It is always fun to travel to new places. Meeting new people, tasting unique delicacies, learning different cultures, and speaking foreign languages have always been exciting to do. However, among the thousands of destinations in the world, there will always be the best and worst places to visit.
National Geographic listed down the top 5 places in the world travelers should not miss to visit. They were named the “Places of a Lifetime”:
- BEIJING
Must Do: Shop at Panjiayuan Antique Market (aka Dirt Market), watch plays at Beijing Opera, view the skyline at the Temple of Heaven,
Must Visit: Great Wall at Simatai or Jinshanling, Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, Beijing Capital Museum, Mao Zedong Memorial Hall, Forbidden City (aka Imperial Palace Museum), Tiananmen Square
- HONG KONG
Must Do: Horse racing, shop at street markets, ride the Star Ferry, participate in the Yum Cha festivities
Must Visit: The Peak, Ocean Park, Hong Kong Disneyland, Central-Mid-levels escalator, Hong Kong Tramways
- LONDON
Must Do: Nightlife, watch plays at the National Theatre, food trip, shopping
Must Visit: The British Museum, The Gagosian, Hampstead Heath, The London Library, Sir John Soanes Museum, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Victoria and Albert Museum, William Morris Gallery, Cabinet War Rooms
- LOS ANGELES
Must Do: Celebrity helicopter tours, watch sunset and sunrise at the Sunset Boulevard and Sunset Strip, watch plays and performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Must Visit: Hollywood, Beverly Hills, The Getty Center Los Angeles, Huntington Library, Malibu, Norton Simon Museum, Warner Bros. Studio Tour
- NEW YORK
Must Do: Ride ferry to Governors Island, take the train to a Yankees Game, shopping, coffee, watch the Knicks’ games at Madison Square Garden
Must Visit: Empire State Building Observatory, Museum of Chinese in the Americas, Rubin Museum of Art, Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden, Paley Park
On the other hand, writers Rob Wood and Lee Ridley, listed down the places in the world that might be a bad idea to visit. Here are their top worst destinations for travel:
- IRAQ
Why? Never-ending wars and terrorism!
- SOMALIA
Why? Ongoing power struggle between warlords, lawless wasteland, rule of the gun
- AFGHANISTAN
Why? Taliban-sponsored suicide bombs, unexploded ordnance, IEDs.
- THAILAND
Why? Tsunami and other natural disasters, hostilities between the Islamic militants and the government
- SUDAN
Why? Tensions between the rebel groups and the government, genocide, murders and rapes
