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Ian wrote: "From May to September, try the Northern Hemisphere, although Tahiti and the Cook Islands are very pleasant, the latter being somewhat cheaper."That's so remote for me, but must be exciting places. Hope Musk or other dudes will 'bring' them closer with speedier transportation..
Is Cook the guy eaten by aborigines somewhere?
Melanie wrote: "South Africa, Nik. ..."Yep, definitely something that intrigues me. I loved Africa.
Met recently a woman, who's traveled on a heavy bike from S. Africa up north to Kenya and back. Took her half a year and looked like an amazing and dangerous adventure. Don't think I have time or even courage for anything similar, but visiting South Africa is much more feasible -:)
Cook was killed by polynesians in Hawaii, as I recall. I have no idea whether he was eaten because the sailors did not hang around to find out.
Ian wrote: "Rita wrote: "Egypt is one of my favourites, when it's safe to go there. It is very different from other destinations - the Valley of the Kings is quite surreal. Also the temples are still almost co..."Sounds worth the climb! Not sure if I'll ever make it back there but if I do....
Scott wrote: "A couple places I've scoped out in Arizona are the Chiracawa (sp?) Mountains in the southeast corner of the state and Canyon De Chelly in the northwest corner, "Scout, that's my part of the state - Chiricahua Mountains are between me and the NM border. Right around me are the Huachuca Mountains, which are part of the Coronado National Forest and includes Montezuma's Pass and Coronado National Monument.
My partner manages the kitchen at a B&B right outside the gates of Ramsey Canyon in the Huachucas. People from all over the world come here to catch certain hummingbird species on camera. Lots of hiking and other types of wildlife.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-invo...
The above are both free to visit and hike and are part of the "Sky Islands" with elevations from 3k to over 9k feet.
In the other direction is Kartchner Caverns and State Park -
One of the world's longest soda straw stalactites: 21 feet 3 inches
The world's most extensive formation of brushite moonmilk
The first reported occurrence of “turnip” shields
The first cave occurrence of “birdsnest” needle quartz formations
Check out the photos - https://azstateparks.com/Kartchner
I love Canyon de Chelly. I have only driven around the outside edge, with no tour. But even that was enough to make you feel the depth of history of the land and the people. "Canyon de Chelly is one of the longest continuously inhabited places anywhere in North America, and archaeologists believe that human settlement in the canyon dates back some 5,000 years."
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-c...
I love AZ because of the beauty, variety, and history. In Flagstaff they get more snow than Wisconsin each year. In the middle of the state is the Phoenix Valley with extremely high temperatures, while I am in the southeast corner of the state at such a high elevation that our summers are more temperate and the past two weeks the overnight lows are below freezing with daytime highs at 70. Canyons, mountains, deserts, forests, lakes - it's all here. Just plan to drive a lot to get anywhere.
Slightly different on the surreal side in the Valley of the Kings is to climb up a gulch to the rather remote tomb of Men-Kheper-Re, one of the most famous and successful of the Pharaohs. The writing on the wall is the surreal part - done in somewhat of a hurry, with cross-outs, etc, and no time wasted on ornamentation.