Journeys and Adventures

2009 is just a few days in and we should all have our New Year’s resolutions and traveling goals written down (or at least some form of a draft in our head).  Travel professionals have spent some studying researching and forecasting and come out with their lists of the “Places to Go in 2009”.  Some places are chosen because they’ve become hip and different and are trying to pull in tourists, some are chosen because there are too many tourists and you should visit them before they become too commercialized, and some are just cool places that no one thought to go to years ago or couldn’t  because of political problems.

While I certainly don’t plan my trips around these lists, it is fun to see what the recommendations are, get a few ideas, and, hey, if something’s close—why not?  Berlin (which is close for me) is reoccurring on many of the lists—mostly because this year marks the 20^th anniversary of the fall of the wall, but other common places are Iceland (because things aren’t quite as expensive as they used to be) and Cambodia for its’ untouched beaches.  The lists also include some not-so-ordinary places like Kyrgyzstan (Lonely Planet), Alberta, Canada (Frommer’s), Bucks County, Pennsylvania (MSN), and Greenland (Lonely Planet and the Guardian) .

Check out the lists yourself and develop your own list of places to see in 2009:

• Frommer’s

• Lonely Planet

• The Guardian

• MSN

Photo by Mart1n, www.sxc.hu

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