Attainable travel resolutions
My wanderlust bucket list
It’s that time of year again. New year. New you. Instead of writing about my goals for exercising, and possibly trying to be a better person, I’m instead going to write about which places I have resolved to visit. Not this year necessarily, but like, at some point before I die. These are my Attainable Travel Resolutionss, a sort of Wanderlust bucket list.
There’s no need for us to dance around with magical descriptions of why traveling is so great. If you like to experience new things, and learn something from new people, get lost, eat like the locals do, and don’t mind waiting in airports for hours, then this traveling list for you. If not, then you can always visit Cozumel again. I hear Sandals® Jamaica is nice.
First up: Singapore
I’ve long been fascinated with Singapore, ever since I heard about its ridiculously harsh punishments for spitting gum on the street. More than that, I love giant cities. How much more so, city/states. Singapore has become a hi-tech business center and economic powerhouse, not to mention a burgeoning design hub.
Next: Bogota, Columbia
Did you know that the only cities larger than Bogota are New York City and Mexico City? Yeah, it’s that good. I can’t wait to visit this city of juxtapositions — of old and new, of chaos and peace. It’s a city of “many layers,” steeped in history and culture. Does potential political unrest bother me? Absolutely. But life is an adventure, after all.
Then: Moscow, Russia
I fell in love with Russian literature in college. As soon as I picked up Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground, I was hooked. I’ve since devoured book after book — Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov, Zamyatin, Petrushevskaya, Tolstoy — I’m very fond of the Russian culture at its core. I’d love dearly to visit Moscow someday and get the opportunity to experience and learn more, though the political climate has long been shaky.
Also: Beijing, China
When I lived in Seoul, South Korea, I wanted to visit China so badly. I just never got the chance — what with working all the time. I did get to visit Hong Kong briefly, but I’ve yet to visit the mainland. China is a massive country, full of diverse cultural and ethnic groups. It could take a lifetime to explore, but it makes the most sense to start where so much of the action was and still is, Beijing.
Finally: Melbourne, Australia
When I was young, my best friend used to go to Australia yearly to visit her mum’s family. I loved all the strange things they brought back — Vegemite, ribbon candy, Koala Cookies. Even more so, I loved the strange stories they brought back — tales of kangaroo crossings and getting chased by emus and stocking up on Nikes because they’re soooo expensive there. I was told once by a friend from New Zealand that I would definitely like Melbourne, so that’s where I’d like to start with my travels down under.