Vacations: Mindless vs. Cerebral.

In the world of Vacation Travel, it seems that half the fun is telling people before where you are going/went, what you did, and anything interesting that occurred. Points are acrued by numerous categories:

• How far you travelled.
• The cultural and historical value of the destination
• The fellow travellers going to the destination.
• The physical beauty of the destination.

I see vacations as two major types:

A.) The Vacation where you Experience and Learn

B.) The Vacation where you Eat and Relax

Option A has far more cache, in terms of Snob Factor. For example:

Trevor and Jaqueline biked through the Rain Forests of Costa Rica with a group of Ancient Greek Philosophy Professors. They made sweaters out of Goat Hair for Local Youth and built a bridge for an elderly Sheep Hearder named Quetzel Mais, who is 127 years old. Quetzel Mais gave them a Millenium Blessing and a whole town was renamed after them (and a few of the Professors).

Trevor and Jaqueline

Option B shows a stark Contrast. For example:

Chuck and Pam trekked through a Las Vegas Casino on a Golf Cart with a built-in Margarita Swirly dispenser. They got complimentary back Stage Passes to the Robert Goulet Show and both came close to eating the 72 ounce Steak (within one hour). Chip The Bartender named a whole new drink after them (the "Whoopsee-Daisy") and Pam won 65$ at the Roulette table.

Chuck and Pam

Now, I am not trying to be a smarty and make judgements on either type. Well, maybe a little, but I'm not trying to be mean. I personally like both types of vacations. And if I stole your picture (for my illustration purposes above), let me know and I'll remove it:)


Now that we are all Grownz Up and we're all Grownz up (Did you get the reference?), there are new factors that contribute in determining where I want to vacation:

- Time
- Money
- Convenience

- Flight Time

I like the idea of the Cerebral Vacation, but I do not like the idea of the hoops I need to jump through.

So, the Cerebral will need to hold off for now, at least for this year. For 2007, we're going with Cancun, Mexico. Cancun isn't really considered exotic because it's close. Though this is true, it's one of the most beautiful places I've visited and I don't think Aimee would disagree. You may be thinking....not cerebral? What about the Mayan Ruins? Yes, yes, I know. Truth is, I would rather drink a Margarita (not too many) on the beach and eat Guacamole all week.

But, I think we'll see the ruins this time. So, Cancun Here we come..less than a week...!

We've done cerebral, btw....