Home » Travel » Currently Reading:

Places in the World I want to See

November 26, 2007 Travel 4 Comments

I love traveling. It is like an addiction to leave where I live and go somewhere different. There are so many places in the world that I have not seen. There is never enough time nor the money to see them all.

There is a bestselling book called “1000 places to see before you die”. I have not read it yet, but I found an accompanying website that even has an interactive “make your own list tool“.

So here is my list, not necessarily in a certain order, of places I would like to see and things I would like to do.

Walk on the Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia, Argentina

Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by Curr_En

Stand in awe and look at Machu Picchu (done- october 2008)

by Togr
Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by Togr

Take a canopy ride in Costa Rica (done- September 2008)

Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by bengarland

Stand at the Wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel


Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by beggs

Take a boat ride on the Amazon River


Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by funkycoda

Snorkel in the Grand Reef in Australia


Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by satane

Fly over the Nazca Lines in Peru


Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by germeister

See the Moai statues on Easter Island in Chile

Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by Marie Tess

Walk among the wild life on Galapagos, Ecuador


Photo from Flickr.com under CC License by putneymark

There is also a list floating around online from BBC “50 places to visit before you die”. Looks like the original URL does not exist anymore. The places marked in bold, I have already visited.

  1. The Grand Canyon USA (Dec 08)
  2. Great Barrier Reef Australia
  3. Florida USA
  4. South Island New Zealand
  5. Cape Town South Africa
  6. Golden Temple India
  7. Las Vegas USA
  8. Sydney Australia
  9. New York USA
  10. Taj Mahal India
  11. Canadian Rockies Canada
  12. Uluru Australia
  13. Chichen Itza Mexico
  14. Machu Picchu Peru (Oct 2008)
  15. Niagara Falls Canada / USA
  16. Petra Jordan
  17. The Pyramids Egypt
  18. Venice Italy
  19. Maldives Maldives
  20. Great Wall China
  21. Victoria Falls Zambia / Zimbabwe
  22. Hong Kong China
  23. Yosemite National Park USA
  24. Hawaii USA
  25. Auckland New Zealand
  26. Iguassu Falls Argentina / Brazil
  27. Paris France
  28. Alaska USA
  29. Angkor Wat Cambodia
  30. Himalayas Nepal / Tibet
  31. Rio de Janeiro Brazil
  32. Masai Mara Kenya
  33. Galapagos Islands Ecuador
  34. Luxor Egypt
  35. Rome Italy
  36. San Francisco USA
  37. Barcelona Spain
  38. Dubai Arab Emirates
  39. Singapore Singapore
  40. La Digue Seychelles
  41. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
  42. Bangkok Thailand (March 2009)
  43. Barbados Barbados
  44. Iceland Iceland
  45. Terracotta Army China
  46. Zermatt Switzerland
  47. Angel Falls Venezuela
  48. Abu Simbel Egypt
  49. Bali Indonesia
  50. Bora Bora French Polynesia

According to another website, who created a calculator, I will be 134 years old by the time I will hve visited these 50 places. Well, I guess there is hope…

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Currently there are "4 comments" on this Article:

  1. xiong says:
    28. November, 2007 at 6:28 pm

    I have never travel out of California and this past summer I went to visit the east coast. It is so different from the west coast. I can’t believe the different ways in which people live and how great this world is. I also want to visit some of the places you mention. One of my dream vacation is to go visit Thailand, my birth place.

  2. enars says:
    25. January, 2008 at 9:09 am

    I’ve seen Perito Moreno glacier and I must say it was hard to take my eyes off it, even after 4 hours ow watching it was not enough. Definitely a must see attraction in Argentina.

  3. Langwitches » Latin America Trip Technology Reflection says:
    21. October, 2008 at 11:06 am

    [...] which was part of my school’s Global Studies program. The trip fulfilled some of the Places in the World, I want to see…  The Latin American culture is very dear to my heart, due to my bonds to Argentina, as well [...]

  4. Langwitches Travel » Heading South to the Perito Moreno Glacier says:
    25. June, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    [...] to the end of the South American continent and walking on the Perito Moreno glacier has been on my list of places to travel for a while now. It looks like that it will become a reality in a few days. I will be heading South [...]

Comment on this Article:

Subscribe to Langwitches via Email

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Choose a Category

In Need of Professional Development?

Contact
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano for customized workshops, coaching and presentations.
Video Conference sessions available.

For a list of sample sessions visit Globally Connected Learning .

Langwitches on Twitter

Upcoming Conferences

Like Langwitches on Facebook

Visitor Maps

Locations of visitors to this page

You've been marked on my visitor map!

Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators



Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators Book

Guest Posts

Quality Commenting- Student Guest Post by Zoe M.

zoe

I invite few guest bloggers to share posts on Langwitches. This makes it especially rewarding to be able to present to my readers an incredible young lady. Zoe is growing by leaps and bounds as a blog writer and commenter. She is a fourth grader at the Martin J. Gottlieb …

(3 Comments)

Annotexting

annotexting

The following is a collaborative guest post by Michael Fisher and Jeanne Tribuzzi , of the Curriculum 21 Faculty. The companion LIVEBINDER OF INTERACTIVE TOOLS IS HERE. Expecting students to read deeply and draw meaningful conclusions is at the heart of the Common Core ELA standards. Students are asked to …

(No Comments)

Teaching English through Film and Screenwriting…

YouTube

I am honored to be able to cross-post Stephen Wilmarth’s blog post below on Langwitches. If you are interested to read more about Steve’s International Experimental program at the Number One Middle School in Wuhan, China take a look at: Take a Peek into China’s First 1:1 iPad Class Learning…Young …

(No Comments)

Professional Development

edJEWcon- A Visual Reflection of a New Kind of Conference

edJEWcon-toolkit

I am slowly coming down from an incredible high this past week.  I was part of a team (Andrea Hernandez, Jon Mitzmacher and myself), that envisioned, organized and ran an education LEARNING conference. This was a first  for me, since I have only been a participant an/or  a presenter at such …

(1 Comment)

Action Research- Quadblogging Trailer

If you are interested in following the blogs of the International Action Research teams on “Quality Writing through Blogging”, take a look at the following trailer and visit the classroom and student blogs to see for yourself the progress they are making, draw your own conclusions about blogging with students. …

(2 Comments)

Perspectives and Talking at Cross Purposes

perspective1

Perspective is defined as a mental view or outlook. Your perspective is influenced by so much and luckily is not set in stone. Your life experiences, your learning journey, the people you meet, culture, geographic location and the language you speak contribute to your current perspective. My own perspective  was …

(4 Comments)

What am I Reading?

Silvia's bookshelf: currently-reading

Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of GlobalizationLost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live SquidThe World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First CenturySECRETO BIEN GUARDADOThe Digital Diet: Todays Digital Tools in Small BytesFacebook Marketing: An Hour a Day

More of Silvia's books »
Silvia Tolisano's currently-reading book recommendations, reviews, quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists

Action Research: Quality Writing on Blogs


In the month of March 2012, an International team of 4 elementary school classrooms are conducting Action Research about quality writing through blogging. You can support them by giving them an authentic global audience and modeling quality commenting on their posts.

Here are the participating classrooms with links to student blogs.
International School of Prague (3rd Grade)- Team Czech Republic
International School of Zug and Luzern- Team Switzerland ( 4th Grade)
Martin J. Gottlieb Day School- Team USA (4th Grade)
International School of Bangkok- Team Thailand (5th Grade)

21st Century Learning

The Evolution of the Classroom Schedule

schedule-pencils-1-1

Thank you to Andrea Hernandez for the image of the classroom schedule that inspired me to put the following  visual of the Evolution of the Classroom Schedule together. No Pencil Class> Computer Class> 21st Century Learning > Learning It will take classroom teachers, who understand that “21st Century Learning” cannot …

(No Comments)

Annotexting

annotexting

The following is a collaborative guest post by Michael Fisher and Jeanne Tribuzzi , of the Curriculum 21 Faculty. The companion LIVEBINDER OF INTERACTIVE TOOLS IS HERE. Expecting students to read deeply and draw meaningful conclusions is at the heart of the Common Core ELA standards. Students are asked to …

(No Comments)

The Digital Learning Farm and iPad Apps

iPadApps-DigitalLearningFarm

I previously published a chart of Bloom’s Taxonomy and iPad Apps, which I use regularly when planning projects or look to reinforce certain skills and literacies. Since I also rely heavily on The Digital Learning Farm concept (based on Alan November’s work), I felt it was time to create a …

(23 Comments)

The Digital Learning Farm in Action

The Digital Learning Farm and iPad Apps

iPadApps-DigitalLearningFarm

I previously published a chart of Bloom’s Taxonomy and iPad Apps, which I use regularly when planning projects or look to reinforce certain skills and literacies. Since I also rely heavily on The Digital Learning Farm concept (based on Alan November’s work), I felt it was time to create a …

(23 Comments)

Screencasting Apps for the iPad

Explain Everything

Teaching ourselves, our students and other educators how to use screenshooting (images) and screencasting (video) tools is a relevant skill to have that integrates in so many areas. Think Tutorial Designers (A role from the Digital Learning Farm) or the Flipped Classroom model. Being able to create, share and take …

(7 Comments)

The Teacher as a Conductor of an Orchestra

Slide14

Should Teachers Be More Like Conductors? This bog post from 2009 took me to the following TED talk by Itay Talgam. Although I am not a musician, nor listen to much classical music, I was mesmerized. This TED talk was geared towards organization leaders, but I so agree with Tania …

(4 Comments)

Global Education

Perspectives and Talking at Cross Purposes

perspective1

Perspective is defined as a mental view or outlook. Your perspective is influenced by so much and luckily is not set in stone. Your life experiences, your learning journey, the people you meet, culture, geographic location and the language you speak contribute to your current perspective. My own perspective  was …

(4 Comments)

Walking the Walk: Action Research

back-up-tak-with-action

I have been blogging for 6 years now… I have written extensively about blogging (131 posts categorized “blogging” on Langwitches) I have shared two guides for teachers to start blogging with their students “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part …

(4 Comments)

Curriculum21 Podcast Episode with Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay

c21-podcast

I had the opportunity to speak to Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay. Two educators who are making a difference in their students’ lives as well as thousands of other students and teachers from around the world. Vicki is a teacher from Camila Georgia. She blogs on the Coolcatteacher blog and …

(1 Comment)

Blogging With your Classroom

Hyperlinked Writing in the Classroom- From Theory to Practice

what2link2

This is the follow up post to the theoretical Wondering About Hyperlinked Writing. The post ended with Now…on from the wondering, theory and resources…to the practice in the classroom. I am ready to bring hyperlinked writing (and reading) as an important genre into the classroom! Can one just start “throwing” …

(6 Comments)

Wondering About Hyperlinked Writing

typwriter-hyperinked-writing

Almost 4 years ago, I wrote a post on Langwitches titled Teaching Hyperlinked Writing and Reading. 4 years later, many (most?) teachers have not heard, let alone are teaching and coaching their students in the use of hyperlinked writing. The word “hyperlinked” is still being underlined in red as I …

(6 Comments)

Quality Commenting- Student Guest Post by Zoe M.

zoe

I invite few guest bloggers to share posts on Langwitches. This makes it especially rewarding to be able to present to my readers an incredible young lady. Zoe is growing by leaps and bounds as a blog writer and commenter. She is a fourth grader at the Martin J. Gottlieb …

(3 Comments)

iPads

iPad Apps and Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom iPads Apps

I felt it was worthwhile to update the Top Post (over 25,000 views) on Langwitches: Bloom’s Taxonomy for iPads I have added links to each app represented on the visual.   Remember: Exhibit memory of previously-learned materials by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts and answers. describe name find name list …

(6 Comments)

My Ten Most Used Apps to Become Fluent on the iPad

ipad

It is no secret, that I enjoy my iPad tremendously. I even proclaimed, now and then, that I love it! From the beginning, I approached the iPad with one goal in mind: I wanted to become fluent in using it. There is a distinct difference, in my opinion, between being …

(4 Comments)

The Digital Learning Farm and iPad Apps

iPadApps-DigitalLearningFarm

I previously published a chart of Bloom’s Taxonomy and iPad Apps, which I use regularly when planning projects or look to reinforce certain skills and literacies. Since I also rely heavily on The Digital Learning Farm concept (based on Alan November’s work), I felt it was time to create a …

(23 Comments)

Digital Storytelling

Transliteracy- QR Codes and Art

qr-code-jamie

Transliteracy is defined on Wikipedia as The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks. The modern meaning of the term combines literacy with the prefix trans-, which means …

(11 Comments)

Why and How to Participate in Teddy Bears Around The World Project?

TBAW-project

I posted a few weeks ago about the ongoing Teddy Bears Around the World (now in its fourth year) project. The project blog and hub can be be found at http://www.langwitches.org/blog/travel/teddybearsaroundtheworld/ I have created a How-to-Guide in order to articulate how and why to join such a project, to make …

(3 Comments)

Teaching English through Film and Screenwriting…

YouTube

I am honored to be able to cross-post Stephen Wilmarth’s blog post below on Langwitches. If you are interested to read more about Steve’s International Experimental program at the Number One Middle School in Wuhan, China take a look at: Take a Peek into China’s First 1:1 iPad Class Learning…Young …

(No Comments)