Hey, it's Jane from Deluminators again! Taking a break from those food posts for some thoughts on what I love - and don't love - about different types of trips I've been able to take over the past few years.
New York City / Amsterdam / Shanghai The city explorer, involving:
- Landmarks, museums, galleries. So many landmarks, museums, galleries...
- Free walking tours;
- Learning the word for "sorry" in the main language for when you whack people with your backpack;
- Stressing over getting around a whole new transport system;
- Appreciating it anyway because it's better than the one back home;
- Spending way too much money on brunch;
- Bright lights at night;
- Loving tourist traps way more than you're supposed to;
- Disparaging over how many H&Ms and Zaras there are in the world;
- Going into every one of them anyway.
Whitehaven beach / Hamilton Island The tropical island getaway, involving:
- Wondering why people pay money to lie on the beach somewhere far away, when you can just lie on your bed at home;
- Sunscreen;
- Sunburn;
- Only wearing one out of the three sets of swimsuits you brought along;
- Enjoying it despite previous cynicism;
- Returning home so relaxed that you can't sit in front of the computer without feeling dizzy.
South Island, New Zealand The roadtrip, involving:
- Feeling very grown up about being able to hire a car;
- Buying maps you don't end up using because Navmans now exist;
- Plugging in the iPod and blasting swag music so you feel like you're in a car advertisment;
- Passing through or staying the night in small towns that look like the setting for a murder mystery;
- The feeling of freedom on an open road;
- Sleeping a lot, if you're that friend who doesn't drive;
- Being able to stop anywhere anytime, to climb through fences to walk on frozen ponds.
Is anyone feeling me here? What kind of trips do you like the best?
- Jane x (Read my last guest post for Daisybutter here.)