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Top 5 Countries I Want To Visit - Madeleine's
Sunday, October 27, 2013 | 1:13 AM

Honestly, I'm not very well-travelled so there are a lot of countries I want to visit! Especially all the 'cool places' like Europe and Japan and USA which my parents wouldn't bring us on holidays because they've already toured those countries when they were younger. So they said we gotta explore those places ourselves. But I suppose I'm very lucky to be in Australia right now, so that's one country off the list!

Here's a list of countries I've visited, so I'm just gonna remove them from the list: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, England, China. It really is tough trying to narrow down my choices to just 5 countries, but here is my list for the moment.

1. South Africa
Because have you seen South Africa? I've heard that with its diversity of landscapes, it's almost easy to forget that South Africa is also a country full of problems with a capital city that is best avoided. But I can't wait to escape to the Cape to check out one of the most awe-inspiring places on the planet.

Cape Town (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Also, I think the hardworking anthropology student (hahahah not kidding) in me really wants to venture a little up North to the Kalahari Desert to interact with the bushmen.

Kalahari Desert

2. South Korea
I am so annoyed that I didn't manage to meet the cast of Running Man when they had a fanmeet in Singapore! I wanna creepily stalk Super Junior and Running Man in their hometown. I wanna get lost in train stations and ask for directions from cute Korean boys with my halfbaked Korean learnt in one semester. I wanna try my luck requesting 깎아 주세요 in the most aegyo way I can at large chain stores and smaller markets. I wanna take cheesy romantic photos at those scenic spots where dramas are filmed.

Such as Jeju Island, of course.

3. Japan
Mainly to check out the 'love industry' (all because of this video I chanced upon on Vice). I am not even kidding about this. I think having a hens night in a Tokyo host club sounds like a really good plan. Also because Japan has the coolest toilets which I absolutely need to check out for myself.

And of course, the cuisine.

4. Bhutan
Gotta love a place where Gross National Happiness, not the Gross Domestic Product, dictates the country’s policies. Bhutan costs $200 per day to stay (so that it won’t be overrun with tourists), but I'm not deterred. I just think it's really cool how Bhutan as a medieval kingdom is edging its way into the 21st century with its own version of sustainable tourism. And I really hope that a trip like this can let me learn more about Buddhism, and help me shape my own thoughts and ideas.

Inspiring, huh?

5. Maldives
Is there a need to elaborate wanting to visit the Maldives? I definitely want to be there for a very cliché honeymoon. Before it sinks. Hahahah.

I need an air ticket already.
I didn't include any European countries because I couldn't choose, I want to go to every single one of them. So I decided to exclude the whole of Europe to save myself the agony of having to pick one country over the other, hahahah. I'm so keen on a graduation backpacking trip around Europe! But I guess, for now, I'm contented roadtripping around Oz. I'm thinking of a rendezvous with the rugged outback sometime soon, or at least before I graduate.

Keen bean,

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