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I had a blast as an undergrad "studying" in Europe for two years. Drank beer and saw most of the countries in Western Europe, and a few in Eastern Europe, along with Turkey, Israel, and Egypt.

It was all on an incredibly tight budget where every dollar meant something. My grandmother was giving me $200/month, and I had occasional small jobs. I had to hitchhike some, and wasn't able to eat in restaurants much. But it really shaped me and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

As a grown up, I've been lucky enough to hit Japan, Australia, and Argentina.

Still want to see Hong Kong, Singapore, St. Petersberg, New Zealand, Chile. Want to see Northern Lights at least once.

Want to go to:

Namibia
Kamchatka peninsula in Russia
Argentina, esp. southern part (Patagonia)
South and Northwest of Spain
Crete
Chile

Have been and can recommend:

Croatian islands on Adriatic - be sure to avoid crowds
Slovenia
Chiapas in Mexico (recommend after narcotroubles end)
Newfoundland - excellent hiking
Tatry mountains in South of Poland
Gotland island in Sweden
and closer to home Big Bend and Guadalupe mountains parks in W. TX.

Albania

Been to Bermuda, Azores, Canary Islands, Belize, Cozumel, Montreal, and Barbados as well as US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

That's about it.

Would like to go to Tibet and Nepal as well as Turkey, Italy and Greece.

My Bucket List:

one of those tours of the Australian back country between Cairns and Darwin;

African safari;

Amazon river cruise.

Let ME suggest some places.

Bear Lake Canada:

https://goo.gl/maps/9S1tQGx7YVsLQFkj8

Christmas Island:

https://goo.gl/maps/g3nhEqacwuSTJnCb7

The Falkland Islands:

https://goo.gl/maps/znTpWLeox7A5mTMLA

And Libya and Iraq - if you dare.

If you want a more tame and low key vacation, go visit the Adirondack State Park region in NY. I grew up there, and it's a beautiful area - you'll be targeting something near Tupper Lake or similar - you want a small town and ideally you rent a cabin on the water. It's not a rich area, but it's a beautiful area. Treat the locals respectfully, don't bring any of your big city shit with you - don't talk up the shithole you are from. These people rejected city living 100 years ago, and were right to do it.

If you really are adventurous, pick any small town in all of North America or Canada, Europe, or South America. Here's a spot: https://g.page/GuilfordBNB?share=

Go to a place NOBODY visits. I hate tourist attractions, I hate going to a place only to meet other tourists.

You need to have the mindset of being curious about how other people live. Locals will be surprised you're there and they will be suspicious because the place is never visited. Just blend in. You'll find most people there are quite awesome.

Patrick says

Singapore

If you like Asian Food, you will love it. They have night food stands that are unbelievable. Hainanese Chicken Rice.

Bucket list

Eastern Turkey / Armenia
Egypt
South America (not sure where)
New Zealand
Svalabard, Norway (in Winter)
Drive cross country and back.
Overnight in all 50 states (halfway there)
Okinawa, Japan

Places I've been and want to go back to someday:
Italy
Alaska
Germany
Scotland
Tennessee

Not all who wander are lost.

Wreck diving in the Black Sea.

Too soon?

Eric Holder says

Wreck diving in the Black Sea.

Too soon?

Why do you promote a side in a war? Do you really think that Russia is going to lose just because the United States is using Ukraine for money laundering and has puppets in power there?

This stupid, pointless, easily avoidable war may result in mass starvation. It was trivial to prevent - all Ukraine needed to do was to not to seek NATO membership and stop murdering people in the Donbass. Are these unreasonable demands?

What I hear, which may be untrue, is that for every 1 Russian soldier that dies in this stupidity, 15 Ukrainian soldiers die. IF that is true, it's going to end with the decimation, literally, of the nation because men of fighting age are forced to fight. They are forced to fight over an evil government that insists on hosting NATO weaponry and insists on murdering people in the East of their country and they do this because they were installed by US intervention, through corruption.

That is what you rally around. You are being programmed to support this. You're a puppet.

This is just a mass slaughter in my opinion and you cheer it on. You're a shameful person.

Poland.

The Virgin Islands are good but I highly recommend Jeju-do, South Korea. It's an island with great beaches and Halla-san...plenty of great food and an interesting nightlife.

richwicks says

Eric Holder says

Wreck diving in the Black Sea.

Too soon?

Why do you promote a side in a war? Do you really think that Russia is going to lose just because the United States is using Ukraine for money laundering and has puppets in power there?

This stupid, pointless, easily avoidable war may result in mass starvation. It was trivial to prevent - all Ukraine needed to do was to not to seek NATO membership and stop murdering people in the Donbass. Are these unreasonable demands?

What I hear, which may be untrue, is that for every 1 Russian soldier that dies in this stupidity, 15 Ukrainian soldiers die. IF that is true, it's going to end with the decimation, literally, of the nation because men of fighting age are forced to fight. They are forced to fight over an evil government that insists on hosting NATO weaponry and ins...