One of my greatest passions is travel. So it’s hardly surprising that one of my favourite pastimes is looking for dream destinations to visit…one day. I like to call this love of flicking through brochures and googling places like Sardinia, Greek Islands, Samoa…Okavango research. But sometimes it’s simply just another name for procrastination because I’m not really ever going to get to those places.
But there are some I am determined to get to. Like Western Samoa.
This photo was taken by my friend Shelley Munro who has just returned from a lazy week there-so I’ve been inspired by her photos to new levels of googling frenzy.
Then there’s Fitzroy Crossing and The Kimberleys in Western Australia. Several years ago my family and I spent six months backpacking down the east coast of Australia—my sons were aged 2 and 4 at the time. It was sheer bliss. Not the hell you might have imagined it would be. But we didn’t venture up the wilder west coast. And I have a serious yen to do that some day in the not too distant future. That urge is worsened by the snips of research I’m doing into the diamond mines located in The Kimberleys for Silhouette Desire’s 2008 DIAMONDS DOWN-UNDER continuity. It’s research, I tell myself. So why not just go walkabout?
Then there’s the Okavango Delta. Some day I will sit in a mekoro, a dugout canoe, and drift past the elephants on the banks. I’ll try hard not to think of the hippos in the water below.
And when the yearning all becomes too much I visit one of the glorious beaches near my home and wonder why I hanker after those far-off places.
Are there places you want to visit? Someday…maybe soon? Or do you have some secret haven not far from home that requires no passport and restores your inner serenity?
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I heard the Greek islands are suppoused to be beautiful. 
I love traveling too, one of my favorite places is the Cayman Island. 
by barbara
on April 6th, 2007 at 7:33 am
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I haven’t been out of the U.S. but my dream destinations are Australia and Scotland.
by Cheryl S.
on April 6th, 2007 at 7:41 am
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I’ve never been out of US, but would love to go to Scotland, Ireland, Greece or anywhere really.
by Stacy S
on April 6th, 2007 at 8:04 am
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I’d love to see all of our states! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a RV - and someone to drive it - and just take off and go? National parks in the west would be 1st on my list after visits to my sons in FL and WA.
by Karen B
on April 6th, 2007 at 8:09 am
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I would love to see Greece–all the monuments and mythology–seems to give it a mystical atmosphere. And then there’s Italy, especially Tuscany, always featured in movies as a simple, beautiful land. Of the places I”ve already been, Grand Cayman was the most lovely.
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I would love to travel across the country and also go on that Alaskan cruise everyone has seemed to enjoy and how Can I forget Hawaii - that must be paradise.
by Pat L
on April 6th, 2007 at 9:13 am
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I’d like to visit Canada and U.S.A. again. I’d also like to see Italy, Hawaii, Ireland, England, Australia, Austria, Japan….
by Minna
on April 6th, 2007 at 9:30 am
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I would love to visit Australia, Germany and take a cruise to Alaska and spend some time there. There are so many wonderful and beautiful places I would like to travel to, but these three are my top choices.
by chis0289
on April 6th, 2007 at 9:42 am
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I don’t like to travel. :shock: I do all my traveling through the books I read. :grin:
by Susan
on April 6th, 2007 at 10:47 am
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I’d like to go back to Bermuda one day. Spent a soul searching 10 days there on my own. It was lovely. I’d love to go back to Germany too. My dream spots to one day travel are Greece, Britain, France.
by Vivi Anna
on April 6th, 2007 at 11:35 am
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Right now I’d like to get anywhere what isn’t Spokane… it’s been close to a year since I’ve been out of town. :cry:
My two dream vacation spots are New Zealand and Iceland (yes, ICEland).
by Jennifer K.
on April 6th, 2007 at 11:40 am
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I would love to go to Italy and spend a month exploring that beautiful place. Spain interests me greatly as well.
by alissa
on April 6th, 2007 at 11:42 am
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I want to visit Austrialia.
by Lisa W
on April 6th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
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The Greek Islands have been a dream of mine to see. Maybe when the kids are older.
by Deborah
on April 6th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
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I would like to travel **anywhere*** if I had enough money, lol.
by Shuck Ying
on April 6th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
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I would love to relax in the hot springs in Iceland and Alaska has been at the top of my vacation destination list for quite a few years now.
by Lauren
on April 6th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
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I would love to visit Alaska.
by Maureen
on April 6th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
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I’d just love to visit India. So much magic and history. I think it’s very unique country in everything Including fashion and jewellery design. They got extraordinary colors that are just fascinating and they do such excellent job in mixing them together.
by Mona
on April 6th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
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I’m a sucker for England. . . anything when it comes to there. :) But I wouldn’t mind going back to Disney World, it’s been 17 years I guess since then. :)
Lois
by Lois
on April 6th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
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My dream places to go would be Hawaii, Italy, and the Bahamas! 
by Teresa W.
on April 6th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
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So many of my favourite wanna-go places have been mentioned!
Jennifer K, New Zealand is truly beautiful, with LOTS of diversity. Bermuda, France, Cayman Island sound pretty cool . My kids want to go to Disney and I’m thinking of taking them to the Greek Islands–I love Greece! :razz: The idea of visiting Alaska is definitely intriguing.
AND I met some lovely students from Hawaii at my son’s school the other day, so I defintely want to visit there! :grin:
Australia, Italy and Ireland remain absolute firm favs too…oh, to travel!
Tessa
by Tessa Radley
on April 6th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
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I would love to see Italy as well! And I hear Costa Rica is also beautiful!
by Carol
on April 6th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
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The two places that I have always wanted to visit are Hawaii and Switzerland.
by Linda F
on April 6th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
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I’ve always wanted to see Australia and Hawaii. But without a passport it seems unlikely.
by Sue A.
on April 6th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
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I doubt if I ever will but I would love to go to Ireland.
by Joyce
on April 6th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
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The first 15 years of my marriage, we traveled (til we decided to have kids lol. Some places were the Poconos, NYC, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Arizona, Florida, Atlantic City, New Orleans, Myrtle Beach, DisneyWorld, D.C., Paris, London, parts of Germany and the Netherlands and a Carribean cruise (our favorite). Maybe some day we’ll be able to continue our travels. I would love to see Alaska, Australia, Italy, etc. and especially take another cruise.
by catslady
on April 6th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
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Congratulations on your book! I always love to try new authors.
I want to go to Hawaii and visit Scotland, too. Near home I have a beach that is close by where I just like to sit, watch the boats and read.
by Kim
on April 6th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
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I would love to travel with hubby more outside of the USA once our little ones are much older. He and I both want to see Australia and Great Britain. I would also like to go on a cruise with him since he has never been on one, other than when he was in the Navy but I told him that doesn’t count.
by Cherie Japp
on April 6th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
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Dh and I want to tour the Eastern coast of Canada being we have never been there and we live in the western part of Canada.
I hope your dreams come true for you.
by RobynL
on April 6th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
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I have dreamed about going to Italy for so long I don’t think that it can live up to my expectations. I also would love to go to Ireland, Scotland and South America. I plan on going to the Carribean this year, so I should also add that to my list.
by Patty L.
on April 6th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
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Wow, it’s awesome to see how many of us dream of visiting the same places. Kim, isn’t it fabulous having that beach close to home? And I think the idea of travelling alone with the dh is great. And I love seeing the places where some of you have already travelled…more places to dream about.
The West Indies are hosting the Cricket World Cup right now…and the New Zealand and Australian teams are doing well. So down here the Carribean is all the buzz. Wish I could be in Barbados for the final.
And thanks for all the congratulations, it’s such an exciting time for me! :grin: :grin:
Tessa
by Tessa Radley
on April 7th, 2007 at 12:42 am
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congrats on the new book
i love hawaii and i wouldlove to vist italy and france
by kim h
on April 7th, 2007 at 3:44 am
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“Black Widow Bride” sounds interesting.
I’d love to see the beauty and history of Greece! My daughter is going there for two weeks on her honeymoon. I am so jealous! I’d also like to see the magestic Alps by visiting Switzerland and Austria… Sound of Music is still a favorite movie and end with a cruise along Germany’s Danube River…castles!! So much history!!
by Laurie G
on April 7th, 2007 at 5:22 am
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I’d love to go to Italy and Greece, Hawaii, NYC, Memphis and Vegas. The one that seems most likely though is Vegs :mrgreen:
by Lis
on April 8th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
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I would enjoy visiting anywhere outside the US!
by Kathleen
on April 9th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
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Congratulations on the new book.
I have DREAM destinations of Sweden and New Zealand.
I’d also like to visit Ireland.
My husband and I went on a cruise to Alaska 4 years ago and I would LOVE to go again.
by Christy H.
on April 11th, 2007 at 9:55 am
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great to see u at the wrsp chat
by kim h
on April 11th, 2007 at 11:12 am
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I’ve never been out of the U.S. But I would love to go on a cruise to the Bahamas or Hawaii. I would also love to see Scotland and Ireland.
by Kimberly Lane
on April 13th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
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Thank you all for popping in - I enjoyed meeting you :grin: :grin: and hearing about the places you want to travel - I think we share a lot of dreams in common!
I did a random drawing and Barbara is the winner of BLACK WIDOW BRIDE…congratulations, Barbara! Email me at tessa @ tessaradley . com to claim your prize and give me your details.
If any one wants to win more prizes please visit my blog . I’m having a party to celebrate the release of my first book BLACK WIDOW BRIDE and would love to see you there! There will be guest authors blogging and prizes given away — all you need to do is make a comment.
by Tessa Radley
on April 15th, 2007 at 8:23 am
