[Hoot Gibson]

When do you plan on going after Christmas specifically?

I want to go to Ireland, but there is no way I am going there during the Winter. I suggest that if you are going somewhere during Winter in the Northern Hemisphere then you make it somewhere very warm.

A few places I plan on going at some point in my life:
Aruba
Bora Bora
Australia (specifically The Great Barrier Reef)

A VERY underrated country in terms of beaches is Thailand. Most people associate Thailand with over-crowded cities, but the areas like Phi Phi are quite possibly some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

I have also heard that Peru's beaches are very underrated, although I have never been there myself. I had a young engineering professor from South Africa at UK who vacationed in Peru because he claimed that Peru's beaches were home to the most beautiful women on earth and that they outnumbered the men.

When I was still in my 20s, I applied for a job as a mining engineer in New Zealand. Unfortunately, there were too many experienced British engineers eager to retire there for me to get any serious consideration. For a small area, New Zealand offers an amazing variety of activities for a vacationer, from skiing to surfing to "ice climbing."