December Daily Meme - Day 8

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osprey_archer asked: Tell me about the place you most want to visit!

Oh, now this is an evil one. I have many, many places I'd like to visit! I've never been to anywhere in Africa (well, nowhere outside Marrakesh) or South America, and even though I've spent some time living and travelling around South-East Asia there are still so many places left there to see (and more importantly, food to eat). And I've love to go somewhere like Greenland, somewhere with ice and whales and whatnot, but I haven't put much thought into this last one, just watched a few too many documentaries with a sexy, soothing, David Attenborough voiceover.

I suppose if you handed me a lot of money and told me to pick just one place though, I would say... Mongolia. I think the landscape there is stunningly beautiful and I could happily spend a few weeks just gawping at it. On a pony, because I am lazy and also, pony! I want to ride my pony around the steppes and pretend I am Genghis Khan, only without the army and the slaughter and the rest of it. I would like to turn these idle thoughts into reality some day but as I have a huge hatred of big tour groups and being herded around at someone else's pace, the kind of holiday there that I'd prefer will probably take a few more years for us to save up for and plan. But I will get there eventually, because man, look at this place.



Dec. 5: AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO ME, DESCRIBE YOUR RESEARCH IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL (augustbird)
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Dec. 8: Tell me about the place you most want to visit! (osprey_archer)
Dec. 9: I'd love to hear about your experience of living in Scotland. Do you think you and the wife will stay there longterm, now that you have the gorgeous apartment? (honscot)
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Dec. 12: What about talking about the wife and how you guys met and wound up getting married to each other? (seascribe)
Dec. 13: What was your favourite book (maybe several books) as a child? Did it remain your favourite, when you grew up? (beili)
Dec. 14: I'd love to know what/how you drew when you were little. (fififolle)
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Dec. 16: Talk about Father Ted! Do you draw anything Teddish or is it more of a distant love from Far Away? (bunn)
Dec. 17: Your favorite character to draw and why (carmarthen)
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Dec. 22: Favourite people from ancient Rome (weekend)
Dec. 23: Favourite people from ancient Rome (or history in general) you want to paint or draw one day (the_little_owl)
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Dec. 27: Your favorite thing to draw that isn't people (carmarthen)
Dec. 28: Your favourite Sutcliff novel and why (weekend)
Dec. 29: Would you consider reminiscing about a favorite story of you with a grandparent, or great grandparent? (pronker)
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