That precious 4 letter word: V A C A Y ✨ tell me about it?

[Rosexøxø]

Q: Have you ever been on a vacation trip before?

If so, which place did you go, that was the most memorable? 🗺🏕🛸🚀🛶🎡⛲️🏚

Personal Story:
lol just once I went to the Chicago tower, where you stand on the edge and it tilts you in some type of glass window/box, so you look down at Chicago below.. but you’re like, standing technically.. outside the building.. just by a foot or two.

Yeah- I watched other people do that ….

about…300 feet away, at the back of the room, and I still say I got my money’s worth and shock-value.

I was probably still just as scared as the ones who did the tilt. Brave, no? 😃🙌😂

(I exaggerated ofc; I was like two feet away from the actual attraction bit, but still I SHOULD'VE DONE IT urgg). Maybe next time, no, not really. 😐👍

(All videos sourced from Google)

^^ I had a heart attack just watching that TWENTY SECOND video 😐 I’m no longer typing this to you, but my ghost is.

^^ 40 second video

^^LMAO the best rides are when we pass out- yes 🙌 100%

(better for me to watch.. not ride lol)

Also yes, vacay is 5 and it is abbreviated- just messin’ :]

[zeitgeist057]

Q: Have you ever been on a vacation trip before? Yes

If so, which place did you go, that was the most memorable?

Well, tbh I have been on so many vacation trips, for so long, it's pretty hard to say which was "the most memorable"

For example, some vacations I've taken:

1. Flew to Thailand (my third time there). Got on a 36' sailing yacht and sailed with just me and the owner of the yacht for a month across the Indian Ocean to Maldives, never stopping, and one of us always awake for 4 hour shifts the whole time. Then on another yacht of similar size, up to Yemen and up the Red Sea, scuba diving and stopping at various places along the way.

2. Flew into Panama City and backpacked my way across Central America, going to every country until I arrived in Mexico and flew back from Cancun, 6 months later.

Some of the things I did on that trip included eating mushrooms in the ruins of Palenque, scuba diving the cenotes of Tulum, and hiking up a volcano starting at 11pm at night and arriving at sunrise around 5am. I could see both the Pacific Ocean on one side, and the Caribbean on the other, from the top of the volcano. I also contracted a flesh-eating parasite that started to eat my face. Here is a picture of what it has done to some other people (I got pretty lucky, almost unnoticeable scars):

3. On another vacation, I spent 6 months in Brazil. I studied jujitsu at a local dojo, partied a lot, did Carnaval, got a girlfriend, went to the beach and just had an amazing time.

That's just 3 examples and barely scratches the surface of the adventures I've had internationally, let alone domestically. It's a pretty amazing planet and I'm having quite a nice life so far.

[Rosexøxø]

Your answer is so inspiring! How did you just do all of THAT? and how did you get that virus even? What toxic thing could be amidst hot lava and ashen soil?

[Rosexøxø]

Also thank you for taking the time to share this- I enjoyed the read 😊🤝💯

[zeitgeist057]

I got the flesh eating parasite (leishmaniasis) in the cloud forest of Panama, on a side adventure I didn't mention previously. It lives in humans and flies, and has a life cycle that involves both species as hosts.


The way I was able to do all of this is I worked for over a decade as a wildland firefighter for the USFS. I would work 6 months every year, and vacation six months every year while collecting unemployment until the next season. It wasn't a lot of money, but it was enough that I was able to travel. I also went to a lot of third world countries that are cheap. A hostel or bungalow in Thailand was about $5/night, so 30 nights of that came to $150, which was a lot cheaper than rent anywhere in California. My apartment in Nicaragua was $90/month. Of course I had to average in the cost of a round trip plane ticket (around $800), but after 5-6 months that cost is reduced to dollars a day.

[zeitgeist057]

I think the key element is figuring out expenses. Here at home, I have figured out how to have minimal expenses. I own 2 motorcycles and one truck, but they are paid for, and cost me less for all three than most people spend on a single new car. Especially considering when people buy a new car, they make payments and by the time the payments are done, they have paid double the sticker price.

I use a phone plan that is $200/year for unlimited minutes and texts, and I only use data when I have wifi. I download Spotify playlists in advance, and load travel directions into the phone before I leave. I have no. kids or pets. I don't have a mortgage.

That's domestically. When I travel, I stay at the cheapest hostels or even just sleep outside. When I went to Central America, I took a hammock, tarp, and blankets. I slept outside a lot, and it wasn't miserable, it was FUN. I feel like I actually get MORE out of my shoestring traveling than people who go to destinations and pay hundreds or thousands to stay in expensive resorts and take expensive tours. They are shielded from real experiences by their money.

[Rosexøxø]

But but 😱 the parasites and venomous pests and predators. You didn’t encounter any of those? Or crazy people?

It’s not exactly the garden of eden out there is it? I mean this is the world lol yk planet earth with crazies 😳👀

That all sounds extremely wise though. Wise budgeting and pretty adventurous living!

I love how you said you get more out of that shoe string.

Like it makes me think back to those moms who’d get every last drop worth out of a bottle of any liquid for food or cleaning. Expanding the contents with water or other.

Getting as much as possible. Or the dads who just cut off the mold on the cheese and still eat it, or use some motorized machine until it’s absolutely a GONER.

They do that for those things, but does everyone consider getting the most out of everything they buy?

Thinking in advance or so?

Like there is probably even smarter ways to use electricity in the homes with a time schedule and grouping probably 🤔

But what a story! Especially to get the most out of a pair of shoes and slap the brand of adventure on there 😃😍🤩

I’m proud of you for loving so greatly. What an incredible way to live!

[Rosexøxø]

That shoes sting comment has to be entered into time magazine or something I don't know something… what a great way for you to describe it. Profound

[zeitgeist057]

awwww, thank you <3 that's very flattering. You are making me laugh because I do those things and more, diluting and rinsing out bottles of liquid soap or shampoo to get the last, cutting the mold off cheese (though if you wrap it carefully/tightly with plastic wrap with a seal for no air, the mold takes much longer to start), I dilute all juice with water 50%, sew my own clothes (I have many clothes and fabric items like my backpack over 10 years old multiple sewing jobs). There are all the little things.

As for parasites and scary people, I have absolutely run into both those and more dangers in my travels. But I've learned to trust my gut, avoid dangers, and deal with things as they come rather than prevent myself from living fully in order to stay safe. There are very real and extreme dangers out there, but often not as bad as people think. Once I was in Yemen, at a time they were sawing American's heads off with chainsaws and posting the videos out on the internet. I was at first a little scared to be there, so I pretending to be Scottish and asked about Americans. Most Yemeni love Americans, it was just a few people sawing heads off. After that, I was openly American and didn't worry, though I did keep an eye out. there was a travel restriction but I disguised myself as a local and pretended to be asleep (with a head scarf over my face) when the armed patrols stopped the bus I was on.

The crazy people can also make the adventure fun, if they are the good kind of crazy. I've learned so much and grown so much from traveling. I feel more experienced and well equipped to handle wild situations and people. I am better about keeping my boundaries and also just avoiding trouble before it even starts.

[Rosexøxø]

:] relatability is ALWAYS funny!! 😂

I’m glad I hopefully made your day? (That day lol)

What a hilarious story to pretend to be Scottish 🤣 I feel like I would have done the same

Your wits is just admirable and funny simultaneously.

Lot of food for thought here! I hope I can make use of these wise words if I should ever live even HALF the adventurous life you have, sir!

Truly
Incredible 😄💯

[zeitgeist057]

Are you flirting with me? :*

I hope you get your fill of adventure as well, and I'm sure you will. It's not that hard to have what you want in life if you know what you want. I spent a lot of time just contemplating and fantasizing before I actually went and did a lot of my trips. That was another great aspect of working all summer: it gave me heaps of time to dream about what I would do in the winter. I still have plenty of ideas and plans for things I haven't gotten around to just yet.

1. Sail the Pacific Rim
2. Bicycle (or motorcycle, or maybe a little of both?) across Southern Europe.

Both of those are pretty big trips, though. The Pacific Rim trip could be extended into years depending on the stops.

[Rosexøxø]

I have every ounce of faith in you! 🙌🤣🤝

Even if this IS doable. Not many live such a way and embark on such journeys.

I hope you get around to it! Life’s too short for the otherwise ☝️😁

Flirt? 😲☺️

[MementoMori777]

I use to go to Orlando for vacations every year but it go boring no lie.

[MementoMori777]

Got*

[Anonymous]

That's a 5 letter word

[Rosexøxø]

Did you laugh? Probably not :// since your answer consisted of just correction.

Thanks for that though. If I hadn’t realized. I would’ve found it majorly helpful. Ty!

[CubaPirate]

My 1st cruise around Italy and Croatia

[Rosexøxø]

well they sound nice.