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    20 Adventures To Have In Your Lifetime

    Move over, post-college backpacking trip. Marie Claire's editors crafted this go-anywhere guide for the fun, feisty, and fearless. Have you taken an amazing trip that didn't make the cut? Tell us below!

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    1. Ride a camel over the Erg Chebbi sand dunes in the Moroccan Sahara

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    2. Bike through rice fields and among limestone peaks in China's Guangxi Province

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    3. Eat clams that are still moving at Sushi Dai at the Tokyo Fish Market

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    4. Road trip down California's Highway 1 from Monterey to Big Sur

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    5. Go on safari in Nairobi, Kenya

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    6. Snorkel at the continental rift in Iceland

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    7. Explore Incan ruins at Machu Picchu in Peru

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    8. Get really, really clean at a hammam in Istanbul

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    9. Learn to make spring rolls at a cooking class in Hoi An, Vietnam

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    10. Attend surf camp along Nicaragua's Emerald Coast

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    11. Bungee jump off the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand

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    12. Sandboard in Jordan's Wadi Rum desert

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    13. Scuba dive with manta rays in Kona, Hawaii

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    14. Hike to Victoria Glacier in Alberta, Canada

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    15. Soak in hot springs in Calistoga, California

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    16. Tour Louisiana's bayous by swamp boat

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    17. Sip absinthe at Absintherie in Prague

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    19. Hop on a kayak and watch plankton light up in Vieques, Puerto Rico's Bioluminescent Bay

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    20. Zip-line over treetops, waterfalls, and wildlife (spider monkeys, sloths, butterflies) in Costa Rican rain forests

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