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hizgeorgiapeach -> A personal Bucket List (1/11/2009 12:30:08 PM)
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I've decided that in a few months, once dad is gone, I'm going to take a long (and long overdue) vacation. The probability at this point is that he won't survive long past the very beginning of March and the anniversary of mom's death. We figure that's what he's basically "holding on" for, and once it's come and gone, he likely won't see another month if that long.
I've decided that at least Once before I die, I'd like to visit somewhere outside the continental US. I've been thinking about it a lot this past few weeks, with mortality staring me in the face, and realized that there's far to much that I have yet to do that I've wanted to do - and if I do what dad did, make excuses to constantly put things off til "later" that frankly - chances are I'll end up dying before getting to do a lot of them. I don't want to make that mistake, or face my Own death in the future full of regrets for what I shoulda/woulda/coulda done but didn't. I guess you could call it my own version of the Bucket List. A list that I'd currently like to make far shorter than it is right now. I've already started working on getting a passport (something I've neglected over the years) now - so that I'm not in a rush later on this year for it to come in.
So - that being the case - I'd like to garner suggestions for a possible vacation spot outside the US. What I ultimately want is someplace that I'm not going to have to worry (at least to much lol) about being a single female traveling alone. Someplace without restrictive laws for women, obviously - which pretty well rules out anywhere in the middle east. Where I can get a lot of "bang" for my buck - even with the dollar in serious decline on the world market. Where English is a commonly Understood and Spoken language - even if it's not the country's Native language.
I've been considering someplace in the Bahamas, but heck - I'll consider points of interest anywhere on the Globe.
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