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If I Couldn't Spend My Money To Go To A Steelers Game, I Might Instead Choose...

Allright, this is more just for fun for me, but it's fun daydreaming exercise for all. Furthermore, it's not a bad idea to come up with a list of places you'd like to go, then find a way to check them off your list over the course of your life. Time flies, so start planning to do what you want sooner rather than later!

A few 'fantasy' vacation spots that I'd absolutely love to see. As you'll see, most are prohibitively expensive and in remote places of the world. If I were so lucky to see just two or three of these, I'd have to consider myself fortunate. If nothing else, this is just a small glimpse into my life and what I enjoy.

Rural Japan:

For as much interest as I have in Tokyo and the visually unreal urban settings of Japan, I would love to see the cultural history of Japan in its countryside. I imagine one feels like the only person on Earth on a morning like this one:

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Alaska

I have a bizarre fantasy of catching a salmon while ice fishing in Alaska, then eating it raw, sashimi style right then and there :) Carnivorous and primordial, I know. But sushi, scenic settings, and fishing are all interests. For those who fly-fish, I can't imagine there's too many more enjoyable places than Alaska in the summer time:

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Bora Bora

Here's one that will likely never come to fruition, unless I win the lottery or something. A quick check on Orbitz on plane tickets there, even from Los Angeles (somewhere on the Pacific and at least heading in the right direction), runs a cool $1,900. A friend of mine went awhile ago and showed me some stunning photographs. Fishing, scuba diving, and relaxing there though sure sound and look amazing.
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Rio de Jaineiro

What doesn't this city have? A beautiful setting, busting metropolitan life, hope, despair, comraderie, violence, sport, art, extreme riches, inhumane destitution.  It would likely be a dangerous and eye-opening trip if one were to truly see all the dimensions of life in Cidade Maravilhosa (The Marvelous City).

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Dubai

I suppose this is a bit of a novelty selection, as there isn't really anything in Dubai to do other than play golf or conduct international business. But, the rapid growth of this entirely man-made city in the United Arab Emirates is off-the-charts.  The first photo was taken in 1991, the second is of the man-made islands stuffed to the gills with retail outlets and condominiums, and the third, a view similar to the first, but taken in 2005. Altogether one gigantic and symbolic (and tacky) representation of the table stakes awaiting the winners in today's global economy.

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That's just but a few. If you care to share, go for it. If not, that's cool too. I enjoyed this for myself on a slow late June afternoon.