44 places to go in 2009

last year M showed me the new york times travel guide for 2008. i've visited ten of the listed 53 places to go. the three big places were tuscany, prague and vietnam. the two that i missed that i should have visited were miami and portugal. but those are on my current list of places to visit.

2008 must have been a good year for NYT's travel section cause the 2009 is upgraded with all sorts of flash goodies and subcategories. although their budget/global economic outlook is down because the list seems to have gone from 53 to 44. although to be fair 53 seems like an incredibly odd number to use (yes, pun definitely intended).

of the 53 places, i've visited seven. most notably vienna and marrakesh.

in any case here is my current short list of places to visit in 2009:

• aegean sea (although i've been to greece)
  
• copenhagen (coolest nordic city - pun still intended)
  
• red sea, eqypt (not sure i'll make it this year)
  
• madagascar (it's bloody far)
  
• india (hopefully someone will get married there this winter and i can visit)

anyone interested in travelling with me?

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