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[-] bremen15@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Rowing in sweden. Go there by bike.

[-] tankplanker@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Money and time no object? I would do a tour of the Pacific islands on a 110 Wally sailboat complete with crew so I get to do the fun stuff like helming and none of the boring stuff I don't feel like doing that day. Would hit at a minimum Galapagos, Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia and on down to the Sundays in Australia. Would take about 6 months although I could spend a lifetime there.

If I was time limited to two weeks? Sailing in the Bahamas in a Outreamer cat, these are as large as I can safely handle with my partner and its a lot lot shallower than the Wally so I get to explore far more of the Bahamas. Shorter holidays I want less flight time, so direct like this is perfect.

[-] hexagon102@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Malta I have been wanting to see the hypogeum for a while.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

New Zeeland. But not by plane - by ship! I hate flying, but half around the globe on a small luxury cruise ship or yacht would be nice.

[-] sifr@retrolemmy.com 3 points 12 hours ago

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

[-] bfg9k@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

The Moon.

Failing that, Low Earth Orbit.

[-] rodneylives@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

I handle this, as do most poor people, by not asking ourselves this question, not even fantasizing about it, for why torture yourself with something you never can do?

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

The fuckin moon, and it's not even close. Get me off this rock

[-] callyral@pawb.social 3 points 21 hours ago

I would go to Freemoneyland and get free money

[-] greyscale071@ani.social 6 points 1 day ago

Japan. Several European countries.

[-] Goldholz 1 points 8 hours ago

Dont go to Berlin. Trust me.

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

I'd just rent a cabin in a nearby mountain.

I don't see the appeal in going far away from vacation.

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago
[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago

I'd like to see Japan deeply. I'd go all the way across the country and make sure to stay at rural spots along the way to enjoy the stillness between cities.

[-] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Honestly I wanna do an expedition to the North Pole and see the sun do weird shit. Then treck to the South Pole so I can see the sun do weird shit but backwards. Like I know that sun is a weird freak when it doesn't think you're looking, that's why it does it at the poles. Then along the way from North to south I'll tell people how weird the sun is, and they'll have to believe me because I've been there, and they'll have to say "damn the sun is weird". Sun's going to be so embarrassed when everyone finds out how weird it is.

That or like go to Cancun or something. Anywhere that I can keep track of the sun that twisted freak you aren't fooling me.

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

Damn we have similar goals but different reasons. I want to have been on all continents and I am obsessed with going to Antarctica. If I had the money, I would want to stand on the planet's axis. And have the whole world actually revolve around me. Doing this on the North Pole too would be great, but it's not a continent and therefore has second place.

And now, can you elaborate the weird stuff the sun does at the poles? Besides polar night and polar day?

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

My son asked me this yesterday. Japan.

[-] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Probably any other country where I could get a doctor to take a look at my heart condition without having to take out a loan against my house to pay for it.

[-] madjo@feddit.nl 9 points 1 day ago

A tour through the Nordic countries.

I've only ever seen Sweden from the highway from Malmö to Stockholm to get to a boat to Estonia in time, and only saw bits of the harbor in Helsinki during that trip. I'd love to take more time to explore Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

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[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but maybe we should all cool it on the tourism. It's terrible for the environment, mostly terrible for whomever was calling that place home. I know so many people that spout off about the environment and then think nothing of hopping on multiple flights per year.

If I were king everyone would get travel passes twice. Once in their 20s and again in their 60s.

Stay home, read a book, plant a garden.

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but maybe we should all cool it on the tourism.

... and crash the economy of number of countries, making their populations poorer. Tunisia - tourism is nearly tenth of their economy and employs 400,000 people - they have entire places built for tourists, nobody would live there otherwise. Morocco is 7%, Egypt is 8%.

And I want to spend my holidays somewhere where it is warm and sunny, not fucking wet and miserable.

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

So we should prop up an objectively destructive sector of the economy? They'll all be a hell of a lot poorer when huge swaths of the earth becomes much harder to survive in. And I'm extremely skeptical anything of that 8% of Egypt's tourism money trikles down in a way that anyone would call fair or equitable.

And I'm sorry, but I'm not willing to burn down the planet so you can sip fruity drinks under a palm tree. Perhaps if we had invested in a rail system that was worth a damn it would be a different story. But here we are.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 day ago

Tourism isn't just sipping drinks. It's also broadening your cultural horizon and learning about other countries and cultures

Might be something you want to try

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I have tried it. Learned a good chunk of a second language in fact. Nice of you to assume and imply I'm a xenophobic ignoramus tho. Appreciate that.

And if you'll go back to my original comment I never actually advocated for a complete stop to travel, only that we slow down and exercise some moderation.

Not to mention we have internet and readily available books on just about any topic you care to name. Much different situation than even 50ys ago as far expanding your own horizons goes. I know it's not the same as being there but still.

And I'm no more willing to burn the planet for your cultural horizons than the next guys fruity cocktail.

A lot of colonizer mindset happening in this area

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not willing to burn down the planet so you can sip fruity drinks under a palm tree.

You want 400 000 people in Tunisia and tens on millions to lose their jobs to pamper to your prejudice. You are a complete fool. Fortunately you have absolute nothing to say in this matter.

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[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Alpha Centauri system. I'd keep spending money until we got a working fusion reactor and Alcubierre Drive, open source the designs, and go check that shit out.

[-] crabigno@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago
[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

So you can observe Mankind?

[-] higgsboson@dubvee.org 2 points 1 day ago

Alpha Centauri

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Vienna. The opera season this year couldn't be better, I'd stay the year and go every night.

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[-] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 45 points 2 days ago

Earth.

Like, the whole fucking thing more or less.

Might take me the rest of my life and I still won't see it all, but if money is no object...

[-] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Amtrak does the train equivalent of a cruise liner, where you spend about half a month on a sleeper car travelling all over America. It's cheaper than an actual cruise line, and more importantly I think trains are cool.

Edit: forgot about the unlimited money. I guess I would pay to replace all the rails in north america first so I have a smooth ride the whole time.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

I'm assuming you're talking about the All American, as that's the main one I could find. About fifteen days, and $2400. Which is about as much as a three to five day cruise, depending on cruiseline.

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[-] Monster96@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Tokyo. Splurge in Akihabara and eat some authentic ramen.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Money is no object?

Alpha Centauri. Build a spacious and comfortable Orion Drive ship for me and a few thousand of my best friends to go on a nice long trip.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well if money is no object then a world tour that lasts the rest of my life, thanks (or if I can use this magic purse on behalf of others instead, stay home and buy up all the world's debt, sponsor a jubilee year.)

[-] nocklobster@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

I would love to visit New Zealand. I'm a canuk and I hear they are like a better weather version of my country...I've also never met a kiwi that wasn't a stand up person.

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

There's a place out in Washington State called Dirtfish. They call it a "rally school". For a bunch of money they'll give you a kickass Subaru and let you tear around a dirt track for a few days. Looks awesome.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Probably Amsterdam or Copenhagen for a few weeks,

properly experience a walkable city with good transit and cycling infrastructure

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

It's amazing. I recommend sitting outside the central train station in Amsterdam and people watching, as thousands of tourists attempt to bicycle or walk somewhere, and they're just in everybody's way. It's hilarious. If you're going to cycle (which, yes, you should) stay to the right and signal where you want to go. There are bike lanes there for you to take, don't just be off in the middle of the street. Also, they want you to pay for an extra ticket to bring your bike on the train with you, I found that this can be ignored if you're not a jerk about it.

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