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18 November 2005

If you could go only one place in the world, where would it be? And why?→[More:]Uh-huh. I have nothing left in me for work. Need entertainment (and potential travel ideas?) for the rest of the day.

post by: gaspode at: 16:20 | 27 comments

I'd like to see the Northern Lights do their spectacular thing. So, I guess I'd go north.

posted by mudpuppie 18 November | 16:23

Hakone, Japan. For the hot springs.

posted by Hugh Janus 18 November | 16:25

I want to see Pompeii

posted by kellydamnit 18 November | 16:30

Wherever my true love is, despite the unrequitedness of the whole thing...

posted by Schyler523 18 November | 16:30

I don't know if it would be the only place, but I would like very much to go to Alaska and the parts of Canada that are like Alaska.

posted by Divine_Wino 18 November | 16:33

I hear Iceland is something to see.

posted by eatitlive 18 November | 16:37

Italy. Art, culture, history, weather, food. Matteo.

posted by Specklet 18 November | 16:38

Oh and as for me, I really wanna see the Sahara. I loves me some desert. And I'd love to go across the middle of Australia. And pretty much any barren inhospitable landscape.

posted by gaspode 18 November | 16:39

Specklet, you were supposed to say "mudpuppie's house."

posted by mudpuppie 18 November | 16:45

Paris, for the wine & scenery.

posted by Chimp 18 November | 16:46

Back to Prince Edward Island.

posted by Marxchivist 18 November | 17:05

Oops, I should have noticed that you were all hot for the northern lights and didn't say "Specklet's house". Welp, we've blown it now.

posted by Specklet 18 November | 17:12

Back into the womb, the world's too damned scary and stupid!

posted by fenriq 18 November | 17:22

New Zealand, because it looks to be jaw-droppingly, mind-bendingly beautiful; I just wish I'd gotten there before the hobbits did.

posted by melissa may 18 November | 17:47

I'd like to see Scandinavia.

posted by chewatadistance 18 November | 17:51

Damn hobbits! Can't go anywhere on the South Island without tripping over one. They should wear orange flags, like Amish carriages. Er ...

Yeah, New Zealand for me. Australia's up there too.

Right now I just want to get back to Chicago before I permanently lose contact with the things I love there.

Scandinavia -- thought that would be cool, but it just looks like northern Wisconsin, with a very thick accent.

posted by stilicho 18 November | 19:36

Vancouver Island, because it's beautiful. And it's an island. Islands rock.

posted by deborah 18 November | 19:58

Definitely: Antarctica.

posted by Uncle Glendinning 18 November | 20:08

Anywhere with seasons. Back to New Zealand would be nice for a while, but I would get sick of the shitty weather. For anything long term/permanent, I would rather stay just where I am, thanks.

posted by dg 18 November | 20:25

Rome. To see the aurora. Earth orbit. Antarctica. New Zealand. Santa Barbara. San Francisco. New York City.

Sorry, I can't have only one.

posted by WolfDaddy 18 November | 20:47

Exploring in rural Japan, or back to Scotland.

posted by selfnoise 18 November | 21:25

Jerusalem. To see if God is closer there, and for the history.

posted by puddinghead 18 November | 21:39

New Zealand for me as well, or maybe Hokkaido.

posted by hlewagast 18 November | 22:42

Ireland, to look up my homez. Especially County Cavan, to steep in the lore of my ancestor Myles the Slasher.

posted by go dog go 18 November | 22:51

I've always wanted to go to Siberia. Go figure. I just like the idea: the targa, the nomads, the cold, the whole desolation thing. Tundra. Reindeer. Russian mafia - it's all good.

Failing Siberia, New Zealand, India or Italy.

posted by mygothlaundry 18 November | 23:01

Madagascar. More varieties of Baobob trees than anywhere else AND the world's smallest species of chameleon. Before it's gone.

But, upon re-reading...only once place? Then, basically anyplace with lots of green and hills/small mountains and critters... no flat places.

posted by MightyNez 18 November | 23:11

Baobab trees always remind me of Le Petite Prince!

Can't pick just one. But for the moment, I'll say Ukraine, to see where my grandfather came from.

posted by amro 18 November | 23:25

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