For as long as i could remember every NYE was spent going down to the beach at Glenelg with friends and watching the fireworks. It became the same old thing every year. I am lucky enough to have friends with the same mindset and love for travel that i do, and together we decided that every NYE should be in a new location. Last year we went to Ayers rock in central Australia and so our road trip began..
I think everyone should do at least one road trip in their lifetime. It puts you in situations that you otherwise may never find yourself in. Apart from ending up in small towns and places doing activities you never imagined (panning for opal in some guys shady office!), you find that the car trip becomes a huge part of the fun.
It is only after you get passed your general everyday chit chat that you really get into the true spirit of a road trip. It is the conversations and games that you come up with on the road in the middle of nowhere that you remember. Sure we played the classics 20 questions and eye spy. But i was lucky enough to also be introduced to some new ones including 'guess the movie' and 'how many degrees of separation?'. This second one became my fav! How it works is you think of someone famous and then need to try and connect yourself to them in 7 degrees of separation or less (you can count anyone that you have been in the same room with, preferably spoken to or had contact with). Turns out i am only 3 degrees away from Brad Pitt :)!! (I met Owen Wilson - he did 'Marley and Me' with Jennifer Aniston - she was married to Brad). And so the game goes on for hours of fun.
We now also have a great quote for future reference 'Meet me in Marla'... a tiny town you need to check out if you come to South Australia.. probably not really :). A road trip provides you with a completely different experience, one you can't get from plane hopping or being on a cruise.
I think everyone should do at least one road trip in their lifetime. It puts you in situations that you otherwise may never find yourself in. Apart from ending up in small towns and places doing activities you never imagined (panning for opal in some guys shady office!), you find that the car trip becomes a huge part of the fun.It is only after you get passed your general everyday chit chat that you really get into the true spirit of a road trip. It is the conversations and games that you come up with on the road in the middle of nowhere that you remember. Sure we played the classics 20 questions and eye spy. But i was lucky enough to also be introduced to some new ones including 'guess the movie' and 'how many degrees of separation?'. This second one became my fav! How it works is you think of someone famous and then need to try and connect yourself to them in 7 degrees of separation or less (you can count anyone that you have been in the same room with, preferably spoken to or had contact with). Turns out i am only 3 degrees away from Brad Pitt :)!! (I met Owen Wilson - he did 'Marley and Me' with Jennifer Aniston - she was married to Brad). And so the game goes on for hours of fun.
We now also have a great quote for future reference 'Meet me in Marla'... a tiny town you need to check out if you come to South Australia.. probably not really :). A road trip provides you with a completely different experience, one you can't get from plane hopping or being on a cruise.
Ha ha I know what you mean, road trips give you a much better insight than club med ever could :-)
ReplyDeleteAnother game to play, um, it doesnt have a name. But you say a celebs name and then the next person has to say the name of another celeb that begins with the first letter of the first celebs surname. ha ha get it?
So... Brad Pitt, then the next person can say Paul Walker then next person is Wynona Ryder... hours of fun x
Meet me in Marla...it sounds like a movie...
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