{"id":2014,"date":"2008-07-22T10:10:27","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T10:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loobylu.mcclux.webfactional.com\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2008-07-22T10:10:27","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T10:10:27","slug":"archives000939-htm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loobylu.com\/index.php\/2008\/07\/22\/archives000939-htm\/","title":{"rendered":"Next stop Shibuya"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nShibuya Night (HDR)<\/a>, originally uploaded by Guwashi999<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The funny thing about travel is that as soon as you do a little bit, the more you want to do and the more you want to see. Originally we fully intended to come home, buckle down and save for a new bathroom refit in the next few years but suddenly we are booking unaffordable trips to Japan (in OCTOBER! 2008!!) and, as I mentioned on the weekend, a Trans-Canadian holiday in the semi-foreseeable future. (Frequent Flyer points really do rock).<\/p>\n

I haven’t seen a lot of the world. I know a lot of my peers managed it in their 20s but I was busy doing other things. In the last decade we have been to Canada a few times to visit Phil’s family, and once that included a 4 day stop over in San Francisco, but suddenly I am feeling an urgency to see a lot more. I know this is not terribly well timed with the rising fuel prices and small children in tow, but life is just way too short to not at least try.<\/p>\n

Our bathroom, which was once (apparently) featured in a magazine, is now looking tired and dated. But as I said to Phil the other night – “I can close my eyes in the shower! A new bathroom is never going to be as exciting as a holiday to some amazing destination! Life is just way too short<\/em>!”.<\/p>\n

I quite often think of Jeff Bezos’s<\/a> philosophy which guided him to start Amazon.com – what will I truly regret not having done when I am at the end of my life?<\/p>\n

Will I regret not having a new bathroom in 2010? I don’t think so. Would I regret not traveling to see my friends get married in Japan? Undoubtedly. Really, it seems kind of obvious. I know I regret not traveling to the UK 10 years ago to see another friend get married because I felt too cash-strapped at the time.<\/p>\n

So we have booked flights, some accommodation and are exchanging excited emails with our travel mates<\/a> about our next great adventure. Fabric shops! Studio Ghibli<\/a>! Shrines in Kyoto! Limitless sushi! I am off to catch up on my simple savings<\/a> emails in preparation for a frugal few months in preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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