a bubble car
and do it Pope style.

New Zealand's pretty civilised, I'd love to go there so I hope you do eventually do it, you'll probably really enjoy it.

Or, in lieu of Al: MTFU
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:49, Reply)

Oh I'll love it when I get there.
It's just getting there.

It's awfully far away.
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:55, Reply)

you could work up to it
like just go to Devon for now.

Then maybe nip across to France.

Pop over to Germany

etc.

I've only stopped because my geography knowledge has been exhausted.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:25, Reply)

I've actually been as far as Thailand.
Bloody nightmare but glad I went.
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:29, Reply)

Just in case anyone missed
NOT Madagascar

one reason: military junta, which i can only expect bad things from now on :(
(smathels left-wing not feckin' chicken wing, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:00, Reply)

Lonely planet is such an awesome site
As is www.spottedbylocals.com/ and wikitravel..

I wouldn't mind a bit of backpacking myself!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:07, Reply)

I do sort of regret
not going when I left school, some of my friends who did that have either not come back or have the most amazing memories from it.

But on the up side I did buy a house when I was 18 and so whilst everyone is struggling to get one now I already have one so ha.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:26, Reply)

Well most of my buddies from Uni
Swanned away to Japan followed by New Zealand and Australia amongst other exotic countries, having many a wonderful adventure.

Meanwhile I went back to my hometown and got a corporate graduate job.

gah!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:54, Reply)

I want to see Alaska
and befriend a polar bear
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:31, Reply)

Like when they befriended Knut
and then he ate that German woman.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:46, Reply)

Hopefully
Im going this summer...

Going Hong Kong to Delhi if I can get the monies together, so I want to see all the good bits inbetween there without getting kidnapped/ shot/ horribly addicted to the local produce
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:40, Reply)