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I've been fortunate enough to experience a few dream vacations, a couple of times in Kauai to dive, stayed in a 15th c. Castellated farm in France and explored the Loire, visited some amazing things in England and Scotland, saw the highlands and castles. .. My other dream vacations would be to Figi to dive, northern Australia to dive, southern Australia to see friends, New Zealand, all of Scandinavia including Iceland (I've been there but only too briefly) and Norway is top of that list. Outside of my top destinations, I want to eventually see Myanmar, Argentina, Hong Kong, Seoul, Spain, Ireland, Vancouver CA.... I love traveling, especially to throw myself out of my comfort zone. I like exploring and setting things spontaneously with no agenda and I travel well alone but I enjoy company as long as they can handle not planning out every little activity in advance. Destinations with good scuba diving are my favorite :)

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I've never tried scuba diving. I'm a bit scared of being that far underwater. I never liked swimming too deep, and I really hate the pressure in the ears. But, it's attractive to me because of what you get to see - it seems really beautiful down there. At least from all the pictures in National Geographic. :)

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I want to eventually see Myanmar
Seeing it from space is sufficient... I think it could be fun going to England, I'd like to see Winchester Castle and the Bovington Tank Museum. Paris and Carcassonne seem quite interesting as well, as does Cracow. And of course there's always Cape Town and the lovely seaside town of Hermanus. Now if I ever get married it'd be great to go to the Seychelles...
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I've never tried scuba diving. I'm a bit scared of being that far underwater. I never liked swimming too deep' date=' and I really hate the pressure in the ears. But, it's attractive to me because of what you get to see - it seems really beautiful down there. At least from all the pictures in National Geographic. :)[/quote'] You just learn how to pressurize as you go down by pinching your nose and blowing air out of your ear canals about every 3 feet down. You can go down 100 feet and more with no probs. I'd say the biggest challenge is keeping calm, and keeping your heart rate slowed so that you don't panic and burn through your oxygen too fast. I highly recommend against diving for People who suffer claustrophobia. Over all, Its one of my favorite hobbies. Not as expensive as you'd think
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I want to travel Scandinavia, especially Denmark (my family are from there), Iceland, Norway and Finland...I hope one day I will have the money to be able to do it. I would also love to go to China and Japan. Japan in particular...I am quite fascinated with their culture.

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I want to travel Scandinavia' date=' especially Denmark (my family are from there), Iceland, Norway and Finland...I hope one day I will have the money to be able to do it. I would also love to go to China and Japan. Japan in particular...I am quite fascinated with their culture.[/quote'] Nice, my dad's side of the family is Danish as well. I would love to visit over there. Welcome back to the forum!
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My dream vacation is definitely New Zealand. As a huge LOTR fan I really want to go to the Hobbit village' date=' plus one of their national parks is where they did a lot of filming of the LOTR movies. I'd love to honeymoon there :D[/quote'] My brother used to like New Zealand a lot, I think it could be good fun vacationing there. There was a time when I wanted to work at Weta Workshops as well, back when I was considering art as a career path.
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Ok Iceni. Brazil then :D
I'm partial to dark hair and dark eyes, so that works for me. Truth be told though, everyone I've talked to that travels much and has been to Utah has stated that we have the highest concentration of pretty girls in any place they have been to. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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