Why CNN wants to go here
As the new year kicks off, a handful of our very well-traveled CNN correspondents -- who've been places and seen things many of us may never see firsthand -- share their destination wishes for 2013 and beyond. Where are you dreaming of visiting this year? Please share your picks in the comments below. 8 travel resolutions for 2013 Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman set his sights on Mongolia early in life. "Back when I was, I think, nine or ten years old I read a book about Marco Polo, how he traveled with his uncles on the ultimate business trip to the Mongol Empire at its height," wrote Wedeman, who recently moved to Rome after an assignment in Cairo.
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Candy Crowley
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| 0.0286092 | "I began to see massive areas of dark brown spread across the horizon of blue water. I started to cry. I never thought a dream I had since I was a teenager would come true, but there I was about to scuba dive and snorkel in an area of The Great Barrier Reef," wrote Crowley. |
| 0.0194481 | "I began to see massive areas of dark brown spread across the horizon of blue water. I started to cry. I never thought a dream I had since I was a teenager would come true, but there I was about to scuba dive and snorkel in an area of The Great Barrier Reef," wrote Crowley. "I love water, sea life, scuba diving and snorkeling. I love the warmth of sand just before it gets so hot you need shoes. I love a place with that spiritual feel of history and mystery. I love being with my children there to share." |
| 0.114618 | Crowley. "I love water, sea life, scuba diving and snorkeling. I love the warmth of sand just before it gets so hot you need shoes. I love a place with that spiritual feel of history and mystery. I love being with my children there to share." Crowley's got her next fantasy trip mapped out. "Now I have a bank account with 'The Galapagos' written on it. It's not in the cards for 2013, but I'll get there. "I want to do one of those week long boat trips with the scientists on board who tell you what you've seen, what you're about to see because I think it will ratchet up the awe factor, if that's possible." |
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Ben Wedeman
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| 0 | "Back when I was, I think, nine or ten years old I read a book about Marco Polo, how he traveled with his uncles on the ultimate business trip to the Mongol Empire at its height," wrote Wedeman, ... |
| -0.0410461 | "Back when I was, I think, nine or ten years old I read a book about Marco Polo, how he traveled with his uncles on the ultimate business trip to the Mongol Empire at its height," wrote Wedeman, who recently moved to Rome after an assignment in Cairo. "The trip lasted almost a quarter of a century, during which he grew up, mastered Mongolian, gained the confidence of the Mongol emperor, Kublai Khan, and then eventually returned home with fantastic tales of strange lands and stranger people. The story hooked me." |
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Nic Robertson
Overall Sentiment: 0.0226975
Relevance: 0.524797
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| 0.120114 | "I have yet to take my children there and it is a very special place to my wife and I as we met there in the build up to the first Gulf War," wrote Robertson, ... |
| -0.0104259 | "I have yet to take my children there and it is a very special place to my wife and I as we met there in the build up to the first Gulf War," wrote Robertson, briefly at home in London, in an e-mail. "The hotel we met in, which was the CNN hotel, at the time called the Philadelphia, now the Radisson, was attacked by Zarqawi suicide bombers in 2005. "Jordan today is becoming less stable and I would like to take my children there to visit places like Petra, the Roman ruins in Amman and Jerash, the Dead Sea and Aqaba where I learned to dive. My eldest daughter's second name is Jordan after the country ... so you can see the connection runs deep." |
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Jordan
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Shasta Darlington
Overall Sentiment: 0.0102482
Relevance: 0.4449
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| -0.214384 | "This is my second time living in Brazil and it's something I failed to do the first time, so I want to make sure I get there this time," wrote Darlington. |
| -0.103821 | "This is my second time living in Brazil and it's something I failed to do the first time, so I want to make sure I get there this time," wrote Darlington. "It's the largest contiguous wetland in the world and teeming with animal life. Most people think the Amazon is the place to go to see Brazilian flora and fauna, but the Pantanal region is easily just as rich in animals and they're easier to spot, especially during rainy season when rivers rise forcing animals literally onto islands." |
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Patrick Oppmann
Overall Sentiment: 0.116862
Relevance: 0.394811
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| 0 | "There are some destinations that you know as soon as you step off the plane will change you. For me, it's always been Africa," wrote Patrick Oppmann, ... |
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Kublai Khan
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Nelson Mandela
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Zarqawi
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Petra
Overall Sentiment: -0.321992
Relevance: 0.265493
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Country: Mongolia
Overall Sentiment: 0.161092
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Country: South Africa
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Country: Brazil
Overall Sentiment: 0.0790682
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Country: Syria
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Country: Ecuador
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GeographicFeature: Galapagos Islands
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GeographicFeature: Table Mountain
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City: Cairo
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City: Rome
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City: Cape Town
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Continent: Africa
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We've all got them: places that live large in imagination or memory, begging us to hop on a plane to uncover their delicious mysteries.
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