Lonely Planet har släppt sin lista med de bästa desitinationerna att resa till under 2014. Brasilien i topp och Sverige av alla ställen på en 4:e plats. Crazy huh?
1. Brasilien - All eyes on the pitch for 2014’s World Cup
Obviously har jag redan varit här och mest troligt kommer jag att komma tillbaka under 2014.
As if endless strands of sun-toasted coast, mountains splashed with
Crayola-green rainforest and some of the planet’s most beautiful
colonial villages didn’t already add up to an unfair share of heaven, Brazil goes and snags two of the most coveted sporting events in the world,
beginning with the 2014 FIFA World Cup and followed two years later by
the 2016 Summer Olympics. Trekking across towering
windswept dunes peppered with cerulean lagoons in Lençóis Maranhenses,
exploring gilded colonial churches in frozen-in-time cities such as Ouro Preto or swimming in aquarium-like rivers near Bonito, Brazil’s diversity will leave you slack-jawed.
2. Antarktis - The adventure of a lifetime
Någon gång ska man ta sig hit också, även om, som ni vet, är kyla inte det jag söker mig till.
Tune into your average wildlife television program and you can’t fail to be dazzled by Antarctica’s
majestic icebergs, calving glaciers and unexplored mountain ranges. Or
you’ll watch its native penguin species frolic while avoiding fierce
leopard seals and roaming pods of killer whales, as millions of seabirds
spiral over the wild Southern Ocean.
3. Skottland - An eventful year
hmm... ja, nature är inte det jag oftast söker mig till, men vem vet.
To coincide with Glasgow
hosting the XX Commonwealth Games in the summer of 2014, the city has
had a multi-million-pound facelift: new sports venues, improved
transport links and a regeneration of Glasgow Harbour. It is also the
Year of Homecoming, a government initiative to welcome the Scottish
diaspora back to the mother country by celebrating Scotland’s heritage, food and drink. The phrase ‘there’s something for everyone’ applies: Europe’s biggest brass band festival blasts Perthshire,
an orienteering contest around Scottish castles, the Spirit of Speyside
Whisky Festival in May.
4. Sweden - Food, culture and scary stories
Thanks to the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson, most people have a sense of what Sweden’s
like, even in the far north – cold, beautiful and a bit scary. Sweden
is emerging with a new pop-culture persona. Perhaps not coincidentally,
northern Sweden’s largest city, Umeå, is the European Capital of Culture
for 2014. Then there’s the food. The capital has long been a stylish,
top-notch destination for serious gourmands and boldly experimental
chefs but lately the reputation and influence of Swedish cooking have
spread beyond the country’s borders. Considering that Swedish cuisine is
so strongly tied to locally sourced ingredients (be it seafood, game,
berries, herbs or regional cheeses), it makes perfect sense to go to the
source of all this fine food.
5. Malawi - The Big Five and beach life without the crowds
definitivt ett land jag vill besöka, länge varit fascinerad av Afrika och kanske 2014 är året jag åker dit. Nu pratar jag om "the real Africa" inte uppe i norr där jag redan varit, utan jag vill till bushen...
Malawi’s second-largest city, Blantyre,
you check into superluxe digs (or pitch your tent) at the Majete
Wildlife Reserve, which only 10 years ago lay decimated by poaching, but
last year gained Big Five status thanks to a wildlife relocation
project. You get up close to the aforementioned elephant, rhino, lion,
leopard and buffalo without the pesky 4WD scrum so common in Africa’s
best-known parks. Then perhaps it’s off to Lake Malawi for a spot of
high-visibility snorkelling, or Mt Mulanje
for a hike over hazy peaks in an otherworldly moonscape. And there’s
always the Viphya Plateau, a haunting wilderness of grasslands and
whaleback hills that feels downright prehistoric.
6. Mexico - The sleeping giant is waking
känns som om 2014 definetly means Cancun för mig :P
Sun-baking on a Caribbean beach after partying all night in Cancún; shopping for brightly coloured handicrafts or gorging on seven types of mole (chilli sauce) in Oaxaca; stepping back in time at a Mayan temple.
Exciting developments
on the travel scene have continued, from major new Maya museums in
Cancún and Mérida
to the installation of Latin America’s longest ziplines on the rim of
the awe-inspiring Copper Canyon. Now Mexico’s image is on the cusp of
change – it’s time to dust off your Mexican dream again and enjoy it to
the max before those prices go back up and the crowds really start
rolling in.
7. Seychellerna - Paradise within reach
Seychellerna har länge varit på min radar.
These 115 divine islands strewn across the peacock-blue Indian Ocean
have all the key ingredients for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday, but their
reputation as a millionaire’s playground may have kept you away. Good
news: on top of exclusive island hideaways and elegant eco-villas, you
can benefit from the wallet-friendlier B&Bs, picturesque Creole
guesthouses and self-catering apartments that have sprung up over the
past decade.Sipping cocktails on the beach, hiking, diving, snorkelling, boat tours and
other adventure options are all readily available, with the added appeal
of grandiose scenery. Wildlife lovers will get a buzz too – the Seychelles is not dubbed ‘The Galápagos of the Indian Ocean’ for nothing.
8. Belgien - High emotions in Europe's underrated gem
tror det är dags att besöka Aga i Bryssel nästa år :)
Belgium has picturesque cities – Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent – and in Brussels
a walkable capital with great museums. The food and drink is a
gustatory blast, the
countryside flat and placid, the seaside surprisingly chic, while
cultural treasures range from medieval masters to Tintin. Belgo-newbies will find medieval towns where culture and
gastronomy meet, with Gothic buildings, paintings by Breugel, Van Eyck
and Magritte, canals and cool shops. And they’ll discover mellow
meadows, where cows moo beside monuments, and battlefields and
cemeteries that testify to the horrors of a war now shifting from living
memory.
9. Makedonien - Back to the future, Balkan-style
The Macedonian capital Skopje has at the same time quietly become more
visitor-friendly, with a bevy of cool new hostels, upscale wine bars and
bistros, and one of southeastern Europe’s best club scenes. Beyond
work-in-progress Skopje and the more established tourist sites such as Lake Ohrid,
Mavrovo ski area and ancient Stobi, new things are happening elsewhere.
Quiet Berovo, on the border with Bulgaria, is an up-and-coming
contender on the spa-hotel scene. Also in Macedonia’s
idyllic eastern half, sturdy old Kratovo – with Ottoman-era stone
bridges and cobblestone lanes – is revitalising previously derelict
Turkish mansions, attesting the bygone wealth of this old mining town.
And in the arid central vineyard region of Tikveš, new quality wineries
are catering to thirsty visitors.
10. Malaysia - A revitalised Malaysia goes back to business
Kanske dags att besöka Asien för min del...
The headline-grabbers are the largest bird park in Southeast Asia in Melaka
(with 6000 birds featuring 400 species), and Legoland Malaysia and
Hello Kitty Land in Nusajaya.
Competitive fares offered by Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Firefly and new
operator Malindo Air make getting around this widely spread-out country
a cinch. Amazing experiences
await in Malaysian Borneo, from exploring off-the-beaten- track Kudat to indulging at the luxurious Gaya Island Resort on Pulau Gaya.
And active travellers can discover the country on two wheels as cycle
tourism takes off with guided tours in Sabah, a proposal to build a bike
path around the coast of Penang, and a community project to map out
cycle routes around Kuala Lumpur.
xoxo,
Vicky
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