Travel

I probably made a mistake not selecting a particular topic to write about on this blog - instead I chose A LOT. So (I keep using that word) I am trying to keep all the saucers spinning (if that's a good metaphor to use), by writing about something else (other than films and an introduction).

Travel...

I have traveled to a few places, and I do think I have been lucky to visit some places that I have visited (as in I appreciate where I have been and what I have done) but there is still much left to see and discover. I feel a bit greedy in that sense, I just want to see all the little corners of the world. And people watch as the stroll by, whether it be by boat on the Urubamba River, or watch them stroll by the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, with cute Parisian elegance, or watch the cyclists rush through the streets on Hanoi...

I have an idea of some places I would like to go, and my list is nowhere near exhaustive, but here are 5 places I want to visit in the near future (in no particular order)...

1. Laos, and (if I was a millionaire) go for a few days on the Orient Express, seeing the sites, and then hop off to stay with the real folk of the country, perhaps in a home stay

2. Venice - town(?) or city(?) or land mass upon the water. Either way, take me there!

3. Brazil, for the parties, the cities, the carnivals

4. New York. Need I say more? (And also Chicago, I have heard a lot but never seen with my own wee eyes)

5. Turkey - especially Istanbul - East meets West, the buzz, the atmosphere (I am big into atmosphere)

There are many more, but that is just a flavor of the bigger list that I want to tackle. They are quite far ranging, stretching continents and cultures. Yes please!