Here’s a site that links you to global expeditions - the next best thing to being there, and a great way to learn about geography and other cultures.
http://www.reachtheworld.org/index.php
Check out the geogames section and build the world - fun for the whole family!!
thanks for the sites! I will chekc them out ASAP.
Make sure you have a good globe 
My boy and I regularly play “how about right there.” We get out the globe and then we spin the globe and say, “We’re going to take a trip. Where should we go? How about right…there!” We close our eyes and put our fingers somewhere on the globe and press down to stop it. Then we talk about the place where we “landed.” Usually it’s ocean (of course), unless you pick a spot in the northerly latitudes, but we’ve landed in all sorts of interesting places. Once we actually landed where we live–a very rare occasion. Great fun…
thanks for the info DadDude. That is a great way to play and learn.
I love the globe idea as well! There is also a toy out there, not sure who makes it, that let’s kids explore the globe via an “airplane handle” and “airplane sounds” which allow them to land on an area with a magnifying glass and find out some tidbit about where they landed. This could then be expanded as above.