Top 5 travel locations (for the next year anyway)

Top 5 up and coming trips

This list is constantly changing and growing, it should really be a top 50 list because of the amount of trips we have planned with different people. I am constantly looking for somewhere unusal to visit or something and exciting to experiance, I will travel to kenya if there is snow, just to say I did. Here are the top 5 trips planned for the next 12 months.

1.) While this is not the most exciting trip planned my addiction to water ensures that it ranks pretty high. (8 months without a holiday also ensures that this trip will be a welcome relief.)

1st August (France, Boudreaux) Driving the 1200km across France in our brand new (old) 1995 VW Golf for two weeks Camping, Surfing, climbing and mountain biking and of course a little wine tasting in Boudreaux. This is a trip is one I have desperately been waiting for. Since getting to Europe I have been swimming once. This is not good considering I used to be in the ocean 3 days a week all year round.


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This trip was completed with great statisfaction and enjoyment. it was amazing to see the Boudreaux region of France - check out Surfing the South of France for the details or The Atlantic Coast for details about the breaks and camping in the area.

2.) December (Italy, Saulze o'Doux) Skiing in the European alps, the very small hotel we are booked into is at about 2500m above sea level and is run by a fantastic couple and their staff. We actually visited Saulze o'Doux last year and had so much fun decided to go back for round two. The prices are excellent and worth every penny. It is part of a larger group of ski fields that are joined by gondola and ski lift, this means that if you stay for five days you can ski a different mountain every day.

3.) April/May 2009 (South Africa) this is a dream trip, its been along time in the making, my girlfriend is originally from Johannesburg originally emigrating to New Zealand. We hope to spend about a months in South Africa and in that time plan to dive with the great white sharks in Cape Town ... yes that’s right its not a typo, I want to dive with great white sharks. They captured my attention when I was just a child, I love to see sharks, while never having seen a great white I have a very healthy respect for all sharks and I love to see them in the wild. I have already been in contact with a company www.sharkdivingunlimited.com they are fully equipped and ready to help. Then after diving with one of the most feared predators in the world we will relax and visit family in Johannesburg before getting back amongst the predators when we travel to Kruger Park and the Okavango delta. Dates are yet to be defined but it’s going to be insane. I have a ton of camera gear to take with me as I don’t want to miss a second of this trip.



4.) Fontainebleau is a tiny town about 65km south of Paris. The town is quite beautiful with a castle that claims to have 1900 rooms! However its not the town of Fontainebleu that I am interested in, it is the surrounding forest which is known to have some of the worlds best bouldering and climbing in Europe, if not the world. Fontainebleau forests are scattered with boulders ranging from waist height to 4 stories high. This region is the birth place of the type of sport climbing knowm an 'bouldering' Fontainebleau has just made the official Top 5 list.

5.) June/July (Morocco and the top of Africa) I have family converging on this point in the middle of the year. I want to go, but know very little about this place (except they speak French). A predominantly Muslim country that reads religious scriptures over the loud speaker to the entire country every morning at about 6am – its defiantly going to be a real culture shock to a ignorant westerner like me. Also renound to have some incredible surf breaks - this could deserve some closer attention.