| Things you must do once in your life. 16:06 - Jan 8 with 4842 views | bluelagos |
So forget all the usual bollox, what things have you done, that literally blew your mind and reckon others would enjoy too. Not a look at me - rather a "you'd so love this" thread.
From me - if you genuinely enjoy hiking - and are fit - get to the Torres Del Paine in Chile. Really tough walking - but worth every second of effort if you get a sunny day / great view at the end...
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:17 - Jan 8 with 2277 views | Illinoisblue |
Live in a different country |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:19 - Jan 8 with 2269 views | NewcyBlue |
Look at the night sky when in the middle of an ocean.
No light pollution, you can truly marvel at how insignificant we all are.
You can also do this when not in the middle of an ocean, but the isolation of it all just adds to the scale of our insignificance.
There are International Dark Sky Parks around the UK, wonderful places to go. |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:20 - Jan 8 with 2258 views | DanTheMan |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:19 - Jan 8 by bluelagos |
Tried twice - and never got in (Crap weather)
Was it as nice as it looks from the photos? |
Absolutely. Some great walks and views as well, and the drive up and down was great too. |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:22 - Jan 8 with 2230 views | bluelagos |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:17 - Jan 8 by Illinoisblue |
Live in a different country |
Some are nicer than others!
Thinking about it - all the danger, violent robbers & murders, bent politicians, endless corruption, awful local health systems, arsehole immigration officers, police to make even me appreciate the UK ones - am glad I dodged the US and went to Nigeria :-) | |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:23 - Jan 8 with 2217 views | bluelagos |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:19 - Jan 8 by NewcyBlue |
Look at the night sky when in the middle of an ocean.
No light pollution, you can truly marvel at how insignificant we all are.
You can also do this when not in the middle of an ocean, but the isolation of it all just adds to the scale of our insignificance.
There are International Dark Sky Parks around the UK, wonderful places to go. |
UK? Tell me where...
Stars are amazing in Namibia - but never been midocean - can imagine it is awesome. Good man Newcy :-) | |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:26 - Jan 8 with 2203 views | Steve_M |
Torres del Paine is great, I'm not sure about the concept of a sunny day down there though.
We went over the John Gardner pass in dreadful weather, 2.5 hours up in snow and eight hours down in heavy rain. The sort of day that makes a trip, bonded the group and we drunk copious amounts of red wine that evening.
Have you been to Ladakh? That's a stunning place to walk, probably the most spectacular place I've been to.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/apr/13/chadar-india-the-end-of-the-ice-r
Back to the initial post: watching Test cricket overseas. A totally different experience going halfway round the world to watch sport (and see the rest of the country, would be a waste otherwise).
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/picture/2015/feb/05/wild-horses-in-ladakh-ind |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:27 - Jan 8 with 2198 views | BigManBlue |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:17 - Jan 8 by Illinoisblue |
Live in a different country |
Even if it's just a year or two. Absolutely worth it.
I'd also add, go and see an All-Ireland GAA final if you're a sports fan. Scenes don't even describe it. |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:28 - Jan 8 with 2175 views | unstableblue |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:23 - Jan 8 by bluelagos |
UK? Tell me where...
Stars are amazing in Namibia - but never been midocean - can imagine it is awesome. Good man Newcy :-) |
Kilder |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:29 - Jan 8 with 2175 views | noggin |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:19 - Jan 8 by NewcyBlue |
Look at the night sky when in the middle of an ocean.
No light pollution, you can truly marvel at how insignificant we all are.
You can also do this when not in the middle of an ocean, but the isolation of it all just adds to the scale of our insignificance.
There are International Dark Sky Parks around the UK, wonderful places to go. |
I once spent 5 days in a sail boat, crossing The Bay Of Biscay. The peace and tranquility of the nights was beautiful. |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:29 - Jan 8 with 2165 views | Mullet |
Jumping out of an aeroplane at 15,000ft strapped to a bloke. Luckily he had a parachute too. The views over Queenstown etc were lovely. |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:32 - Jan 8 with 2148 views | blue62 |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:20 - Jan 8 by Fixed_It |
Will be there in August, Dan. Really looking forward to it. Any particular recommendatiins of things to see/places to stay? |
Did Yosemite last year it was amazing, apart from the traffic queues all the way around, but did go on 5 July so they were all on vacation.
We did the south road in and north road out then up to Glacier Point, the change in temperature is pretty amazing.
Enjoy it you will have a great time.
Doing other things in Cali as well? |  | | |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:32 - Jan 8 with 2144 views | bluelagos |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:26 - Jan 8 by Steve_M |
Torres del Paine is great, I'm not sure about the concept of a sunny day down there though.
We went over the John Gardner pass in dreadful weather, 2.5 hours up in snow and eight hours down in heavy rain. The sort of day that makes a trip, bonded the group and we drunk copious amounts of red wine that evening.
Have you been to Ladakh? That's a stunning place to walk, probably the most spectacular place I've been to.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/apr/13/chadar-india-the-end-of-the-ice-r
Back to the initial post: watching Test cricket overseas. A totally different experience going halfway round the world to watch sport (and see the rest of the country, would be a waste otherwise).
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/picture/2015/feb/05/wild-horses-in-ladakh-ind |
Sunny day - yeah tbf it did snow a bit on the way up the last bit!
But we got like 90% clear view of the lake / towers - so well happy with that :-)
Not heard of Ladakh - will have a read up, thanks.
Done Aus and SA cricket - so maybe should try India too now....as you say a long way to go if all you're going to do is watch the cricket. | |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:33 - Jan 8 with 2140 views | Giant_Midget |
MDMA |  | | |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:34 - Jan 8 with 2126 views | SitfcB |
Anal. |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:34 - Jan 8 with 2124 views | NewcyBlue |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:23 - Jan 8 by bluelagos |
UK? Tell me where...
Stars are amazing in Namibia - but never been midocean - can imagine it is awesome. Good man Newcy :-) |
https://nationalparks.uk/visiting/outdoor-activities/dark-skies
Kielder Observatory in Northumberland really is magnificent, worth going to one of the talks there. | |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:35 - Jan 8 with 2122 views | jeera |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:29 - Jan 8 by Mullet |
Jumping out of an aeroplane at 15,000ft strapped to a bloke. Luckily he had a parachute too. The views over Queenstown etc were lovely. |
Jumping from a plane at 2,000ft alone.
The views of the busy A14 were worrying. |  |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:36 - Jan 8 with 2115 views | noggin |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:33 - Jan 8 by Giant_Midget |
MDMA |
Ooooh, you'll upset someone with that. I would add, sex while on MDMA. | |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:36 - Jan 8 with 2114 views | bluelagos |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:33 - Jan 8 by Giant_Midget |
MDMA |
Is that how you got yer user name? | |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:36 - Jan 8 with 2110 views | gerryitfc |
Own a dog. |  | | |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:36 - Jan 8 with 2112 views | NewcyBlue |
| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:29 - Jan 8 by noggin |
I once spent 5 days in a sail boat, crossing The Bay Of Biscay. The peace and tranquility of the nights was beautiful. |
I’ve been absolutely battered in Biscay, had crew fearing for their lives and holding on to life jackets. It gets pretty sporty. | |
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| Things you must do once in your life. on 16:36 - Jan 8 with 2110 views | homer_123 |
See a baby being born. |  |
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