WHERE IS YOUR IDEAL HOLIDAY DESTINATION
I have just got to hear the word Argentina and the passion of the tango stirs my hormones. But a pilgrimage across the Pyrenees and meeting at the Monastery of Roncesvalles in the far north of Spain would also do it for me. So whether it is the grand tour, the hippie trail, discovering the last frontiers or bundu bashing, there is a whole world out there.
The grand tour could take you to all the places visited by the hero in his novel “The Da Vinci Code”. The Knights Templar in Fleet Street, the Saint-Sulpice Church in Paris a 17th century church which contains the largest organ in the world, Westminister Abbey, The Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh Scotland the focus of esoteric religious groups, the Louvre Inverted Pyramid Museum in Paris, Chateau Villette – the home of eccentric art historian Sir Leigh Teabing in Paris, The
Ritz Hotel Paris, and the National Gallery.
As for the last frontiers, North Korea including Paekdu Secret Camps from where the army was based. Although only recently founded, South Sudan falls into this category of politically and economically troubled parts of Africa.
Bundu bashing has always been a favourite pastime in South Africa but you can get a whole lot of this excitement abroad as well. For instance Northern Columbia where it melts into the Darian jungle of Panama. Attempts at crossing the Darien Gap on foot have had life-changing effects; but with the recent calming in Columbia – 2012 should be the year for visiting this corer of the world.
Learning new skills like a painting trip to Kathmandu, Havana or Icatha and pitching your easel amid pueblos blancos for a week; or warrior training in Mongolia where you can learn how to make a bow and arrow and other interesting battle tactics as used by Ghengis Khan.
So who said you have to do the usual down-to-the-coast thing when so much else is at your disposal in the way of interesting holidays.
