# What is the country you most want to visit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 8, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221 "2007-04-08T22:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WriterChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@WriterChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WriterChick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/1 "2007-04-08T22:37:07Z")
I don’t mean revisit. I mean one you haven’t yet been to but just have a “thing” about. Mine is Laos. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/2 "2007-04-08T22:46:49Z")
Great Britain. My ancestors are from England, Scotland and Wales. I feel an inexplicable kind of affinity for it, and I think I’d feel right at home. I want to see the places firsthand that I’ve only read about or seen in pictures, and meet the people. Even if I never go anywhere else, I want to see Britain before I die. ---
**Author:** ![Gentle\_Robot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gentle\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gentle_Robot)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/3 "2007-04-08T22:55:12Z")
I want to visit New Zealand. I want like hell to live in Australia. Never been to either. ---
**Author:** ![WriterChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@WriterChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WriterChick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/4 "2007-04-08T22:57:47Z")
[QUOTE=Gentle Robot] I want to visit New Zealand. I want like hell to live in Australia. Never been to either. [/QUOTE] That’s funny. Australia would have been my answer to this question two years ago. It was the one place I really wanted to live in without ever having set foot in the place. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/5 "2007-04-08T23:11:34Z")
I’ve wanted to go to Mongolia ever since I was a little child. I had a National Geographic poster that had pictures of nomadic Mongolians on their horses. That appeals to me. The likelihood of me ever getting their is pretty slim, but who knows? I can’t imagine the nomads are big on tourists. I’d also like to see London and I’ve made my husband promise me that we’d go to Christchurch, NZ\* for our 10th anniversary. That one should be easier to swing because he’s Australian and we’ll be due for a visit back right around that time (two years from now). \*That’s another childhood wish…there was a child abduction case, of all things, that was widely publicized when I was a kid. The mother took the child to Christchurch to escape the allegedly abusive father. The news was showing pictures of Christchurch nightly and I decided I’d really like to go there. I wonder whatever happened to that girl…she’d be close to 30 now. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/6 "2007-04-08T23:17:42Z")
New Zealand is at the top of my list. There are a number of countries I’d like to visit that I’ll never see because of their politics or my country’s. But NZ bypasses all that. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/7 "2007-04-08T23:28:30Z")
I would vote for Turkey. I have heard incredible things about it and the exotic mix of cultures. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/8 "2007-04-08T23:33:05Z")
I’d like to go to Turkey, too. And Greece, Thailand, Australia, Poland, Costa Rica, and Israel. Among others. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/9 "2007-04-08T23:33:33Z")
Does Hong Kong count? (It used to be sort of a country!) It’s not just the food, but the amazing annual Rugby Sevens tournament. [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/showtime/sports/2007/st\_spor\_rugb2007.jhtml](http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/showtime/sports/2007/st_spor_rugb2007.jhtml) ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/10 "2007-04-08T23:35:11Z")
Ireland. Such a beautiful, rugged country… ---
**Author:** ![WriterChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@WriterChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WriterChick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/11 "2007-04-08T23:46:15Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Does Hong Kong count? (It used to be sort of a country!) It’s not just the food, but the amazing annual Rugby Sevens tournament. [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/showtime/sports/2007/st\_spor\_rugb2007.jhtml](http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/showtime/sports/2007/st_spor_rugb2007.jhtml) [/QUOTE] Hong Kong counts! And we’re off to the Rugby Sevens there next year! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/12 "2007-04-08T23:46:46Z")
Ireland. I want to study Yeats in Sligo. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/13 "2007-04-08T23:50:31Z")
Australia. I love Mick Dundee! _“Now that’s a knife!”_ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/14 "2007-04-08T23:59:05Z")
I’ve always wanted to go to Mustang (which is a kingdom protectorate of Nepal), or nearby Bhutan. However, Bhutan’s kind of out as not only is there a limited number of places to visit the country every year, and it’s expensive to get there, but I’m an inveterate smoker and tobacco has recently been made totally illegal in that country. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/15 "2007-04-09T00:01:15Z")
I’m thinking Italy. My current plan is to re/visit various bits of Europe before and after attending the next International Conference on LGBT Rights in Copenhagen in 2009. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/16 "2007-04-09T00:26:44Z")
[QUOTE=WriterChick] Hong Kong counts! And we’re off to the Rugby Sevens there next year! [/QUOTE] Fantastic! 🆒 May I ask where you got (or are planning to get) your tickets + accomodation? I’m going to invite a group of friends next year and would appreciate a heads-up. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/17 "2007-04-09T00:28:08Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] Australia. I love Mick Dundee! _“Now that’s a knife!”_ [/QUOTE] [Nerd ON] “That’s not a knife … THIS is a knife!” [Nerd OFF] ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/18 "2007-04-09T00:31:22Z")
Japan and China. My bro-in-law just moved to China last week so I will most likely visit China soon. They seem very foreign for me and I have no idea how I will eat the food but I still want to go. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/19 "2007-04-09T00:46:21Z")
[QUOTE=Fretful Porpentine] I’d like to go to Turkey, too. And Greece, Thailand, Australia, Poland, Costa Rica, and Israel. Among others. [/QUOTE] I can’t speak for the others but Costa Rica is very cool and very tourism-centered+American friendly. The whole place is like one big ecotourism theme park. ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221/20 "2007-04-09T00:53:05Z")
Greece…I’ve always wanted to sit on a mountain in Hydra or Santorini, drink wine and have lunch with a beautiful view! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-country-you-most-want-to-visit/399221.md?page=2)