…… I’ve always wanted to visit. Maybe I will some day; maybe not. It doesn’t matter. But they’re on my wish list.
1: Isfahan, Iran. For as the proverb says “Isfahan is half of the world.”
2: Antarctica. Because of Apsley Cherry-Garrard:
Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion.
And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to
give it physical expression, go out and explore. If you are a brave man
you will do nothing: if you are fearful you may do much, for none but
cowards have need to prove their bravery. Some will tell you that you are
mad, and nearly all will say, “What is the use?” For we are a nation of
shopkeepers, and no shopkeeper will look at research which does not
promise him a financial return within a year. And so you will sledge
nearly alone, but those with whom you sledge will not be shopkeepers:
that is worth a good deal. If you march your Winter Journeys you will
have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin’s egg.
3: Sana’a, Yemen. For the architecture alone. And for a jumping-off point to Soqotra, home of the fantastical Dragon’s Blood Tree.
4: Cape Reinga, New Zealand. Where the spirits of the dead enter the underworld.
5: Galapagos Islands. For the schooling hammerheads.
6: Sistema Chac Mool, Mexico. Have a look. You’ll want to go too.
7: Delphi, Greece.
8: Shetland.
9: Mount Kailash.
10: Tromsø, to see the Northern Lights.
Where do you want to go?
