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| "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
Bucket List Traveling
The words bucket list can be used for many things, but it often describes a list of destinations that someone wants to travel to.
Some people make an effort (some even succeed) to visit every country on earth. Until there is a new one. I also do question those who say that they have truly been to every single country. Personally, I don't count an airport layover as "being" in a place. I was at the John F Kennedy airport in New York twice, but I would never say that I have "been to New York."
But would it count if I traveled through New York and I had a very long layover, long enough to get on the Metro and ride into town, take a selfie on Times Square, and then zip right back to the airport to catch my next plane? Technically, I would have been in New York. It would still feel too fleeting and too short.
Personally, I think it takes a minimum of three days to be in one city to be able to see some of the most typical attractions. And that's just one city. Now that city will be in a county and in a state in the USA. Or it will be in a country somewhere in the world. At that point, it would probably be legitimate to put a pin in that country and say that "I've been there." And I would have a few pictures and anecdotes to tell.
That, however, is how influencers travel. They don't really go places to experience them. They go places to check them off. To really feel a place out, a visit of a couple of weeks is probably in order. And that's where real adventures can be had and written about.
So as you dream up your next action adventure heroine's trip, make sure she stays in a strange, new, maybe exotic, place for at least two weeks. Unless the place is on fire and also has an earthquake because she opened up Pandora's Box. In that case, evacuate her.
Do you have a bucket list of things you want to accomplish? What's on it? |
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Replies to my last Action/Adventure newsletter "Ceremonies" that asked: Which ceremony of a culture that you don't belong to were you invited to?
steven-writer wrote: I was allowed to attend an Indigenous Australian feast. I was one of 5 whitefellas invited along, and it was incredible. I got to hear Dreaming stories of that Nation and the food was cooked so well, then they painted our faces. When they started their ceremonial dance, however, the 5 of us had to leave the area. That is perfectly fine. Their ceremonies are theirs, not ours.
thekindred wrote: A Jewish Wedding. It was fascinating.
oldmonty wrote: Thank you for this N/L |
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Action/Adventure: July 09, 2025 Issue [#13227]
