Missed Opportunities

Anytime you travel, especially when going solo or when younger, perhaps you're going to overlook some things.  Tours are a big advantage sometimes.  I will keep adding to this list, and making some notes.  I can imagine having a chance to redeem myself with a few of these places (for ex, Asian ones), but most of them will forever be missed opportunities.

Lenin Mausoleum - Saw it, but did not go inside.  The last time because there was a line a mile-long.

Taj Mahal - Had a real opportunity to get there.  I waited till my last day.  Was exhausted, and was a bit wary of my guide and the van he wanted to take me in.  Ironically, I left thinking, "Oh, I can always do it again."

Mahatma Gandhi Assassination Site and Place of Cremation  - I didn't really inquire.  I don't know why.

Catherine Palace - Didn't know the significance of this palace, and we had already seen a few.

Mozart Birthplace & Various Landmarks

Train from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Hanoi

Vietnamese Beaches

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum - Saw it.  I think it was closed.

Krakow

Auschwitz

Day Tour of Helsinki

Old Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw

Krabi and Phi Phi Islands (Island Hopping) - Should have done this in 2000, when the movie The Beach came out.  I was focusing only on the Gulf of Thailand side.

Malaysia's Cameron Highlands

Java

Day Tours of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Tolstoy's Summer Estate

Rasputin Tour in Yusupov Palace  - We were in a hurry.  Toured the palace, but did not do visit the basement where Rasputin was poisoned.

Vancouver, BC