Claire’s Top 10 Destinations

1. Wellington, New Zealand
 Botantical Gardens
 Oriential Parade - Mount Victoria
 The cafes!!!! The Embassy Theatre (where of course, being NZ made, The Lord of the Rings premier was held)

2. Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand
 A gateway to a tropical paradise. Russell, Pahia, Waitangi, Kerikeri, & little hideaway beaches to explore
 Ninety-Mile beach
 Spirits Bay & Cape Reinga

3. Rotoura & the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
 Geothermal sites - sulphur & hot mud pools & hot natural springs

4. Edinburgh, Scotland
 The Edinburgh Festival Fringe!
 The ’Old Town’
 Edinburgh Castle & Greyfriar’s Cemetary
 Embo’s (cafe - along Leith Walk, devine food, & I always pay them a visit when I’m in town!)
 Arthur’s Seat

5. Sarajevo, Bosnia
 It’s an experience that makes you realise how senseless war is!

6. Croatia
 Dubrovnik, Hvar, Korcula, Split, and all the great wonders of Croatia!

7. Ubud, Bali
 You have to go there for the food & surrounding rain forests & rice paddies!

8. Egypt Everything about Egypt is an experience!
 The ’Juice Bars’ - fresh mangos, bananas, and all exotic fruits blended in an instant (and all pefectly fine to drink!!)
 The bazaars & hookahs, the Egypt Museum in Cairo, the Mummification Museums. All the temples & history.
 Mt Sinai (where Moses received the Ten Commandments & the parting of the Red Sea)
 Snorkelling the coral reef of the Red Sea
 Visiting Abu Simbel - Temple to Ramses II

9. Turkey, Istanbul
 The only place in Turkey that you can buy a kebab!!
 The Turkish Baths, the Grand Bazaar (take cash!)
 The Egyptian Markets of caged squrriels & leeches, a woman selling fluffy cute little chicks - only to break their necks when the sale is made!
 The many varities of Turkish delight!!!

10. Cappadocia, Turkey
 A vast area of volcanic rock forms that goes for miles & miles - looks a lot like something out of ’The Flintstones’! Pagans lived within the pillars of rock to avoid being attacked by the converting Christians!