I couldn't help but think today, that when I travel I am more adventurous. A courage springs up inside me like no other, and it's not liquid courage, but travel courage. When I'm away from home, I allow myself to have the freedom to try wacky things. These would be things at home I would make a million excuses not to do.
5. Hitchhike- I've done this in Kauai solely because I heard this was the norm for locals and tourists to do. A friend and I were car-less on a several day trip, and pulled out our thumbs on the side of the busiest rode in Kauai to hike to a beach 10 miles away. We survived, but opted to take the returning bus home. But we did it!
4. Travel with a stranger- If you travel solo in Europe and stay in hostels, you can't help but befriend strangers from around the globe. There were times when I met people and for the next two weeks we morphed our travel plans to align.
3. Skinny dip- The only two times I skinny dipped were in Malta. But I was punished by the Maltese jellyfish who bit me five times.
2. Lie to the mafia- In the past, I had travelled with naivete and got myself in predicaments that were unpleasant. To get out of them I had to lie. In Paris, offered to buy this Chinese couple who offered me cash a Louis Vuitton, only to find out they were from the Chinese Mafia. If i did this I would be banned from Louis Vuitton forever. To get out, I had to lie. Tip learned, be open to the world, but be smart.
1. Walk around an active volcano- last year on the Big Island of Hawaii, when Pele was a little more irate, we took a backyard tour of her anger. We stood above magma oozing from rocks several feet away and were told not to stand still or we could potentially fall in. Crazy but beautiful.
So now I ask you, what five crazy things have you done on your expeditions?
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