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Destinations

Africa:

  • Morocco: Fes, Efrouz (Sahara), Meknes
  • Egypt: Cairo, Aswan, Luxor

Asia:

  • Thailand: Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Koh Phi Phi, Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Lampang, Phrae, Nan
  • China: Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • Nepal: Kathmandu, Pokhara, Sauraha (Chitwan)
  • India: Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Kolkata, Varanasi, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ranakpur, Pushkar, Mumbai, Kochi, Munnar, Alappuzha, Trivandrum, Varkala, Neyyar Dam (Sivananda ashram.)
  • Vietnam: Hanoi, Saigon, Sapa, Mekong Delta, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An
  • Cambodia: Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Koh Rong, Battambang
  • Laos: Si Phan Don (4,000 Islands), Luang Prabang, Vientiane, Vang Vieng
  • Burma: Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan, Inle Lake, Mt. Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock)
  • Indonesia: Ubud, Seminyak (Bali)
  • Turkey: Istanbul, Bodrum, Cappadocia, Pamukkale
  • Sri Lanka: Colombo, Kandy, Ella, Nuwara Eliya, Uda Walawe, Tangalle, Galle
  • Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Tsumago/Kiso Valley, Nara, Osaka, Miyajima, Kinosaki, Hakone, Nikko, Naoshima, Koya-san, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Hakuba, Matsumoto, Kanazawa.

Europe:

  • Austria: Salzburg, Vienna, Graz
  • Bosnia/Herzegovina: Mostar
  • Croatia: Dubrovnik, Mali Ston, Split, Hvar, Trogir, Plitvice Lakes, Krka, Zagreb
  • Estonia: Tallinn
  • Finland: Helsinki
  • France: Paris, Nice, Eze, Villefrance-sur-mer, Marseilles, Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Honfleur, Mont Saint Michel, Balleroy, Bordeaux, Arcachon, Cap Ferret, Avignon, Cassis, Luberon, Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Dordogne region
  • Germany: Munich and Bavaria, Frankfurt
  • Greece: Athens, Aegina, Santorini, Mykonos, Tinos, Paros, Milos, Crete
  • Hungary: Budapest
  • Iceland: Reykjavik, Árborg, Laugarvatn, Vik, Hofn, Egilsstaðir, Akuryeri, Stokksnes, Myvatn, Hvammstangi, Grundarfjordur, Borganes, and more?
  • Ireland: Dublin, Skerries, Enniskerry
  • Italy : Rome, Florence, Venice, Pisa, Siena, Orvieto, Sorrento, Capri, Naples, Pompeii, Padua, Verona, Lake Como, Milan, Bologna, Cinque Terre, Genoa, Cassino, Torino, Lake Iseo, Bergamo, Piacenza, Alba, Parma
    Sicily: Catania, Etna, Taormina, Noto, Modica, Siracusa, Ragusa, Caltagirone, Cefalu, Palermo.
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands: Amsterdam
  • Portugal: Lisbon, Sintra
  • Slovenia: Ljubljana, Bled
  • Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Costa Brava, Granada, Sevilla, Vall de Boi, El Escorial, Toledo, Malaga, Alora, Cordoba, San Sebastian, Bilbao
  • Switzerland: Lugano
  • United Kingdom: Edinburgh, London, Bath, Bristol, Cambridge, Manchester, Liverpool, Lake District
  • Vatican

Middle East:

  • Jordan: Amman, Aqaba, Wadi Rum, Petra (Wadi Musa), Dead Sea
  • Israel: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv
  • Palestine: Bethlehem
  • Qatar: Doha
  • United Arab Emirates: Dubai

North America:

  • USA: California, Hawaii, New York, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Utah, Colorado, Washington, Washington D.C., Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Michigan, Montana, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota.
  • Mexico: Tulum, Cancun, Isla Mujeres, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas, Acapulco, Oaxaca
  • Cuba: Havana, Viñales, Trinidad, Playa Ancon, Cienfuegos
  • Canada: Vancouver, Whistler

Central America:

  • Guatemala: Lake Atitlan, Chicastenango, Antigua, Semuc Champey, Guatemala City, Tikal
  • Costa Rica: Santa Teresa, Montezuma

South America:

  • Colombia: Medellin, Guatape, Salento (where I was robbed at gunpoint,) Bogota (where I only saw the inside of the USA embassy as I tried to get home.)

Oceania:

  • Australia: Sydney
  • New Zealand: Auckland, Queenstown, Wellington, Taupo, Napier, Abel Tasman, Bay of Islands, Milford Sound, Fox/Franz Josef Glaciers.

Favorite Places

Top Ten Countries:
(subject to change 🙂 )

  • India
  • France
  • Japan
  • Cuba
  • New Zealand
  • Thailand, but also Burma, Laos… (ok, all of SE Asia – by far my favorite region of the world)
  • Jordan
  • Greece
  • Mexico
  • United Kingdom

I feel a soul connection to both India and France, fell completely in love with traveling in Cuba and SE Asia, was deeply moved by time in Jordan, Guatemala, and Nepal, and would welcome the chance to be in beautiful Croatia, New Zealand, or the U.K. (my heritage) anytime, any day. I also love Italy and Spain (but who doesn’t!) and lived in Barcelona as a student.
California, where I was born, continues to be my favorite place in the world. But many other spaces of the globe also have my heart…

Favorite Cities:

  • San Francisco
  • Paris
  • Bangkok
  • Havana
  • Barcelona
  • Rome
  • Tokyo
  • New Orleans
  • Istanbul
  • London

Other parts of the world that are especially special to me:

  • Bordeaux, France
  • Lake Como, Italy
  • Santorini and Milos, Greece
  • Catalunya, Spain
  • Kauai and the Big Island, Hawaii
  • Santa Barbara, California
  • Riviera Maya and Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Rajasthan, India
  • Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala
  • Kerala, India
  • Sicily

And just for fun! Places I want to go most:
Patagonia (Chile/Argentina)
Peru
Queensland, Australia
Tanzania
Ethiopia
South Africa
Wyoming, USA
Maldives
Lebanon
Albania
Denmark
Taiwan
Galapagos
Oman
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