BHUTAN
The Kingdom of Bhutan
Shangri-La
CHINA
• The Great Wall of China
TIBET
• Mt. Everest
Into Thin Air
TURKEY
Nemrud Dagi, Southeast Turkey
A statue of King Antiochos Epiphanes I (62-32 B.C.)
Future Travels
AFRICA
MADAGASCAR
•
the only home of Lemurs
MOROCCO
• Marrakech
• Casablanca
SOUTH AFRICA
• Djuma Bush Lodge
TANZANIA
• Mt.
Kilimanjaro trip
planned for December 2010 - January 2011
ASIA
BHUTAN
The
Kingdom of Bhutan
Shangri-La
CHINA
• The
Great Wall of China
TIBET
• Mt.
Everest
Into
Thin Air
TURKEY
Nemrud
Dagi, Southeast Turkey
A statue of King Antiochos Epiphanes I (62-32 B.C.)
CARIBBEAN
British Virgin Islands
Anegada
Tortola
Virgin Gorde
Puerto Rico
Vieques Island
• swim in the bioluminescent
waters of Mosquito Bay
St. Maarten
• terrific snorkeling beaches
• planes practically
land on the beach
Turks and Caicos
Islands
•
snorkeling & diving
• spring -
great humpback whale migration
• www.turksandcaicostourism.com
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Thomas
St. John's
• more rustic , better
snorkeling that St. Thomas
•
Coral Bay - Snorkel in the mangroves at Hurricane Hole
• Odyssey Boat Rentals
• Cruz Bay
drive on the left
CENTRAL
AMERICA
BELIZE
• The Turtle Inn
COSTA
RICO
PANAMA
• Coral Keys, Bocas Del Toro,
Panama
• www.PanamaInfo.com
• Bocas
del Toro Islands
• snorkeling at "Hospital
Point"
• Panama City - horse races
@ Remon Hipodromo Presidente Jose A. Remon
• snorkeling and diving at Taboga
Island
EUROPE
BELGIUM
Formala One at Spa-Francorchamps
watch race from Pouhon at the top of La Source,
or at eau Rouge
ENGLAND
Ashbourne England Green Man Pub
when to visit: Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
Up'ards vs. Down'ards - Royal Shrovetide Football
3 1/2 pound cork-filled leather ball rugby type game
entire town participates - brutal...
the only out of bounds are the Churches
FRANCE
Le Tour de France
trip planned for July 2008
GREECE
The Ionian
Islands of Greece
Corfu, Paxos, Lefkada, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Zakynthos
(Zante)
GERMANY
Oktoberfest
Munich, Germany
schedule:
2004: 18.09. - 03.10.
2005: 17.09. - 02.10.
2006: 16.09. - 01.10.
2007: 22.09. - 07.10.
2008: 20.09. - 05.10.
2009: 19.09. - 04.10.
2010: 18.09. - 03.10.
2011: 17.09. - 02.10.
IRELAND
• Giants Causeway
- Northern Ireland
ITALY
• Formula One at Monza
• Carnival
of Ivrea - The Battle of the Oranges
LIECHTENSTEIN
Every August 15th (the national holiday) the entire county's
population of 33,000
Liechtensteiners, along with anyone else who is there, are invited for drinks
and snacks
with the royal family in the gardens of the 13th century royal castle at Vaduz,
fireworks
included.
MONACO
Formula One - Monaco Grand Prix
• usually held the last weekend
of May
• The Columbus Hotel is owned
in part by David Coulthard
• Every two years, just prior
to
the
Formula One GP, is the Historic Grand Prix
SPAIN
•
Pamplona
- The “Running
of the Bulls” - usually the first 2 weeks of July
SWITZERLAND
• Basel
- Kunstmuseum
Basel, fountains
NORTH
AMERICA
CANADA
USA
Alaska
Tongass National Forest
Arizona
Supai, Arizona, in the Grand Canyon
hike to three waterfalls & visit with Havasupai Tribe
stay at the Havasupai
Lodge
California
Nethercutt
Museum near L.A. Sylmar, CA. free admission
Florida
'Christ of the Deep' statue Florida
Keys, off Pennekamp Park-Key Largo (6 miles offshore, in 25 ft water)
Sebring, Florida
Sebring International Raceway
Highlands Hammock State Park (near Sebring) - Cypress Swamp Trail
Georgia
Okefnokee Swamp
Hawaii
Kentucky
Mommouth Cave
New Jersey
Great Swamp North-Central New Jersey
Pine
Barrens River Ramble
maps
for bike rides in the NJ Pine Barrens are available for download from NJDOT
30 and 42 mile trips are shown
Bass River State Forest web
site
Lake Absegami - swimming/boating/fishing/hiking/biking/horseback riding/176
campsites+cabins/shelters/lean-tos
New Jersey Wineries:
Silver
Decoy Winery East Windsor, Mercer County
Cream
Ridge Winery Cream Ridge
New Mexico
Silver City, NM
stay at the Nature Conservancy's Bear
Mountain Lodge
300+ species of birds in Gila National Forest
New
York
B.B.
King's Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42nd Street
gospel brunch buffet every Sunday 12:30-2:30pm
all you can eat
featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir
NY Mets - new $800M stadium opened 2009.04.13
take the 7 train to the Mets/Willets Point station Phils
@ Mets 8/21-24/2009 Sat 8/22 7:10pm tix $90 each
1. [ NJ Transit, to Penn Station -> Long Island Rail Road,
from Penn Station to Mets/Willets Point is 2 stops / 18 minutes]
2. [ -> NYC Transit Subway's 7 train, from Manhattan
(Times Square, 5th Ave, or Grand Central Station) to Mets/Willets Point
3. [ Seastreak
Ferry in Highlands, New Jersey to Mets Stadium]
The Plaza Hotel, Manhattan
Please Don't Tell bar
via Hot Dog Stand, then telephone booth
EAR Inn since 1817 bar, Manhattan
Pennsylvania
Becky’s
Drive-In, Walnutport, PA
Centralia
• 2hr
20mins / 115miles - i476N to i78W to pa61N to pa54
• check out the underground
coal vein fires
• smoke rising from Saint Ignacious
Cemetary
Orefield
Shankweiler's
Drive-In Movie Theatre
Brew pubs in Pennsylvania:
State College - Xenos Beer Bar
Erie - Erie Brewing
Elmer Suds - Wilkes Barre
Victory - Downingtown
Clingers Bar - Hanover
Yuengling Old Brewery Tour - Pottsville
Barley Creek - Poconos
Wineries in Pennsylvania:
Auburn - Long Trout
Winery with disc golf “where the wine is cool and hippie
chicks rule”
Utah
Clair Tappaan Lodge
near Lake Tahoe, built by the Sierra Club
hiking & skiing
800-679-6775
West Virginia
Davis W.Va. hiking, skiing, biking (tiny, quiet
town)
SOUTH
AMERICA
ARGENTINA
BOLIVIA
CHILE
Explora Resort, Patagonia,
Chile
COLOMBIA
ECUADOR
PARAGUAY
PERU
Machu
Picchu, Peru
Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
From near Ollantaytambo, it is a 4 day, 25 mile hike to the ruins.
VENEZUELA
Angel
Falls, Venezuela World's highest
waterfalls
SOUTH
PACIFIC
FIJI ISLAND
a nation of more than 300 islands
main island - Vanua Levu
Vanuatu
rising water due to global warming is forcing this island
chain's residents to make plans to relocate
leaders on Tuvalu expect their island nation to be complete submerged in 45
years (i.e. 2050)
they have petitioned Australia to take their 12 000 residents.
Also at risk: Papua New Guinea, Krirbari, and the Marshall Islands
SPACE
Richard Branson's Virgin
Galactic
$200 000. to fly to atmosphere and experience weightlessness
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
American Gregory Olsen went, from Oct. 1 thru Oct 8, 2005, for
$20,000,000.
via a Soyuz Spacecraft with a Russian and American crew
250 miles up in about 3 1/2 hours to get into orbit
2 days later they docked with at the International Space Station
Dennis Tito & Mark Shuttleworth spent 10 days on the International Space
Station, for $2 000 000.
Planned "Space Hotels" by Bigelow Aerospace
Island of Palau
South Island, New
Zealand
Milford Sound, New Zealand picture
French Polynesia
- Tahiti, Bora Bora,
Moorea, Samoa
...the month-long Heiva i Tahiti festivities in July are to Tahiti
what Carnaval is to Brazil...
Bonaire
http://www.bonaire.net/
night snorkeling & night scuba-diving
The
Ultimate Road Trip
A road trip from Bangor, Alaska to Ushuaia,
Argentina (17,000 miles) is almost entirely possible via automobile.
If they ever pave a road through the Darien
Gap (125 miles of
jungle separating North and South America), it will be possible.
Cabo San Lucas
Galápagos
Islands
Ecuador
Bodrum, Turkish Riviera
Bonifacio, Corsica
the North Pole
Northern Lights; late fall
Hotel Sveti Stefan
Sveti Stefan, Serbia and Montenegro
Sporting Events:
Auburn / Alabama football game
Tiger Stadium, Detroit
Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
Ebbet's Field, Brooklyn
Crosley Field, Cincinnati
Formula One
Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps
race course was once a public road between the towns of Spa
and Francorchamps
exclusive on-track accomodations at the Inn at Eau Rouge (Eau
Rouge is a turn)
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