Preparing for my 2014 adventures: Four factors I’m looking at for every travel destination

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2013 is about to end and I’m working on my final list of travel destinations for the upcoming year. You see, travel is really my passion (as you may have learned already from some of my Pete Scamardo travel blogs) and my way to relax away from the confines of the office.

In coming up with my final list, there are four factors I’m looking at before pinning on the map a travel destination worth my money and time:

Cultural richness: I would like a travel experience to also be a learning experience. What would be a better way to accomplish this than to learn about another country’s culture? A travel destination should impart knowledge. World heritage sites come to mind when I consider this factor.

Hospitality: The hospitality of people in a certain area is always a plus for travelers like me. Usually, before considering a travel destination, I read online reviews from fellow travelers who share their experience dealing with people in that particular place.

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Hotel accommodations: I usually research first on whether there are hotels near my travel destination and if the services they offer suit my needs. Finding a good hotel is important because it will serve as my new home for quite a while.

Foods: Yes, I consider food experience a huge factor in choosing my travel destination. There is always a plus factor if a place is known for producing certain types of delicacies.

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Some places I'd like to visit next year

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So, here we are: my first actual blog entry. I’ve been thinking about putting my thoughts and plans for travel on a blog but I haven’t been able to pursue it until now. Let me start then, with a little introduction.

You’ve randomly found Pete Thomas Scamardo’s blog! Hello! Welcome. As I’ve already mentioned, I plan to use this site as an idea dump for my thoughts on travel and my plans for the future. I am also planning to post some articles about travel and adventure from a few other sites and those might be more interesting to some readers.

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It’s nice to have something like this to remember all of my adventures by so I thought why not, eh?

I’m thinking that I should complement my introduction with a short list of the places that I’d like to visit next year. As always, I do my research around the end of the year and make a list of places that appeal to me. I recently found this list on switchbacktravel.com. From that, I have become interested in traveling to South Africa, Brazil, and Morocco.

South Africa is at the top of that list for me because right now I am all about seeing and being with wildlife. Brazil comes second because exploring the vast tropical wetland sounds just about the thing I’d like to do to unwind. Finally, Morocco is enticing because of its unique hiking opportunity. So there you have it. What do you guys think?

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