{"id":1283,"date":"2012-06-18T19:51:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T02:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2012-06-18T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T02:51:26","slug":"foursquare-mayorships-as-travel-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2012\/06\/foursquare-mayorships-as-travel-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Foursquare Mayorships as Travel Inspiration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>a couple of days ago, i got this notice:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jett.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/4sq-skukuza.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1284\" title=\"4sq skukuza\" src=\"http:\/\/jett.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/4sq-skukuza.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2012\/06\/4sq-skukuza.png 664w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2012\/06\/4sq-skukuza-300x149.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2012\/06\/4sq-skukuza-400x199.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2012\/06\/4sq-skukuza-200x99.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2012\/06\/4sq-skukuza-150x74.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>losing the <a href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/v\/skukuza-airport\/4cf0c3f37e0da1cdada18d97\" target=\"_blank\">mayorship of skukuza airport<\/a> (which i got a little over a year ago when i <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157626843730432\/\" target=\"_blank\">went on safari<\/a>) means i no longer have a mayorship in africa. internationally, i have <a href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/v\/aspa-villas\/4e3baa0cae604542364cd4f8\" target=\"_blank\">two<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/v\/peris-hotel\/4fca604de4b0dbc782487e93\" target=\"_blank\">hotels<\/a> in greece (from my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157630180725662\/\" target=\"_blank\">last trip<\/a>), a <a href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/v\/%E9%AB%98%E9%87%8E%E5%B1%B1-%E7%A6%8F%E6%99%BA%E9%99%A2-fukuchiin\/4d3b83d744f5a093c657c4bb\" target=\"_blank\">hotel<\/a> in japan (from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157628396462083\/\" target=\"_blank\">last november<\/a>), and a <a href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/v\/%E5%B9%BF%E6%B4%B2%E5%A4%A7%E5%8E%A6\/4bde57b60ee3a593dec630b0\" target=\"_blank\">hotel<\/a> in china (from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157624422993620\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010<\/a>). i know they&#8217;re completely trivial, these mayorships, and ultimately just an ego massage, but if you are hung up on where to go, why not let this point you in the right direction? i mean, on some level it&#8217;s an indicator of what parts of the world remain relatively unexplored for you. and frankly, in this day and age, if you&#8217;re able to get a foursquare mayorship, you&#8217;re clearly taking the road less traveled. (btw, here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/jonk\" target=\"_blank\">my foursquare profile<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>for my planned trip to turkey in early september, i am wondering what to do the four days after i leave istanbul. i had wanted to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/248190629435216651\/\" target=\"_blank\">cappadocia<\/a>, but then i discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/248190629435177462\/\" target=\"_blank\">lake van<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomadtoursturkey.com\/four_day_tour.php\" target=\"_blank\">homestay tours<\/a> in the eastern part of the country (spilling over neighboring kurdish regions) and <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/248190629435216629\/\" target=\"_blank\">mount nemrut<\/a>&#8230;way too much for such little time, so i&#8217;m going to save those all for another trip another time.<\/p>\n<p>my initial thought was <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/248190629435216693\/\" target=\"_blank\">kiev<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/248190629435216716\/\" target=\"_blank\">chernobyl<\/a> (kiev is less than two hours nonstop from istanbul), but losing this mayorship is making me rethink that. i&#8217;m not particularly tied to ukraine (must remember not to call it &#8220;the ukraine&#8221;, which is disrespectful, <a href=\"http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Ukraine#Respect\" target=\"_blank\">says wikitravel<\/a>), so why not go somewhere in northeast africa?<\/p>\n<p>in any case, i have time to decide. on the one hand, former soviet republic (love love love), on the other, africa and possible ego stroke (can&#8217;t complain about either of those!).<\/p>\n<p>same lament as always: too many destinations, too little time (and money).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a couple of days ago, i got this notice: losing the mayorship of skukuza airport (which i got a little over a year ago when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[45,320],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foursquare Mayorships as Travel Inspiration? 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