#9 Travelling

There's nothing like visiting a place you've never been, exploring the sites, meeting new people and trying different foods! I've been lucky enough in my life to have had the opportunity to travel to quite a few countries, provinces, states, cities, towns and villages and explore their cultures.

Road trips across Canada with my hubby, cruises to England from Ft Lauderdale, backpacking through Central America. My travel resume is much longer than that, but those are some amazing highlights from some of my adventures.

It's hard to narrow down my favourite place, because I've had some amazing memories everywhere I've been, but here are a few on the top of my list:

#5- Scuba Diving in Roatan, Honduras.  I spent 3 weeks diving here in 2006 as a part of my journey through Central America.  Originally my plan was to finish my advanced PADI course, but I just loved diving and being here so much that I stayed an extra 20 days to do my Rescue Diver certification.  (It took a little longer because we had some terrible weather) I met some wonderful people, had some amazing dives, and even had some of the best croissants I've ever had. Yup! There was a little bakery that was owned and operated by a baker originally from France!! Mmmmm.... 
#4- Cape Cod, Massachusetts. S and I took a road trip through some of the eastern US. We started from Mississauga at 11pm and drove through the night to Boston. Spent the day in Boston and went up to Sandwich, MA for the night. The following day we went up to Providence, MA and explored an beautiful little costal town full of colour, character and candy! (Mmm, fresh salt water taffy is AMAZING) I got to make a glass coaster at the Sandwich Glass Factory and then we went to Baltimore for dinner and continued to Washington DC for a night tour. The next morning went to the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute and then went home. A lot of driving in 4 days, but TOTALLY worth it!

#3- Camping on the beach in Costa Rica.  During my trip in 2006, we found ourselves dead smack in the middle of a teenaged spring break party in Tamarindo, Costa Rica.  It was just too much for us to handle hundreds of 18 year old brats away spending mommy and daddy's money while taking a break from school. I ran into a guy that I met earlier in my trip and he had a truck. So we climbed aboard and found an amazing beach to set up camp! A few days later we found a different beach. All in all we spent 5 nights sleeping in hammocks on the beach. What an amazing (and a little scary) adventure.
#2- Camping in Makoshika State Park in Montana.  S and I drove out to Calgary in 2007.  On our way out we went through the US and camped one night in Makoshika State Park. Located in the Badlands of Eastern Montana, this park was beautiful.  Sure, the flies were killer, but so was the view! Just looking at how the elements have weathered the rocks and imagining dinosaurs wandering through the same land was a moment that I'll never forget.

#1- Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England.  In 2009 S, I and my family took a transatlantic cruise from Ft Lauderdale, US to Southampton, England.  After disembarking we took a taxi up to Stonehenge.  We walked around the path that circled the stones, laughing at the tourists that were doing an audio tour with these little cellphone like things and totally blocking traffic.  We were just about to leave and S ran away! He ran to speak with someone that worked there, but I had NO idea what he was doing.  A couple seconds later he flagged me down and told me that he had just asked if we could get closer to the stones. The lady that worked there said that we couldn't at that time, but if we came first thing in the morning, or later in the evening, we'd be able to. Knowing that we couldn't hang around much longer, he just did it then and there. He got down on one knee, while we were surrounded by at least 100 people and proposed!!! :) Of all the moments that we had during our trip, I never thought he'd do it right then! He told me that he wanted to do it there because of the fact that it was the first place on the list of our 7 Wonders of the World that we got to see together and that he wanted to explore the other 6 as my husband, and me has his wife.  What an amazing moment!!

Our 7 Wonders of the World
- Stonehenge, England
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Grand Canyon, US
- Angel Falls, Venezuela
- Great Wall of China, China
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt


What's your favourite place that you've travelled to or want to go to??