{"id":2131,"date":"2012-04-17T22:49:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T04:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2012-04-18T08:50:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T14:50:06","slug":"inspired-by-national-geographic-traveler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=2131","title":{"rendered":"Inspired by National Geographic Traveler"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months ago, I posted about how I used a few frequent flyer miles and $2 to get a subscription to National Geographic Traveler<\/a> – some kindling to spark new travel ideas. \u00a0I’ve gotten a couple of issues and been less than impressed, but something changed in the May edition.<\/p>\n

The first article that piqued my interest was an annual feature on “2012 50 Tours of a Lifetime.”<\/a>\u00a0By the time I had read the first two, I was already adding to my wanderlustbank. \u00a0They feature guided tours around the world, all of which were intriguing – some of which were downright necessary.<\/p>\n

I found myself inspired to start building my own list – a list of self-guided trips that we, budget-minded travelers could focus in on. \u00a0Look for some posts to that effect in the future.<\/p>\n

If that was the only “goodie” in the magazine, it would have been enough, but the next one that caught my eye was entitled, “Cheating Death” by Edward Readicker-Henderson.<\/a> \u00a0In some of the finest travel prose I’ve ever read, Ed tells us how he was told that he needed to bid the world farewell, as he had a terminal illness that would take his life. \u00a0He set out to bid farewell in his own way, “Whoever created the world went to a whole lot of trouble. \u00a0It would be downright rude not to go out and see as much of it as possible.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Twenty years later, he’s still traveling – new experiences, people and places, his life-support. Inspiring.<\/p>\n