February 2024 – Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2024

39 Responses

1. Having just clocked up my 100th country, I like to explore less well known destinations. Next on my list are ‘The Five Stans’ which will hopefully give me a unique and diverse insight into the former USSR.

2. I would like to go to the Maldives. They look wonderful in travel articles and I am aware they are threatened by rising sea levels.

3. Africa- various countries to go on ethical animal safaris so that I can see beautiful animals and help to conserve them and their habitat.

4. I would love to see the Taj Mahal in Agra – my grandfather was stationed in that area during the war i remember him telling me of his visit and how beautiful it was. To be able to share the same experience with my own family would be amazing.

5. I’m hankering after the ‘stans’. A friend and her husband just returned from Uzbekhisthan and inspired me . Sounded like travel used to be when I was growing up and lucky enough to have parents that could afford (with some saving and foregoing some luxuries) to take us to places other families were not travelling to. Now i look back and think what a privilidge that was when i see how crowded some of those same places are now.

6. I’d love to visit Nantucket Island in the USA. It looks so quaint and pretty. The choice of restaurants and shops looks wonderful too.

7. I would like to visit Australia to visit friends and experience the wonderful changing landscapes.

8. I lived in Singapore as a child over 50 years ago. I would love to return and see the huge changes that have happened. It looks like such an exciting place to visit. And a must see would be those lovely otters that live in the city’s park

9. I would love to visit Sri Lanka because it is such a small country brimming over with culinary delights, cultural diversity, geographical wonders and fashioned by a complex history.

10. I’d love to visit Japan because it is such a different culture. It would be wonderful to eat Japanese street food. Seeing the bright lights of Tokyo would be a highlight, but also exploring older cities, riding the bullet train and visiting temples and Mount Fuji.

11. Kyrgyzstan … I would like to follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo and trace the Silk Road

12. I would love to go to Africa, I have done all the continents, but only scratched at this one.

13. Would love to visit The Pantanal and Iguassu Falls

14. I would love to see penguins in their natural habitat. King penguins would the absolute best. So South Georgia or surrounding area!

15. Antartica, whilst it is still ‘pristine’ and before a lot of it melts!

16. I would love to visit Macchu Picchu and the rainbow mountains, the photographs of this area look absolutely stunning and I would love to experience the culture of this beautiful country.

17. Despite the 1982 Falklands War, I have always wanted to visit Argentina and in particular Buenos Aires.
    My love of their Red Wines and Football has heightened my desire to make this journey, whilst I can still charge around enjoying the sights, sounds, people, food and culture!

18. Having just read one of Alexander McCall Smith’s excellent Ladies Detective Agency series, a visit to see the wonderfully described Botswana would be my ideal holiday.

19. French Polynesia – gorgeous-looking beaches, scenery, snorkelling and people – what’s not to like (other than the cost, long multi-transport journey and then having to come home!)?

20. My current bucket list is headed by Uruguay to taste Tannat.

21. Bolivia , one of the few South American countries we have not been too and doesn’t seem to be that developed for tourists

22. This book would be one for my husband and I to treasure. We are now in our late 70’s, and have been fortunate in our lives to travel quite extensively. But now we
    are not nimble enough to do the trips that we like, so we make believe that we are planning a trip. Reseaching for the necessary information . One feels all of the same excitement, from photographs etc. It’s quite magical really. India is on the cards today.

23. I’d like to tour Japan, for the culture and food.

24. I would love to visit New Zealand as it has such varied scenery in a small space.

25. San Francisco , my favourite place in the world .

26. I would love to go to the Seychelles. It looks absolutely unreal. Beaches look great and the sea so blue.

27. Egypt 🇪🇬 or classical Greecectwo fantastic cultural destinations if so lucky .

28. Would love to visit Canada with my husband. The scenery looks so amazing.

29. I would like to visit the Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, Iran ever since I’ve heard the proverb: Esfahān nesf-e-jahān ast (Isfahan is half (of) the world).

30. China, I would love to visit the Great Wall and terracotta warriors.

31. We would love to visit New Zealand. We have family there and it looks stunning scenery.

32. We would both loved to go to vietnam had booked to go when covid struck which really put us off travelling there but feel we must go before we get to old 76 and still feel fit enough to explore there different culture here’s hoping sometime soon c and t

33. Australia, specifically Kilsyth, to meet up with a friend who I haven’t seen for years because neither of us is getting any younger.

34. Hi, I would love a trip to explore along the Dalmatian Coast. Having travelled to Croatia a few years ago and loved all the cities and villages, I would love to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina & Montenegro. I’m sure they would be just as fascinating & beautiful as Croatia along with its diverse history & cultures.
    🙏

35. The Scottish Isles & Northern Ireland. Having spent many years travelling to Europe, Africa & N. America we’ve realised there are places closer to home we’ve never seen.

36. I want to visit Alaska and see the magnificent wildlife

37. We would love to visit Colombia and see Cano Cristales, the rainbow river or the river of five colours plus the town of Guatape where all the houses are painted in bright colours and decorated with beautiful coloured friezes.

38. Would love to visit Seattle as my son lives there and tells me how beautiful it is

39. I would most like to visit Sri Lanka. When I was doing my A’ Level Geography course we learned quite a bit about Ceylon, as it then was, and I thought it sounded wonderful. In 1995 I started planning a holiday there for my 50th birthday but it came to nothing as the Foreign Office advised against visiting due to the internal unrest at the time. For various reasons I’ve unfortunately not yet managed a visit there.

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