Travel?? oh yes!!!

Yesterday, while having dinner with a few of my cousins, an interesting topic came up while deep in conversation. Careers. Reason for this topic arising is that I was, as always, sitting and doing some studying while in the company of my family. Talk about multi-tasking!!

We joked around about what each of our first dream job used to be, where we were in life now, and what each one would become in the future. It was my sister, who blurted out that I in fact wanted to be and Air- Hostess!

Now I did not want to become an air-hostess because I loved the adrenaline of driving on an aeroplane, or the awesome cute little suits with matching neck scarves the ladies wore. No, these people get to see so many amazing places, cities and towns. And my ultimate dream was (and still is) to Travel :)

When I was about 5 or 6 years old my parents bought me a set of books, it included books about animals, plants, the body, sciences, technology, 'mathemagic', nursery rhymes, classic fairytale stories, arts and craft, the History of South Africa, the world, the universe, the dictionary, and my most favourite: The World Atlas Book. I loved this book. I would play games with the book, pretending to be an agent advertising and selling tickets of various cities around the world to tourists. I would learn so much about each of the continents and various cities within the continents, because this wasn't your ordinary little atlas, it was a Picture Atlas and included vast amounts of information on major cities around the globe. This was how my passion for travelling, and hunger for discovering the little wonders of the world came alive. I wanted to see these cities with the naked eye. I wanted to see the architecture, the ancient buildings, experience the interesting and amazing cultures this world has to offer.

Until today, this still is a Top Goal of mine. Funny thing is that I also still have that set of books :) keeping my dream alive. Although I do not play with my atlas any longer, but each time I walk past it and take glance at it, is a reminder of my childhood memories and my future goal that will definitely be achieved. Insha-Allah.


Aspiring Traveler
xoxo Sweetcheeks

p.s Below I have compiled, in no particular order, my Top10 cities  as well as the Top6 wonders  I would like to visit one day, or even settling down in one of them :)

Cities                                                                      
1. Dubai and Abu Dhabi
2. Makkah and Madinah
3. Paris, Rome and Greece
4. Los Angeles
5. Bora Bora
6. New York
7. London
8. San Francisco
9. Barcelona
10. Sydeny

My Wonders still to be experienced
1. Madame Tussauds- Las Vegas
2.  The Grand Canyon- Arizona, United States
3. Taj Mahal- India
4. The Pyramids- Egypt
5. The Great Wall of China
6. Machu Picchu- Peru