{"id":7218,"date":"2015-12-31T22:25:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T06:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=7218"},"modified":"2015-12-31T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T06:25:20","slug":"2015-retrospective-once-in-a-lifetime-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2015\/12\/2015-retrospective-once-in-a-lifetime-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Retrospective: Once In A Lifetime Experiences?"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 started off slow — actually, with a bunch of trip cancellations\/changes, as i had to spend all of January in Manhattan for work (yes, yes, there are worse places to have to be stuck for a month). at the time, i was worried it would end up being a crap year because it started out crappy, but boy, was i mistaken. indeed, i ended up canceling my January, February, and March trips, but definitely more than made up for it in the end, flying a total of 186,043 miles: significantly less than 2014’s 256,255<\/a>, but i continue to be unfathomably fortunate to be able to travel like i do. (honestly, i’m waiting for it all to come crashing down, but until then…)<\/p>\n

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tunisia (early april)<\/h3>\n

it had been months since i was on a trip and Tunisia was a great place to get back into the swing of things. i have a soft spot for Francophone countries, and another for North Africa, so this was perfect. the highlight for me was the Bardo Museum<\/a>, which, in my opinion, is worth a trip to Tunis. its collection of mosaics from antiquity cannot be beat.<\/p>\n

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my trip to Tunisia took place three weeks after the terrorist attack at the museum<\/a>\u00a0in which 24 people were killed. as i was exploring the galleries, i came across a room and stairwell where a massive shooting spree took place, the bulletholes still scarring the wall. it was, to say the least, sobering, moving, and something i will never forget.<\/p>\n

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as i said at the time, though, i never felt in danger in Tunis, and i would gladly return again.<\/p>\n

p.s. Tunisia has probably the best donuts ever:<\/p>\n

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Everyone is eating these donuts so I am too. So good! Like a churro, but lighter. pic.twitter.com\/tsyC1TqLLG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) April 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n