goin' places
every now and then, i get hit by an incredible urge to be somewhere - somewhere specific. right now (and for the past month or so), it's sri lanka. i've never been there.
and while channel surfing this evening, i chanced upon majestic, historic Scotland on discovery's travel and living channel. for an hour or so, i was captivated. never been there either. so that's going to be my next destination, after sri lanka.
sometime this year, whilst stuck in melbs, i started having this craving to get myself pleasantly lost wandering down the endless aisles of chatuchak weekend market. it's been a year since i've been to bangkok now. the last time i went, it was my first ever trip with a budget airline.
there are some japanese travel-shows that let you visit, albeit vicariously, hot springs surrounded by a blanket of snow, fish markets at ungodly hours to watch buyers bidding for the day's catch, and old family-run businesses where candy is meticulously hand-made and packaged lovingly in rice paper with such pretty drawings that you can't bear to tear it open. i have since formed a love-hate relationship with such programmes that make me insanely jealous of the hosts. japan's a place i'd like to re-visit, and stay for more than 1 month at a go.
finland's a place i've long harboured a terrible need to visit - but have yet to properly address the matter. it's always been a secret fantasy of mine (not so secret now i've disclosed it, i suppose) to live in a little wooden hut with a fire crackling merrily in the grate, and the smell of baking permeating the house. i'd step outside after dinner, huddled in a rug to see the northern lights in their celestial dance, shimmering in their surreal manner. then i'd come back in for my mug of hot chocolate. there'd be lots of central heating in my little hut, of course.
and france! my resolution to learn french in 2005 has come to naught! but i need to get there again soon. the people aren't exactly the friendliest, so i suppose france possesses its own magnetism. in its own way.
i hate myself for the frequent bouts of wanderlust - when you've got commitments in melbs, you can't just go off on a whim. but this year, i resolve to drive around more and see more of the great land mass that australia is. maybe visit wilson's prom again, or fly down to tassie (again), or go north to kakadu (ditto adinahaes), or to uluru. and i might jet down south to kiwi-land too: it's been 15 years since i was last there.
i wish i could learn to Apparate.
being able to fly on a broomstick would be fine too.
or a sugar daddy. or a money tree. or winning at tatts/toto/4D.
and while channel surfing this evening, i chanced upon majestic, historic Scotland on discovery's travel and living channel. for an hour or so, i was captivated. never been there either. so that's going to be my next destination, after sri lanka.
sometime this year, whilst stuck in melbs, i started having this craving to get myself pleasantly lost wandering down the endless aisles of chatuchak weekend market. it's been a year since i've been to bangkok now. the last time i went, it was my first ever trip with a budget airline.
there are some japanese travel-shows that let you visit, albeit vicariously, hot springs surrounded by a blanket of snow, fish markets at ungodly hours to watch buyers bidding for the day's catch, and old family-run businesses where candy is meticulously hand-made and packaged lovingly in rice paper with such pretty drawings that you can't bear to tear it open. i have since formed a love-hate relationship with such programmes that make me insanely jealous of the hosts. japan's a place i'd like to re-visit, and stay for more than 1 month at a go.
finland's a place i've long harboured a terrible need to visit - but have yet to properly address the matter. it's always been a secret fantasy of mine (not so secret now i've disclosed it, i suppose) to live in a little wooden hut with a fire crackling merrily in the grate, and the smell of baking permeating the house. i'd step outside after dinner, huddled in a rug to see the northern lights in their celestial dance, shimmering in their surreal manner. then i'd come back in for my mug of hot chocolate. there'd be lots of central heating in my little hut, of course.
and france! my resolution to learn french in 2005 has come to naught! but i need to get there again soon. the people aren't exactly the friendliest, so i suppose france possesses its own magnetism. in its own way.
i hate myself for the frequent bouts of wanderlust - when you've got commitments in melbs, you can't just go off on a whim. but this year, i resolve to drive around more and see more of the great land mass that australia is. maybe visit wilson's prom again, or fly down to tassie (again), or go north to kakadu (ditto adinahaes), or to uluru. and i might jet down south to kiwi-land too: it's been 15 years since i was last there.
i wish i could learn to Apparate.
being able to fly on a broomstick would be fine too.
or a sugar daddy. or a money tree. or winning at tatts/toto/4D.
posted by limegreenspyda at 5:25:00 am
6 Comments:
wanderlust is probably just part of being young. (although i wouldn't know, i live in new york city and really never want to leave.)
ever wanted to visit Sweden? i highly recommend it.
Scandinavian countries rock!
lonelylolacherrycola: what makes you so sure you'll be heading for france in 2012? now that the olympics will be held in london, maybe you'll be heading there instead? :)
kitty: why would you never want to leave, even temporarily?
s: never visited those Scandinavian countries though i'd very much like to... the highest up north i've been is, perhaps, to amsterdam.
France Sux. The city is flat. The signs non-existent. The food tasteless. But the Shopping is gr8!!!
Yes, seeing more of Australia is a good idea since you're here and more importantly, you can DRIVE...which I can't
*grin*
But I know the wanderlust feeling, just want try living elsewhere before settling back in SG.
pink: at least you got to see the eerie catacombs! wish i could've seen that.
adinahaes: you could take up driving over there... it's easier to pass than in singas, i heard! :)
and even settling back in singas doesn't mean you aren't allowed to go on 3-mth hiatuses to explore, either!
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