Places To Travel: Exotic Holiday Destinations

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Places To Travel: Exotic Holiday Destinations There's no single response to the question of where are the best places traveling on vacation. The initial question to ask is not what place to go but rather what type of traveler have you been? What Type of Traveler Are You? * Are you currently a Phileas Fogg? Have you been a world traveler who measures success by the number of countries visited? * Have you been a Robinson Curuso? Do you enjoy the out of the way and off the beaten path? * Are you a Geoffery Chaucer? Is the trip more about the folks you travel with compared to the destination? * Are you a Henry David Thoreau? Is your ideal vacation just a peaceful place near home? There are numerous different traveling styles or different goals for travel. * You are able to happen to be get away from it all. * You are able to happen to be understand a fresh culture. * You are able to go the party. * You can happen to be reconnect with family and friends. * You can travel for adventure. What's Your Travel Style / Budget? Many people prefer to stay in the home than remain in anyplace that did not need 5 stars. Others could not imagine residing in anyplace more fancy than the usual youth hostel. Some who would love to stay at the fancy resort can't afford to. Before you travel you will need to figure out your travel budget and style. What kind of style you want may help determine where you can afford to visit and for how long. My wife and I planned a visit to Hawaii before our first child was born. After taking a look at our budget we'd to choose that a road trip to San Diego would be a better option. One if by Land, Two if By Sea... Three if By Air? Do you want road trips? If so how about a domestic itinerary. If you want the outside or history you might visit national parks. If you want sports think about a tour of major or minor league ballparks. If you want big city lights would a visit to New York, Chicago or Las Vegas be within your range? Do you prefer cruises? Consider only packing and unpacking once and letting your hotel (ship) travel from port to port. From the East coast of the United States, Bermuda and the Caribbean are generally easily accessible. From the west coast, Mexico or Alaska offer very different vacations.


If you adore to fly and are able it then Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America beckon. Europe offers familiarity for American visitors but with plenty of history. Europe offers destinations from the familiar London and Paris to less familiar destinations like Croatia, Slovenia and Estonia. You need to be willing to cope with another language or driving on another side of the road. Africa offers unforgettable wildlife experiences or the wonders of ancient Egypt. Additionally it offers ancient churches dug in to the rocks of Ethiopia or far off destinations like Timbuktu. It will demand many travels to obtain further outside their comfort zone. Asia offers ancient cultures and new economic powerhouses. Your trip could be to overwhelming places like New Delhi that may challenge even veteran travelers or safer more familiar destinations like Singapore. South America offers better exchange rates than Europe but less political stability. It offers European style cities like Buenos Aires or ancient Incan cities like Machu Picchu. A very important factor I have learned from hosting the Amateur Traveler for over three years is that there are numerous more places to travel than I had originally considered. It had never occurred to me to: * Head to Tonga and swim with whales. * Begin to see the stone churches in Ethiopia. * Do an evening tour of Petra in Jordan. * Begin to see the wild horses in Mongolia. The more I learn about travel the more places I do want to go. What is the best place to visit to? For me, it is obviously the following place. Chris Christensen could be the host of the favorite Amateur Traveler travel podcast. Places have Geographical features which are exclusive and unique. Places have been with us for a large number of years and have accumulated a wealthy history and associated culture, art, architecture and folklore. It is extremely hard to see these through books or the internet. The places need to be traveled to obtain the authentic experience. At some point in life, after college, after retirement, during business trips, during holidays, a protracted trip outside your country of residence could make you see the world for yourself. With an increasingly global economy, the international travel experience is a resource which may be a significant advantage in a competitive situation. You will find known and important places which are frequently visited e.g. London, New York and major capitals Travel Channel of Europe and North America. These places are becoming an amalgamation of different cultures and visitors also turn into a part of the same. However, near to the same places and in the exact same countries, are less known places which have a definite and unique culture and these exotic places are in general more pleasurable primarily because everything you see there is something new and about which little has been written. The writer writes about such places predicated on his personal experiences during visits to these places.



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