1. A Vacation to the Moon
Space
Adventures provides the opportunity for you to blast off in a Soyuz
spacecraft for a circumlunar mission. During the seven-day space flight,
which reaches top speeds of 17,000 mph, you'll see stars, the
illuminated far side of the moon, and the Earth from 250,000 miles away.
Candidates must train for four months alongside Russian cosmonauts at
the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Two
seats are available for $100 million each.
2. A $1 Million Vacation
A
battle is brewing for bragging rights to the most expensive vacation.
The Emirates Palace resort in Abu Dhabi announced a Million Dollar
Travel package that "incarnates pure opulence."Along with first-class
airfare and seven nights at a giant suite at the Palace, the package
includes:
Chauffeur-driven Maybach at your disposal daily during your stay in Abu Dhabi.
Daily SPA treatments.
Day
trip in private jet to Iran where you'll create your own Persian carpet
with the country's most-exclusive and best-renowned hand-maker. Day
trip to Bahrain in private jet for "a pearl deep sea experience," with
the pearl hand-designed settings.
The
Emirates is hoping the trip gets it a slot in the Guinness Book of
World Records. But it turns out that Leading Hotels of the World has its
own ode to opulence. Its $1 million Around the World in 80 Ways trip,
which plays off the storied journey of Phileas Fogg, lets travelers
recreate the 19th-century around-the-world fantasy experience with
21st-century comfort and flair.
3. A Vacation With Real Mermaids
At
a west Florida intersection, where the 21st century runs headlong into
1947, is a roadside attraction that must be seen to be believed. There
are no Disney cartoon characters or underwater mannequins, but living,
breathing, bubble-blowing mermaids just an hour drive north of Tampa.
Weeki Wachee Springs attracts tourists from around the world, and during
its heyday attracted celebrities including Elvis Presley. But in recent
times the park has fallen into disrepair and is faced with a few
financial and political woes.
Weeki
Wachee is a theater built into a natural spring-allowing the audience
to walk into an underwater world without getting wet. With today's
environmental laws, there will probably never be another place like it
in the U.S. Clad in their iridescent Lycra tails, the mermaids perform
choreographed routines and stories and are sometimes joined by fish,
turtles, and manatees-creatures that some say inspired the original
mermaid legends.
4. A Naked Vacation
A
fun-but-unscientific poll found out that more Americans are open to the
idea of naked vacations, a.k.a. nakations. The poll found that 48
percent of Americans would be willing to bare it all at a nude beach.
That's up from 31 percent last year. Why the increased interest in
nakations? Are Americans' attitudes about nudity loosening up? Or are
travelers simply looking to travel light - so they can avoid the hefty
baggage fees now imposed by many airlines?
All
you'll need for the week (sunscreen, cap, sunglasses, shoes and
toiletries) can fit in a small carry-on that will fit under the seat,
avoiding even carry-on bag fees. But saving money on baggage is one
thing. But what about the risk of sunburn "down there?" It's a real
concern, experts say. In other words, slather it on if you take it all
off.
5. A Vacation Where You Can Swim With Pigs
Swimming
with dolphins? You can go one better! Visit the paddling porcines in
Big Major Cay and jump in for a dip if you're brave enough. They won't
bite---well, as long as you don't whisper "BLT" within earshot.
6. A Vacation In A Little People Themed Park
If
you've hit up all the SeaWorlds and Wisconsin Dells of the globe, why
not take a trip to a make-believe town populated by little people?
According to TEA, Asia has the fastest-growing theme-park market-with
77.6 million visitors for Asia's top 15 parks alone. One of the region's
biggest recent openings was the 2009 blockbuster debut of Dwarf Empire,
a hilltop park in southern China devoted to-and almost entirely staffed
by-people under four feet tall. The park also gained worldwide media
coverage for employing many of the country's height-challenged, who
traditionally have had a hard time finding work. Thanks to the park,
many of China's dwarves are now gainfully employed as everything from
janitors to crown-wearing empresses.
7. A Trip to Afghanistan
Although
it is not considered safe for tourists at the moment, many look forward
to being able to visit Afghanistan in the near future. Why? Take a look
at some of the remarkable places you would be able to visit and decide
for yourself. Would you take a vacation to Afghanistan? Tthe City of
Screams, the Minarets of Ghazni, the Blue Mosque – these are just some
of the incredible sites of Afghanistan. Astonishing lakes, ancient
destroyed cities and breathtaking landscapes may persuade you to think a
little differently about this war torn but still spectacular country.
8. A Ghost Tour
While
Halloween brings to mind ghosts and goblins, did you know that many
ghostly tours are available throughout the year? Florida offers a
collection of tours and excursions guaranteed to scare up the need to
plan a day trip or weekend getaway. As entertaining as they are
informative, ghost tours explore paranormal phenomenon that may have you
believing... or not
9. An Underwater Vacation
Talk
about an extreme vacation! An Australian adventurer spent two weeks
living underwater, riding a bike to generate electricity and using algae
to produce oxygen! Breathing air provided by algae soaked in his own
urine, "aquanaut" Lloyd Godson spent 12 days living in a yellow steel
capsule submerged in a flooded gravel pit.
The
29-year-old's claustrophobic ordeal was intended to shed light on the
practical and psychological challenges of living in an alien
environment. His temporary home, a 10ft long box, was billed as "the
world's first self-sufficient, self-sustaining underwater habitat." Back
on dry land, and toasting the success of the experiment with champagne,
he admitted to suffering cabin fever.
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