> I know it's a touist trap, but I still have to reccommend Disney World. There's always something new to see there - waterfalls that flow up, cardboard skylines (it loks real until you get right up to it), bands, attractions...
> My favorite park has to be the EPCOT Center. The different countries are always fun, and they have a neat mine field in the park that soaks you with water if you step on a mine.
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> Other locations... I've not been many places, really, but from where I'd like to go and where I have been I'd have to say anywhere near the water. Not the tropics - they're too commercial. Somewhere else that's by the sea - even just the bay area in New York City. I don't know what it is, I just have a thing for water, I guess.
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> The only other thing that comes to mind is to find a wood and just wander off into it. It's not exactly travel, but, in many ways, it's better. I love losing myself in the woods... I just wander around throgh all the nature and the wilderness and it's very tranquil and wonderful.
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Darian,
I'm in complete agreement about the water. I love coastlines and islands. I've driven the Oregan Coast and the Carolina Coast and spent time on islands as big as England and as small as Cococay(about 10 acres) in the Bahamas. I also agree that there is a lot of commercialism in the tropics, but not everywhere. I recently spent a week in the Florida Keys and the only commercial stuff was in Key West and Key Largo at opposite ends of the chain. The 100 miles or so in between was great. I love Hawaii(the state) and my favorite islands are Molokai and Hawaii(the Big Island)because they are so wild and natural.
If you like walking in the forest, try the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, but don't get lost there! It's a real wilderness.
Howard