PROMPT: Longest Trip

Daily writing prompt
What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken?

So far, life is the longest trip I’ve ever taken. The challenge of this question is knowing what counts as a “trip.” I lived in India for over 12 years? Was that a trip? It didn’t feel like it. It felt like my home was in a different country. I think I once spent about two months one Summer in Hungary back in the 90’s? Was that a trip or family time? I’ve spent about a month (just under what would be required to do a “visa run” — more of a fresh stamp run) in Thailand. I suspect the latter is what the question aims at. While I’m pretty far toward the traveler end of the Traveler – Tribesman continuum, 30 days moving about without being someplace that feels home-like is where it starts to wear on me. (Of course, being a traveler, any place can feel homelike if I don’t need to think about where to eat on a daily basis or how to do laundry on a weekly basis.)

Of course, maybe the question is drug related. In which case, I once had psilocybe mushroom tea, and that trip lasted about five hours?

DAILY PHOTO: Iglesia de San Francisco, Bogota

PROMPT: Budget Travel

What’s your best tip for budget travel?

Learn to love living lean.

DAILY PHOTO: San Felipe de Barajas Fort

DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Cartagena

DAILY PHOTO: Castillogrande, Cartagena

DAILY PHOTO: Medellín Metro

DAILY PHOTO: Portrait of Lizard with Beard

PROMPT: Airport

What’s the best and worst airport you’ve been to?

Best airport: On the basis of keeping one entertained on a long layover or in delay, Changi (Singapore) with its gardens or Amsterdam’s Schiphol with its art museum.

Worst airport: I went through Charles de Gaulle (Paris) a couple times when it was notoriously difficult to navigate transfers, and Kathmandu Tribhuvan when it had nothing but an instant coffee cafe once one was through security.

DAILY PHOTO: El Castillo Museum & Gardens