Everything I want to do I cant because there is a civil war, or they don't like westerners much or its prone to terrorism and kidnapping >sigh<
I binned the idea of Machu Picchu on the grounds I was far to old and unfit to go mountain climbing - only to find it's coach tours all the way now - I don't think I'll bother. Rio least said really - you cant go out of bounds like most of South America its utterly lawless once you stray into ghettos. Chile is great, I do like Chile and they like the English which is always a bonus.
Luxor and the Pyramids well I can do without all that shooting and kidnapping Jordan that would be OK and the Holy lands bombs flying about Jerusalem much the same Ethiopia and the origins of the Coptic Church Don't think I could deal with the poverty TBH. harsh but true.
Easter island - not a lot there, you just do a day trip and say 'I've seen some statues' - Pitcairn dare I say it - just google the news links, bit in bred and they don't like outsiders, not even day trippers. Galapagos - but that a day tripper thing now too
Done the whole Antarctic thing years ago, my father was posted down there for many seasons (1946-1952) and my mother did a season after they were married on South Georgia. The place is heaving with rich American tourists now.
That leaves me wandering round Italy and Greece for ancient civilisations. Whats left of the Byzantine Empire - full of unrest and uprisings. Hong Kong maybe on a tick list but I get the feeling its the sort of place you get to and want to leave immediately..
Not a lot left really that's off the beaten track.