Go/NoGo List

Travel trends come and go but, a regions mojo rises and falls just as quickly. But they are always interesting and fun to follow. Our GreatEscape travel team has been globetrotting a long time and have been watching the travel industry develop into the multi-trillion dollar industry that it is today. In fact, the travel industry today is reputed to be the "world's largest industry" by some economists!

So the industry is always looking for new markets to enter and new destinations to exploit, err, I mean, to be discovered. (When was the last time some new land was discovered in this world?) Anyway, we've put together our annual "Go/NoGo List" of "hot" places to visit and "new" things to do for a few years now...People seem to like and some actual follow it scheduling their trips off it.

But a few caveats: First off, we don't do cruises, so you won't get any cruise ship tips here; secondly, we're not "politically correct" travelers, we're independent travelers who believe that each person should seek and understand under their own terms they visit and thus make up their own minds as to their ultimate travel destinations. So sue us, boycott us or ignore us! Here's our on going lists...

2010 Go List:
Winter Olympics, Vancouver, BC (12- 28 Feb)
The Global Scavenger Hunt (9 April - 1 May)
Damascus, Syria
Dalmatian Coast, Croatia
Havana, Cuba (before it changes too much!)
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Udaipur, India
Beirut, Lebanon (It's back!)
Basque Country, France & Spain
World Cup, South Africa (11 June - 11 July)
NBA Finals in Los Angeles (tbd June)
Monument Valley National Park, AZ-UT, USA

2009 Go List:
The Global Scavenger Hunt
Salvador, Brazil
Paris (Beacuse it's been a while!)
Cartagena, Colombia
Drive from Moscow to Siberia
Scotland's Highlands
Aurora Borealis (Isn't it time you do?)
Prince Edward Island's Summer Festival
NBA Finals - Staple's Center
Libya
Sri Lanka
Live somewhere, anywhere, abroad like a local for a month.

2008 Go List:
The Global Scavenger Hunt (April 11 - May 3)
Mozambique Coast
India (Southeastern Coastal area)
Ecuador still, go now!
Ethiopia
Oregon's Coast
Vladivostok, Russia
Portugal
Panama from coast to coast
Sicily
Summer Olympics in China (Hmm, the jury is still out...?)

2007 Go List:
Mendoza wine region, Argentina
Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada
Blarney Castle, Ireland
Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bulgaria
Panama's Rain Forest
Amalfi Coast in the late Spring, Italy
Greenland (before it melts!)

2007 NoGo List:
Iraq
Somalia-Ethopia
Nigeria
Afghanistan
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sudan

2006 Go List:
Winter Olympics - Turin, Italy
World Cup in Germany (9 June - 9 July)
Solar Eclipse, Libyan Desert - 4 minutes 7 seconds! (29 March)
Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada (yes, again!)
Chernobyl (25th Anniversary), Ukraine (Is it safe yet?)
Anadman Islands
Paris, France (in the Spring because we all need a break from reality this year!)
Armenia
Corsica
Ecuador
Canary Islands

2006 NoGo List: (I try to be positive, so this is the first ever!)
Afghanistan
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Georgia (the country...)
Iraq
Liberia
Chechnya (Russia)
Somalia (10 years running...)
Sudan

2005 Go List:
The Global Scavenger Hunt
Boutique Hotels
Rajisthan, India
Sacred Music Festival, Fez Morocco (28 May - 5 June)
Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
Helisinki-St Petersberg-Moscow Train
La Scala Opera House, Milan, Italy
Grand Sabana, Canima, Venezuela
Hanoi, Vietnam
Istanbul, Turkey

2004 Go List:
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Tour d'Afrique: Cairo to Cape Town by bike
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Malta
Madagascar Rain Forests
Nicaragua
Cooking School in Thailand
Historic Train Rides
NBA Finals & Disney Hall: Los Angeles
Sardina, Italy
Norway in June
Summer Olympics, Athens (Aug 13-29, 2004)
Quebec City

2003 Go List:
Salvador, Brazil
Greek Islands
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lijiang, China
Dublin, Ireland
Quebec City
Prague again...
Marrakech, Morocco
Mayan Route: Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Honduras
Alaska camping trip

2002 Go List:
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Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Bagan, Myanmar
Mongolia
Ireland
Lakes District, Chile
Portugal
Private Planes
St. Petersburg, Russia
Kyoto-Nara, Japan
Park City, Utah (Winter Olympics)

2001 Go List:
Tunisia
Australian Outback
Madagascar (The Big Eclipse)
Dalmatian Coast, Croatia
India's Golden Triangle (Delhi, Agra & Jaipur)
Sicily, Italy
Laos
Restaurant Weekends
Krakow, Poland
Intimate Boutique Hotels

2000 Go List:
New Zealand (America's Cup)
Sydney (Summer Olympics)
Tallin, Estonia
Dublin, Ireland (Pubs!)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Native Mexico
Power Spots (New Year's Eve 1999)
Berlin, Germany
Panama

1999 Go List:
Bilboa, Spain (Guggenheim Museum)
Capetown, South Africa
Havana, Cuba (For the music, NOT the working girls!)
Big city hotel lobby's
Lombok, Indonesia
Borneo
Internet Cafes
Iceland (For the fish, NOT the Miss World's)
Spa Weekends
Tibet (To witness the Chinese atrocities!)

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