The world is big, and beautiful, and awesome—all realities that seem increasingly fanciful and fleeting as we continue to stare at the same four walls each day. But reopening is just around the corner. And as the day nears, when we can finally board an airplane and fly across the globe, it’s worth contemplating this essential question: Where should you go first? Not all destinations are created equal. From likelihood to reopen first, to ease of travel, to ensuring safety along the way, here are some of the very best places that should be on the top of your travel list for that big, first journey abroad (again). Maldives A nation of some 1,200 islands spread across 26 coral atolls, this Arabian Sea paradise has made headlines throughout the pandemic. During the initial global lockdown, ironic stories emerged about travelers caught for weeks, here, at private-island resorts, trapped in some …