List of places you wanna visit before you crock it?
12 January 2005, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ozzy
Summit of Mont Blanc - happening in the summer, so it's a start
North or South pole
Summit of Everest, never mind the Base Camp. problem with that is it's hugely expensive.
completely unrealistic ...
Space
The moon
North or South pole
Summit of Everest, never mind the Base Camp. problem with that is it's hugely expensive.
completely unrealistic ...
Space
The moon
12 January 2005, 04:52 PM
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Yeah, get a job as a travel writer or holiday programme presenter and you're laughing.
Messiah, I'll bow to your higher knowledge of cheesey films
What was that series recently (BBC2, I think) where they took average joes and gave them incredibly tough challenges - sail across the Atlantic, run a ultra marathon, etc..?? would love to do that.
That's the only downside with doing anything adventurous, you need money to fulfill them
I wanted to do a 5-day Ultra myself in North Africa but it costs about £4K to compete 
Messiah, I'll bow to your higher knowledge of cheesey films
What was that series recently (BBC2, I think) where they took average joes and gave them incredibly tough challenges - sail across the Atlantic, run a ultra marathon, etc..?? would love to do that.
That's the only downside with doing anything adventurous, you need money to fulfill them
I wanted to do a 5-day Ultra myself in North Africa but it costs about £4K to compete
12 January 2005, 06:27 PM
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North American road trip - very roughly, start at Toronto, drive across to Vancouver, down the West coast, head east across to the Mississippi and drive north, do a bit of zig zagging then head north east, back into to Canada and the atlantic provinces, back through Quebec and home. All along the way taking in many of North Americas attractions/places of interest.
Apart from that:
Japan
Australia - esp. Sydney, Ayers Rock & Perth
Egypt - just the Pyramids etc
New Zealand
China
Hong Kong
Moscow
Pitcairn Island
Bermuda
Madagascar
Gallapogos Islands
Iceland
Sweden
Czech
Peru
Brazil
Antartica and the Arctic in quick succession - so I can introduce a polar bear to some penguins
That'll do for now.
Apart from that:
Japan
Australia - esp. Sydney, Ayers Rock & Perth
Egypt - just the Pyramids etc
New Zealand
China
Hong Kong
Moscow
Pitcairn Island
Bermuda
Madagascar
Gallapogos Islands
Iceland
Sweden
Czech
Peru
Brazil
Antartica and the Arctic in quick succession - so I can introduce a polar bear to some penguins
That'll do for now.
12 January 2005, 06:35 PM
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Must dos:
1) Swimming (not in a cage!) with good ole carcharodon carcharias in South Africa!
2) Bear tracking in Alaska
I need to visit Canada and New Zealand too! Not fussed with Europe really tbh.
1) Swimming (not in a cage!) with good ole carcharodon carcharias in South Africa!
2) Bear tracking in Alaska
I need to visit Canada and New Zealand too! Not fussed with Europe really tbh.
12 January 2005, 07:15 PM
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Rocky Mountains both America and Canada, Ray Mears style for a month or 2.
That Ice hotel in James bond film
Norway / Sweden.
Think I may be going to South Africa and Mosambique (sp) this year
That Ice hotel in James bond film
Norway / Sweden.
Think I may be going to South Africa and Mosambique (sp) this year
12 January 2005, 07:22 PM
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I want to walk from destitution road to kinlochewe with a guide over 2 days... And a tour of Oz and NZ wouldnt go a miss either I guess!
12 January 2005, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
Just talking at lunchtime, reminded me - Morocco. Tried twice, couldn't get a visa for the wife 
Back on topic, places I want to see for the first time
Iceland
Western Australia
Tokyo
Bhutan
Suresh
13 January 2005, 01:06 AM
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My wish list.
Adventure trips to:
Torres del Paines, South Chile
Trekking in Nepal (or the Karokarum)
Svalbard
New Zealand (again)
Cultural/historical trips to:
Turkey
Egypt
Jeddah
Thailand
Cambodia
Adventure trips to:
Torres del Paines, South Chile
Trekking in Nepal (or the Karokarum)
Svalbard
New Zealand (again)
Cultural/historical trips to:
Turkey
Egypt
Jeddah
Thailand
Cambodia
13 January 2005, 03:18 AM
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Sweden
Vancouver
New Zealand
Mauritius/Seychelles
Jamaica and Dunn River Falls (again)
Amazon Rain Forest (before it all gets flattened )
Australia (Great Barrier Reef and Tasmania)
Oh and LA just to see if the beaches really are like they are on Baywatch
Vancouver
New Zealand
Mauritius/Seychelles
Jamaica and Dunn River Falls (again)
Amazon Rain Forest (before it all gets flattened
)Australia (Great Barrier Reef and Tasmania)
Oh and LA just to see if the beaches really are like they are on Baywatch
13 January 2005, 10:24 AM
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How about "Compete in Plymouth Dakar Challenge"? Take £100 banger and drive through France, Spain, Morroco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia.
I leave in a months time
I leave in a months time
13 January 2005, 11:19 AM
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I forgot about Iceland, always fancied a bash in some of outside hot springs and going on a Volcano hunt...
Always fancied the Maldives too but it's a good job we got booked Crete for the Honeymoon instead really...
Always fancied the Maldives too but it's a good job we got booked Crete for the Honeymoon instead really...
13 January 2005, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Crapaud62
How about "Compete in Plymouth Dakar Challenge"? Take £100 banger and drive through France, Spain, Morroco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia.
I leave in a months time
I leave in a months time
13 January 2005, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Crapaud62
How about "Compete in Plymouth Dakar Challenge"? Take £100 banger and drive through France, Spain, Morroco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia.
I leave in a months time
I leave in a months time
13 January 2005, 05:14 PM
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Not late I hope. Split into 4 groups thi stime because of massive interest. First group arrived in Gambia last week. 2nd and 3rd groups somewhere in desert. Group 4 leaves on 18th February and hopefully arrives in Gambia around 10th March 2005.
Sign up now for 2006 event.
See : http://www.plymouth-dakar.co.uk/
Sign up now for 2006 event.
See : http://www.plymouth-dakar.co.uk/
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