”Travel Resolutions” Are Your Ticket To A Great 2012
In the hours before midnight on the 31st December figure out what you really want to achieve in the year 2012. Why not consider a ‘travel resolution’ as your new year’s resolution and think about what aspects of the travelling experience you really need to work hard on to succeed, whether that be attempting to save up for your adventures abroad or maybe it’s vowing never to be a ‘typical tourist’ whilst you are away.
If it’s really worth going for then you must invest in your dreams! Think of a way you are able to save money each month whether it’s stuffing it under the carpet, setting up a direct debit into another account or whether you save your money with a travel loyalty reward card. When you are on your dream Botswana safari you will recognise how much hard work and sacrifice you put in to save for this moment.
Animals of all shapes and sizes across the world are becoming extinct at an alarming rate, so why not make 2012 the year you get to see some of these animals not as a tourist but in a volunteering capacity? From working with the orang-utans in Borneo to helping save the lives of Rhinos in Africa whilst participating in a Namibia safari to viewing the pink dolphins in the Amazon river and the polar bears in the Arctic, you stand there in the awe of nature and hopefully your voluntary work will go a long way.
Forget the ‘fly and flop’ all inclusive holiday to the Mediterranean this year, try a more ”of the beaten track” type holiday trekking through the jungles of Thailand riding on the back of an elephant or eating dinner with a local Peruvian family or even heading to Tanzania to Zanzibar to meet the famous Masai tribe, an experience like this is truly extraordinary and life changing.
There are so many magical experiences just waiting for you to grasp with both hands. With the advancements in travel and technology the world seems to get a little smaller every day so get out there whilst you can and experience all that’s truly tremendous about planet earth.