St. Petersburg, Russia - but only if I could learn a goodly piece of the language first. (Russian’s hard)
Grok took mine: I want to go to Antarctica more than anywhere else. And see all the sights: the South Pole, Mt. Erebus, McMurdo Town, the Dry Valleys. It’ll probably never happen.
I’m usually pretty take-charge about this sort of thing. I wanted to go to Germany, so I went. Japan, so I went. Iceland, so I’m going next month.
Antarctica’s not as easy or affordable as those other places, though.
After Antarctica: Nepal.
Gotta be Prague…
Just as soon as I get round to applying for my passport…
(The rest of you - if you like tranquility, wild landscapes and prehistoric monuments, go to Orkney. Unless you hate the cold and wind and rain and hail and slee).
((and not Byzantium either))
A big “me too” on Ethiopia. But the best part is that I’m actually going in about 2 weeks. Can’t wait!
I’ve heard that Nigeria is a morass of crime and corruption. Maybe if your friend is more familiar with the country, he can help you avoid the bad spots. How about Ghana if you’re looking for West African flavor?
Damn, damn, damn. A couple of weeks ago one of my co-workers tried to talk me into going to Thailand with her this June. Unfortunately, the summer travel arrangements are already sorted out, and there was no way I could scrape together the money to change them.
What really gets to me is that she won’t go alone (I tried to talk her into it), so I feel kind of responsible for disappointing her, as well…
New Zealand. In fact, I think I’d like to live there.
Newark, NJ.
Oh wait, it has to be a place I’ve never been?
Then, I’ll go with the Serengeti.
You lucky ducky, I’ll probably have to wait a few years before I can go! My next stop in the world is probably Palestine, so add that to my “wanna go there” list.
Make sure to visit the Church of Haile Selassie, where the mortal remains of H.I.M. are kept, I have some beautiful pictures my father took there. They even have stained glass windows depicting him on the right hand side of Jesus 
The friend I mentioned is actually Nigerian himself and it’s his cavalier attitude towards the place that scares me. I have heard some very bad things about the crime and everything, apparently this guy’s father has been involved in some sort of corrupt business dealings with politicians for years. Apparently nobody gets any kind of permit or contract without having some serious money or muscle behind them.
Basically everyone I know that’s been there (besides the Nigerian dude) tells me Lagos is one of the leading shitholes on the planet, so I think Ghana sounds like a better bet! Now I just have to make some corrupt Ghanan friends 
— G. Raven
p.s. if you plan to travel through any borders in Africa (especially in West and Central Africa) bring plenty of American cigarettes. My father said it got him out of every conceivable situation. He was regularly stopped/ambushed by the standard AK-47 toting group of thugs (often the police) and asked for papers. They couldn’t read and weren’t interested in any documentation, but a packet of Camels usually took care of everything.