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FRENCH POLYNESIA – September 2013
Tahiti Iti
Rurutu
Papeete
Bora Bora
Huahine
Tikihau
NEW ZEALAND – October 2013
Waitomo
CANADA (Northern Ontario) – May 2014
Canada – Northern Ontario
Canada – Cottage
Canada – Wildlife
NEW ZEALAND – June 2014
Steampunks HQ
Moeraki
Taieri Gorge Railway
Otago Peninsula
Purakaunui Falls
Caitlins River Track
Caitlins – Curio Bay
Milford Road
Milford Sound
Fox Glacier and Gillespie’s Beach
Franz Josef Glacier
Punakaiki and Cape Foulwind
Oparara Basin
Abel Tasman Coast Track
Nelson and Blenheim
Kaikoura
Christchurch & Hanmer
AUSTRALIA – July-August 2014
Sydney
The Great Barrier Reef
Daintree National Park
Atherton Tablelands
Undara Lava Tubes
Yanchep and Nambung National Parks
Shark Bay
Exmouth, Ningaloo Reef, and Cape Range National Park
Karijini National Park
Broome
Geike Gorge
Mimbi Caves
Purnululu National Park
Emma Gorge
Nitmiluk / Katherine Gorge
Yellow Water, Kakadu National Park
Nourlangie and Ubirr, Kakadu National Park
Darwin
Stuart Highway – Mataranka, Daly Waters, Tennant Springs, Devils Marbles, Wycliffe Wells
Kings Canyon, Central Australia
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)
Coober Pedy, Australia
Adelaide and Coorong National Park
Naracoorte Caves, South Australia
The Great Ocean Road, Victoria
Otway Ranges, Victoria
Melbourne, Victoria
HONG KONG – August 2014
Wan Chai and Victoria Peak
Markets and Temples.
MACAU – August 2014
Macau
MONGOLIA – September 2014
Ulaan Baatar
Orkhon Valley to Karakhorum
Ulan Tsutgalan, Tsenkher Hot Springs, Tuvkhon Monastery, Tsetserleg, Taihar Chuluu
Amarbayasgalant Monastery, Uushglin Uvur, Lake Kovsgol
CHINA – September / October / November 2014
Beijing – Arrival
Beijing, Forbidden City – Summer palace – National Museum & Great Wall
Datong – Yungjang Grottoes
Pingyao – Mianshan
Xi’an – Terracotta Warriors, Emperor Jingdi’s Tomb, Moslem Quarter, Big Goose Pagoda, City Walls
Chengdu – Panda Breeding Center, Wenshan Monastery
Leshan – Giant Buddha
Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan
Huanglong, Sichuan
Bamboo Sea / Shunan Zhuhai, Sichuan
Guilin and Yangshou
Nanjing
Huangshan City and Huizhou Villages
Huangshan – Yellow Mountain
Suzhou and Tongli
Shanghai
PHILIPPINES – November / December 2014
Coron, Coron – Bacuit Archipelago to El Nido
El Nido, Palawan
Port Barton, Palawan
Sabang, underground river, Palawan
Puerto Princessa, Palawan
Manila
CAMBODIA – December 2014 / January 2015
Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor
Phnom Penh
Moldukiri
Battembang
River trip from Battembang to Siem Reap
THAILAND – January 2015
MYANMAR- January / February 2015
Yangon
Bagan
Inle lake
Mrauk U and the Chin Villages
EGYPT – February / March 2015
Cairo
Aswa and Abu Simbel
Luxor
Islamic and Coptic Cairo
JORDAN -March 2015
Madaba – Ma’In Hot springs – Jerash – Ajloun – Dead Sea – Karak
Petra
Wadi Rum
ISRAEL – March / April 2015
Masada, Mitzi Ramon & Beit Guvrin
Cesarea , Nazareth & Sea of Galilee
Heifa, Safed, Rosh Hanikra & Golan Heights
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
PORTUGAL – April 2015
Lisbon
Evora, Tomar, Batalha, Alcobaca & Obidos
Nazere, Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela, Bussaco & Monsanto
Coimbra & Porto
SPAIN – April 2015
Santiago de Compostella and Castro Urdiales
FRANCE – May / June 2015
Carcassone, Arles, Isle sur le Sorgue, Avignon, Pont Du Gard & Les Baux
Conques & Roquefort
The Dordogne
Normandy and Brittany
Loire Valley
Burgundy, Beaune, Troyes, Rheims
Paris
SWITZERLAND – June 2015
SLOVENIA – June 2015
Julian Alps and Lake Bled
Postojna, Skocjan, Grad Predjama and Piran
CROATIA – June 2015
BOSNIA – June 2015
MONTENEGRO – June 2015
Kotor
Tara River and Durmitor National Park
CROATIA – June 2015
BULGARIA – June 2015
TURKEY – June / July 2015
Iznik, Sanfranbolu and Amaysa
Hattusas
Cappadocia
Pammukale
Western Mediterranean Coast – Kayakoy, Salkikent Gorge, Kas, Kekova, Myra, Chimera
Ephesus
Istanbul
GREECE – July / August 2015
Delphia
Mycenae and Epidavros
Monemvasia
Mystras
Mani Peninsula – Kardamyli and Pyrgos Dirou
Meteora
MACEDONIA – August 2015
Ohrid
Lake Matka
Skopje
BULGARIA – August 2015
Rila Monastery
Sofia
Veliko Tarnovo
Nesebar
The Black Sea Coast
ROMANIA – August 2015 / September 2015
Vulcanii Noroiosi Mud Volcanoes
Brazov
Viscri
Sighisoara
Bran Castle and the Trans-Fagaran Highway
Scarisoara Ice Cave
Painted Monasteries of Bucovina
Maramures – Wooden churches, the Mocanita, and the Merry Cemetery of Spanta
HUNGARY – September 2015
Budapest
AUSTRIA – September 2015
Vienna
GEORGIA – September 2015
Sveneti and the Georgian Caucusus
Samegrelo – Martvili Canyon, Prometheus Cave, Zugdidi
Vardzia
Kakheti – Sighnaghi and Kvareli
Davit Gareja Monastery
Tbilisi
ARMENIA – September / October 2015
Debed Canyon
Yerevan
Geghard Monastery, Garni, Lake Sevan, and Noratus
GREECE – October 2015
Athens
Santorini
Crete
MADAGASCAR – October / November 2015
Antananarivo
Andasibe Area Parks
Antsirabe
Tsiribihina River Trip
Tsingy of Bemaraha
Avenue of the Baobabs and the road from Belo Tsiribihina to Morondava
Morondava
Toliara
Toliara to Isalo National Park
Ambalavao
Ranomafana National Park
Ambatolampy
Diego Suarez (Antisiranana), the Three Bays, and the Emerald Sea
Amber Mountain, the Tsingy Rouge, and Ankarana National Park
REUNION – November 2015
Reunion
MAURITIUS – November / December 2015
Mauritius
SEYCHELLES – December 2015
Praslin and La Digue islands
KENYA – December 2015
Nairobi
Lake Nakuru National Park
UGANDA – December 2015
Chimpanzees of Kibale National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Tea plantations
RWANDA – December 2015
Mountain gorillas of Volcanos National Park
Lake Mburo National Park
Kibale
TANZANIA – December 2015 / January 2016
Arusha
Tarangire National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
Serengeti National Park
Ngorongoro Crater
ETHIOPIA – January 2016
Arba Minch
Durze and Konso villages
Market at Key Afer, Omo Valley
Mursi and Hamer villages, Omo Valley
Rock cut churches of Lalibela
Lake Asale, salt mines, mineral springs of Dallol, Danakil Depression, Afar Region
Lava lake of Erta Ale,Afar Region
Villages, churches, and monasteries of Tigray
Axum
Gonder and the celebration of Timkat (the Epiphany)
Addis Ababa
ZANZIBAR (Tanzania) – January 2016
Stone Town
The east coast
ZIMBABWE – January 2016
Victoria Falls
BOTSWANA – February 2016
Chobe National Park
Okavango Delta
NAMIBIA – February 2016
San Bushmen near Grootfontein
Etosha National Park
Spitzkoppe
Cape Cross Seal Colony
Swakopmund and around
Sesriem
Dunes of Sossusvlei
Fish River Canyon
SOUTH AFRICA – Fenruary 2016
Oliphantsriver
Capetown
ARGENTINA – February / May, 2016
Buenos Aires
Tierra del Fuego – Ushuaia, the Drake Passage, and Parque Tierra del Fuego
El Chalten and Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Patagonia
El Calafate and Perito Moreno glacier
Mendoza
Salta
Cuesta del Obispo, los Cardones, Valle Calchaquies, and Cafayate, Salta Province
Quebrada Humahuace, Salinas Grandes, and the Hornocal, Jujuy Province
CHILE – March / May, 2016
Puerto Natales
Torres del Paine
Navimag ferry from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt
Chiloe
Parque Huerquehue and Thermas Geometricas near Pucon
Parque Conguillio, Araucania
Santiago
Easter Island
Valparaiso and Vina del Mar
San Pedro de Atacama and around – Tatio Geysers, Valle de la Luna, and Altiplano Lakes
BOLIVIA – May / June, 2016
The southwest Bolivian altiplano from San Pedro de Atacama to Salar Uyuni
Potosi
Sucre and Tarabuco
Parque Nacional Madidi and Bolivian Amazonas
Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) – Copacabana and Isla del Sol
La Paz
PERU – May / June, 2016
Cusco and the Corpus Christi celebrations
The Sacred Valley – Pisac, Ollantaytambo, and the salt pans of Maras
Machu Picchu and Wayna Picchu
Lake Titicaca (Peru) – Uros, Isla Amantani, and Isla Taquile
Arequipa
Colca Canyon
Nazca and the Nazca Lines
Lima
Chimu and Moche ruins around Trujillo
ECUADOR – June / July, 2016
Quito
Galapagos Islands
Otavalo
COLOMBIA – July / August, 2016
Santuario de las Lajas, Ipiales
Popayan
Pre-Colombian tombs of Tierradentro
Neiva and the Desierto Tatacoa, Huila
Cano Cristales, Meta
Bogota and Zipaquira
Santander and Boyaca – Villa de Leyva, Raquira, Parque Chicamocha, Barichara, and Tunja
Cartagena
Medellin and the Feria de las Flores
HOME – August, 2016
Our around the world bucket tour was hatched 5 years ago. We can’t remember the how or why of the decision, likely a simple realization that our biennial trips were never going get us to the places we wanted to go.
The first deliberate act was to decide what our first best choices were for destinations while reserving the option to deviate at will.
There has never been a single theme to our travels so we organized by country.
How to choose among 200+ options? We wanted to give each place more than the one or two weeks work allowed in the past, but we can’t afford to dedicate the months that most every country rightly deserves.
Some were easy, some places have always called to us – the exotic evocation of French Polynesia by a long ago Cinerama movie; haunting National Geographic photos of vine tangled temples at Angkor Wat.
So we voted – using a list of all the countries each of us scored them. After 33 years we had rubbed off on one another so many were obvious. But surprisingly there were many “orphans”, places one of us gave top billing that didn’t even rate with the other. So take the top scorers, add a couple orphans for each of us, make some adjustments for cost (sorry Papua New Guinea), season (December in Tibet?), and destinations of convenience (transit points) and arrive at the “whole enchilada” outlined below.
Time, money, evolving inclinations, and a certainly fortitude will determine how closely we hew to it. Stay tuned.
Scott and Marta Dent 
I am impressed by how organized and well-thought out your trip is . . . absolutely amazing . . you have fodder for a great book.