Top 10 Lists from a Trip Around the World
“For six months I became a traveler; stronger, braver, more independent and resourceful than I have ever been and maybe will ever be again,” says Bill B in his travel recap. “For six months I saw all the wonders of the world (four out of the new seven anyway) and experienced everything I possibly could. I slept in hovels, saw the worse poverty in the world, argued with crooked taxi drivers over 3 cents, and overcame stress that would have popped arteries just weeks before I departed. I also saw that we really all are the same. Regardless of language, color or creed, every one I met was just trying to get by, just trying to be happy.”
Back home after his exciting around the world adventure, Bill B is reflecting on what he experienced during the first half of 2007. In his tally list, he writes he’s been to 14 countries, received 17 passport stamps, visited six continents, taken 30 flights, and walked countless miles instead of paying for a taxi or bus. The total value of his trip? Priceless.
For an interesting read, check out Bill B’s homecoming entry, but first check out this excerpt from his interesting lists:
10 - Exploring Jungle Ruins in Ta Prohm, Cambodia
9 - Sea Kayaking Railey Beach ,Thailand
8 - Rapelling/Abseiling China’s Yangshou pinnacles
7 - Longboard surfing Kuta Beach, Bali
6 - Motorcrossing the Inca Trail, Peru
5 - Drift Diving with Mantas in the Andaman Sea, Thailand
4 - Road motorycycling the switchback mountain roads of Bali
3 - Skiing and boarding a meter of powder at Portillo, Chile
2 - Ticking off a grumpy Lion in the Serengeti, Tanzania
1 - Nitrox diving a WWII wreck off the Gili Islands, Lombok
8 - Carrot Soup in Arusha, Tanzania
7 - Egg-n-Chive dumplings in Beijing, China
6 - Grilled Roo (yep, that’s just what I mean), Alice Springs, Australia
5 - Fish Burger - Zanzibar, Tanzania
4 - Baja Fresh Steak burrito, LA
3 - Fisherman’s breakfast soup, Sea Dragon liveaboard, Thailand
2 - Falafel in Alexandria, Egypt
1 - Coconut Curry Shrimp, Thailand
10 - Giant Guinea Pigs, Amazon Rainforest, Peru
9 - Scorpion Fish, Gili Islands, Lombok
8 - Golden Monkeys, Guilin, China
7- Elephants, Lake Tarangier, Tanzania
6 - Zebras and Wildebeest herds, Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania
5 - Rhinos up close, Lake Nakura, Kenya
4 - Condors in Flight, Las Andes, Chile
3 - Lions at dawn, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
2- Giant Manta Rays, Ko Bon, Thailand
1 - Cheetah kill, Serengeti, Tanzania
10 - Sunrise over the Serengeti
9 - Full Moon over a Zanzibar Beach
8 - Sunrise over Angkor Wat
7 - Bali Sunsets
6 - Sunset over the Pyramids Sinai, Egypt
5 - Sunrise beams onto Machu Picchu
4 - Snowcapped Andes in the Moonlight
3 - Where the blue of the Red Sea meets the red of the Sinai desert
2 - Sunrise at Ayers Rock, Australia
1 - My family waiting for me at JFK
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For more of Bill B’s great lists, as well as a fascinating read about each destination he went to over the past six months, be sure to visit his travel blog. With entertaining stories and a plethora of photographs to go with them, his blog is sure to inspire you to travel!
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