Little Help?: Vacation Destination Suggestions Please!
Let me take a little break from spouting half-baked, ill-informed bullshit to ask y'all for some help. Apparently Mr. Quest, JQ's male parental unit, has an excess of frequent-flyer miles, and has offered to give us two tickets basically to anywhere from Hawaii to Europe. (Well, he actually also suggested Bora Bora, so maybe Hawaii isn't really the westernmost boundary.) Now, I haven't been many places (Greece twice, Paris 1.5 times, Madrid)--in fact, I haven't even seen the western U.S--so that leaves lots of options... We'd wanted to go to Peru and hike to Machu Picchu, but for various reasons that's been ruled out. Anyway, we're brainstorming now but have to decide soon, so any "dude, you've GOT to check out..."s will be appreciated. (Er, keep in mind, she's a grad student and I'm a mere professor at a university that pays even less well than most universities, so economy is something of a consideration.)
(Incidentally, we like everything from hiking to laying around drinking decadently on the beach, so we're really looking for coolness of any kind--historical, archaeological, natural, whatever.)
(Extra points for anyone who can help me convince JQ that the very best use of our tix would be to fly out to Utah and mountain bike for two weeks...)
Let me take a little break from spouting half-baked, ill-informed bullshit to ask y'all for some help. Apparently Mr. Quest, JQ's male parental unit, has an excess of frequent-flyer miles, and has offered to give us two tickets basically to anywhere from Hawaii to Europe. (Well, he actually also suggested Bora Bora, so maybe Hawaii isn't really the westernmost boundary.) Now, I haven't been many places (Greece twice, Paris 1.5 times, Madrid)--in fact, I haven't even seen the western U.S--so that leaves lots of options... We'd wanted to go to Peru and hike to Machu Picchu, but for various reasons that's been ruled out. Anyway, we're brainstorming now but have to decide soon, so any "dude, you've GOT to check out..."s will be appreciated. (Er, keep in mind, she's a grad student and I'm a mere professor at a university that pays even less well than most universities, so economy is something of a consideration.)
(Incidentally, we like everything from hiking to laying around drinking decadently on the beach, so we're really looking for coolness of any kind--historical, archaeological, natural, whatever.)
(Extra points for anyone who can help me convince JQ that the very best use of our tix would be to fly out to Utah and mountain bike for two weeks...)
posted by Winston Smith at
9:31 AM
1 Comments:
Moab, complete with Monument Valley, The Canyonlands, Arches, etc. is a very, very cool place to hang out. Lots of fun places to chill and drink beer, and the mountain biking is phenomenal, whether you are a beginner or experienced.
It's rather hot there this time of year.
You can go from there to other Utah sites (Zion, etc.) or head down towards The Grand Canyon and Sonora, higher elevations, still great mountain biking and hiking. If you have not been out West, you will find it amazing (not in a snooty the West is big kind of way, just it's rather awe-inspiring when you see some of the stuff for the first time).
Other ideas shall follow. Quebec City, Montreal, and Vancouver/Victoria with a trip to Banff all seem pretty cool.
Later, Koll
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