Destination: USA
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Itinerary: Island Hopping
Everybody wants to go across the USA, but traveling around it is an even better trip.
Start at Maine's Acadia National Park for a sunrise hike. Then go to historic Martha's Vineyard, from where it's a quick tack to the USA's most famous island, Manhattan. Off the Virginia coast is Chincoteague Island, famous for its wild horses, and off North Carolina are the Outer Banks and Cape Hatteras National Seashore, where the Wright brothers learned to fly, and you can too - by hang gliding.
Florida boasts Amelia Island, the string-of-pearls Florida Keys, the islands of Dry Tortugas National Park and shell collecting on Sanibel and Captiva Islands .
Continuing along the Gulf of Mexico is Texas' resort town of Galveston and the gorgeously wild Padre Island National Seashore - not to be confused with South Padre Island, where 'gorgeous and wild' describes the coeds.
At this point, sail through the Panama Canal or go overland to California, where Catalina Island has great snorkeling and Channel Islands National Park is 'California's Galápagos.' Keep going to Washington's San Juan Islands - and finally, of course, don't forget Hawaii .
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