Night Owls thread

Another night in.  How are the Night Owls?

We were talking about travel plans yesterday - what is your "bucket list" of far away places to see in this life?

Dublin, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles.  

Great list. Peru appeals to me.  I read some William S Burroughs and often he is travelling in that part of the world.  About a century ago now.  Also he lived in Mexico City for a while.

Sure.  I think it is the difference between being a tourist, a visitor and a traveller.

Some locations just demand a little better upfront research and planning / establishing a couple of advance points of contact or regroup refuge - to enable you to be bold with your travels ...but aware of your options if things turn up too tough - and being prepared to be observant, thoughful if necessary, and act upon your instinct to make your own decision and take the appropriate red-direct action.  I have found this approach facilitates experiencing people, cultures and locations in a more direct fashion.  It is not about guidebooks and tours - it can be safer to step off that treadmill and just show respect to your surroundings.  

Each day in San Francisco you can experience the influence of different communities across it's history

I'm inclined to go to the source for a lot of the influences these days - I've been to Mexico quite a few times (always with work) and got to try a lot of the local cuisine - some amazing stuff although I'm not such a big fan of how much they use sour flavours so much.

They are very creative and have awesome dishes so well worth a visit I would say.

I also got to climb the pyramids of the sun and moon when I was there - an awesome experience.

It did feel quite dangerous at times though and I didn't get to go to the more down to earth parts of town but I hope to change that at some stage.

Maybe a road trip through South and Central America could be on the cards. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

Each day in San Francisco you can experience the influence of different communities across it's history

I'm inclined to go to the source for a lot of the influences these days - I've been to Mexico quite a few times (always with work) and got to try a lot of the local cuisine - some amazing stuff although I'm not such a big fan of how much they use sour flavours so much.

They are very creative and have awesome dishes so well worth a visit I would say.

I also got to climb the pyramids of the sun and moon when I was there - an awesome experience.

It did feel quite dangerous at times though and I didn't get to go to the more down to earth parts of town but I hope to change that at some stage.

Maybe a road trip through South and Central America could be on the cards. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

Sure.  I think it is the difference between being a tourist, a visitor and a traveller.

Some locations just demand a little better upfront research and planning / establishing a couple of advance points of contact or regroup refuge - to enable you to be bold with your travels ...but aware of your options if things turn up too tough - and being prepared to be observant, thoughful if necessary, and act upon your instinct to make your own decision and take the appropriate red-direct action.  I have found this approach facilitates experiencing people, cultures and locations in a more direct fashion.  It is not about guidebooks and tours - it can be safer to step off that treadmill and just show respect to your surroundings.