Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler’s best of travel 2011
This year my intention was not to write a post summarizing my 2011 travels, as I’ve posted about my 24 favorite beaches of 2011 and my best sunsets of 2011. But then Jeremy from Budget Travel Adventures started this Best of Travel 2011 so I decided to participate.
Writing this post I realized how many posts from 2011 I still haven’t written as there is never time for everything :D
Best Domestic Travel Destination
If I take domestic as Slovak, I think I am in love with High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) mountains but the best place I visited in Slovakia in 2011 was for me Slovak Paradise National Park (Slovenský raj). It is full of waterfalls, rivers, amazing green nature, great views and perfect hiking trails. There I realized the landscape in my home country Slovakia is truly beautiful.
Best Travel Experience
This is a very hard one as I actually cannot decide between my love to animals (such as playing with howler monkeys in Yaxchilan ruins) and nature and my love to flying. But I think that paragliding and ultra light flight which were part of my adventure in San José Iturbide in Mexico. Both were orgasmic for me.
Best International Destination
In 2011 for me it was Mexico and just after it I think the Philippines holds the second place. Mexico has always been one of my favorite countries in the world so when I visited Mexico for the first time in March, I was permanently happy there for 3 months. I did so many different things in Mexico, I visited 14 archeological sites of Mexico, I was sunbathing on many different beaches, took a couple of boat trips, did some flying I love, had some animal encounters, met a lot of interesting people etc. Simply, Mexico is my love.
Worst Travel Experience
I think there was just one that I can think of right now. It was in the Philippines, when I flew from Manila to Puerto Princesa and then we were supposed to go to El Nido afterwards. It was the day after I found out my uncle died so I was really fucked (which I described in the post travel – running away from something?), I was sad to leave my friends in Luzon, my friend Jason missed his flight to Puerto Princesa, we couldn’t get a van to El Nido and the whole day just went wrong. It was one of very few times when I thought ”why the fuck do I have to travel and not to sit on my ass at home watching TV???” But in the end it turned out to be the best couple of days with my friends Jason and Franco!
Or should I say my worst travel experience in 2011 was when they fucked me and stole my laptop in my beloved Playa del Carmen?!?!?! Snif snif! That was definitely the most painful experience for me in 2011!
Most Embarrasing Travel Moment
Hm the only thing that comes to my mind now is when I finally decided to do scuba diving in Mexico. First there was a scuba diving school in Cozumel who wanted to sponsor my diving but I got ear infection so I could not do it and then in Cancún the same thing happened again. After a week of dealing with a different travel agency, they organized a scuba diving for me and the morning I was supposed to go, I got ear infection again and also sun allergy. It felt really bad to tell them I couldn’t do it and so I wanted! In the end a couple of days after I only went snorkeling in Chankanaab National Park in Cozumel island.
Best Local Destination
In 2011 I spent quite a lot of time in my home town, especially when working on my blog and visiting family and friends. I have to say there is not much to do in Snina where I was born so I do things at home I don’t do when I travel. But the nature around is something I fell in love as a child already. In August, we went hiking with my best friend as he came home for holidays at the same time when I was at home. We climbed the famous Sninský Kameň and did a hike around the lake Morské oko but I haven§t had time to write about it yet. I loved it over there. I used to go there every year when at school.
Best Travel Lesson
In 2011 I learned a lot of things when traveling and about traveling. I learned to travel on a budget and still enjoy, or even enjoy more. I learned that it is not a lot of money we need to travel, but it is all about time. You will never have time to go everywhere you’d like to. There are just so many places I want to visit, so I have visit them all step by step. And as well I learned that sometimes you just have to sacrifice some things in order to be able to travel and you may lose your ”best” friends but on the other hand you meet nice people every day wherever you are, such as the people I met in Mexico. They changed my life a lot and taught me that we Fucking Europeans are always complaining.
And most of all, in 2011 I learned my life is all about travel. I cannot live without it, nor I want to.
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ World Nomad:
Thanks, Slovakia is amazing, especially the nature just not many people know about it :(
World Nomad
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The pic from Slovakia looks amazing!
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ Raymond @ Man On The Lam:
I can’t survive not even 1 boring day so trust me, 2011 was fun :)
I think I would love diving, but my ears just don’t let me to enjoy it :(
Raymond @ Man On The Lam
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That’s too bad you didn’t get to go diving. But it looks like you had PLENTY of fun in 2011 all the same… :)
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ Charu:
Hurry up so I can see your post soon :D Good luck in 2012!
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ Cathy Sweeney:
Cathy, as much as I love flying (skydiving, paragliding etc.) I don’t think I would ever do it on my own, I’m not that confident about it. I just want to enjoy it in the air without thinking what to do and when :) And if you can, just do it!
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ Christy & Scott:
Mexico is my second home too, even though I was there only once :D But in my heart, it is the best! Hope to see you over there next time I visit, guys ;)
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ Jeremy Branham:
Thank you so much for saying Slovakia is Central Europe and not Eastern! You just earned 10 points haha … And I have to say, it is beautiful, not just because it is my home country!
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Comment@ Andi of My Beautiful Adventures:
No worries Andi, you still have some 12 days to do your post ;) I know you love diving and I hope to try it one day as well, really would love to! And I hope to see you around in South America this year :D
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ Mike’s Road Trip:
Thanks Mike, I loved more paragliding itself than the video :D Looking forward to hear about your travel of 2011!
Charu
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Great post! I am doing mine this week and I traveled for over three months in 2011. Can’t wait to share. Love your underwater pics
Cathy Sweeney
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Enjoyed reading about your travel year full of interesting experiences. Cool video — i had no idea that you could paraglide with another person. I just might do it one of these days in that case. I haven’t wanted to do ti alone!
Jeremy Branham
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I would love to explore more of Slovakia! I love Eastern Europe (although it is really Central Europe) and it’s been one of my favorite places to explore. I stopped in Slovakia for lunch one day but never got a chance to explore the country. I hope to go back and see more of this area in the future!
I’ve never been to Mexico (hard to believe I know) or the Philippines but both have some great areas to explore. Best of luck in your travels for 2012!
Christy & Scott
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I’m glad to hear you enjoyed Mexico so much. It’s our second home. You went to some amazing places last year! All the best in 2012!
Andi of My Beautiful Adventures
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Great post! I’m going to try and get mine done in the next week or so. You traveled to some amazing places in 2011!!! Can’t wait to see where you go in 2012. Don’t give up on diving!
Mike's Road Trip
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This is great, I am in the midst of working on my “best of” list too. Love the paragliding video. Good stuff!
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ Micamyx|Senyorita:
Actually yes, it is weird, right? My best and worst travel experiences in Mexico and Philippines :) And I love people from these two countries :)
Micamyx|Senyorita
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Thanks for the tag, hun! I therefore conclude that Mexico and the Philippines has the best and worst of your 2011 LOL. It’s like Pacquiao vs. Marquez in boxing haha see yah soon!
crazy sexy fun traveler
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Comment@ Montana The Explorer:
Haha, sorry, I just had to include that day :D We both learned a lot, and most of all enjoyed the following days :)
Montana The Explorer
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So funny ! hahaha Actually you’re right! We have the same worst travel experience last 2011 but at least i learned my lesson already :P