Soul-searching Trip Destinations

BMW F22 · 01-12-2015, 08:02 PM

Planning on doing a solo trip for personal development and was wondering if you guys have any recommendations for destinations?

Right now I'm thinking Japan for 2 weeks (staying at a temple on Mount Koya for a few nights) and then maybe a week or so in Vietnam.

bimmette · 01-12-2015, 08:12 PM

Depends if you want peaceful (Japan) or somewhere a little rougher where you will probably have more gratitude for your life, ie. shantytown of India or South Africa. What do you want out of it?

BMW F22 · 01-12-2015, 08:31 PM

I think I would like somewhere peaceful and quiet to think and reflect. I am not looking to go to India or Africa for the "poverty" and 3rd world experience. I don't know if I would enjoy that.

I'm trying to reflect and see what I want to do (career and in life). I have been thinking about it but perhaps over thinking is not helping. Hence I'm looking to get away and have it come naturally.

Bobble · 01-12-2015, 08:53 PM

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shantytown of India or South Africa.

Been both places for work do not think the OP will get much out of either that is thought provoking unless getting the fawk out is the soul searching OP wants.

bimmette · 01-12-2015, 08:59 PM

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shantytown of India or South Africa.

Been both places for work do not think the OP will get much out of either that is thought provoking unless getting the fawk out is the soul searching OP wants.

I've been to both too and I know what you mean. But it opens up your eyes a bit.

OP, I don't recommend Vietnam for your purposes then. Maybe Bali? (Ubud)

PINeely · 01-12-2015, 09:09 PM

Iceland. It's unbelievably peaceful there. Gorgeous too.

BMW F22 · 01-12-2015, 09:33 PM

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I've been to both too and I know what you mean. But it opens up your eyes a bit.

OP, I don't recommend Vietnam for your purposes then. Maybe Bali? (Ubud)

I was curious about Bali but I couldn't help but think that it's a place for women (from the movie eat pray and love). Vietnam is because I was from there and thought perhaps I should visit family.

bimmette · 01-12-2015, 09:36 PM

Haha, men go to Bali too.

Ah, ok, you really need to go to Vietnam then! Cambodia is nice too. Hmmm Thailand too. Oh god, the list is endless

gatorfast · 01-12-2015, 09:48 PM

I hear North Korea and Iran are nice

BMW F22 · 01-12-2015, 10:37 PM

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I hear North Korea and Iran are nice

I heard those countries hate us cus they ain't us.

Lups · 01-12-2015, 11:44 PM

Wyoming.

I've seen a lot on this planet, but that one touched me greatly. I fell in love with the place so hard I doubt I will ever forget the feelings it brought up in me.

BMW F22 · 01-13-2015, 12:02 AM

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Wyoming.

I've seen a lot on this planet, but that one touched me greatly. I fell in love with the place so hard I doubt I will ever forget the feelings it brought up in me.

I'm sure it is nice and I would love to visit it some day. I'm just not sure if it's a place I would enjoy on a soul searching trip though.

Lups · 01-13-2015, 12:19 AM

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I'm sure it is nice and I would love to visit it some day. I'm just not sure if it's a place I would enjoy on a soul searching trip though.

I'd say every soul is a different one. I've never seen beauty as it was there. It meant a lot to me to see it.

This is a very private matter, so to each its a different one. I have seen so much good I this world and also beauty, now only the darkest hells speak to me as does loneliness.

Mardio · 01-13-2015, 01:07 AM

Vegas... this is where all souls are found.

BMW F22 · 01-13-2015, 01:14 AM

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I'd say every soul is a different one. I've never seen beauty as it was there. It meant a lot to me to see it.

This is a very private matter, so to each its a different one. I have seen so much good I this world and also beauty, now only the darkest hells speak to me as does loneliness.

Agreed. It really depends on the person. I don't quite know what I'm searching for. I iust know that I want to go somewhere peaceful. I plan on going solo but might tack on another person.

BMW F22 · 01-13-2015, 01:16 AM

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Vegas... this is where all souls are found.

Perhaps for some people. While I have enjoyed my trips to Vegas, I don't really care for it. I'm not into the party scene all that much so Vegas doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather spend the money sightseeing elsewhere than gambling and drinking in Vegas. To each his own, of course.

grimlock · 01-13-2015, 05:24 AM

Do both, family and some place quiet.

bimmerfrk · 01-13-2015, 08:39 AM

WTF is soul searching.... Just go in the bathroom and rub one out. You will feel better.

954Stealth · 01-13-2015, 08:51 AM

How about a Tibetan monastery in Kathmandu or head over to Peru and ponder over the wonder that is Machu Picchu. There is an amazing Hare Krishna Temple in Durban, South Africa you might like. Gorkhi-Terelj National Park in Mongolia might have your soul or the Hoia-Baciu forest in Romania. I would suggest the Aokigahara Forest as well but I'm afraid that one might keep your soul.

UncleWede · 01-13-2015, 10:04 AM

Machu Picchu +1000.

I almost made it before I met my current wife and had a family. I had visions of the peaks under a full moon, even had a deposit on the trip for a full-moon period.

Do you have any dreams/visions of places?

954Stealth · 01-13-2015, 10:23 AM

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Machu Picchu +1000.

I almost made it before I met my current wife and had a family. I had visions of the peaks under a full moon, even had a deposit on the trip for a full-moon period.

Do you have any dreams/visions of places?

I have dreams of a rock formation called Devil's Tower that I am compelled to recreate with a pile of mashed potatos

UncleWede · 01-13-2015, 10:35 AM

LOL. If you went camping and woke up with vasoline on your ass, would you tell anyone?

Opps, wrong thread

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