“Of everywhere you’ve traveled, where would you want to revisit the most?” I get this question a lot, especially when people are looking for travel recommendations. I am not sure what the typical answer is, but for me, the answer undoubtedly is everywhere and nowhere. I have never come back from a trip regretting my choice of destination. If anything, there is even more excitement for round two because you can skip right over the standard touristy must-see items and dive into the details of a place. Why not skip the touristy things? For me, they are touristy for a reason so that is never an option.
The Everywhere part of “Everywhere and Nowhere” seems a bit easier to understand than the Nowhere part, but hear me out. There are two major reasons why there is "Nowhere” I would go back to – one is simply that some of my favorite travel experiences were once in a lifetime, chance happenings. For example, my trip to The Big Island of Hawai’i was planned long before it first started erupting in May 2018. Experiencing a Lava Boat Tour that summer with so much lava entering the ocean is something I will never forget, and something that may not occur again in my lifetime. Not to say I would never go back to The Big Island again (I absolutely would since there is SO much to do), but I would likely opt to explore another of the Hawaiian Islands first. Which leads me to my second major reason.
The world is so big and there are so many things to see and do! I would love to go back to every destination I have been lucky enough to see, but how can I justify visiting a place a second time when there are so many things on my bucket list waiting in destinations I’ve yet to visit. At the end of the day I would be honored to share stories of my favorite travel experiences for those looking for advice. But just know that if you ask me where it was that I loved so much if I had to go back, my answer won’t be too helpful.
*The one exception to this mentality? Future diving excursions once I become SCUBA certified 😊
My travel experience of a lifetime occurred while viewing the lava ocean entry in the Summer of 2018 on The Big Island.