Just like a lot of people who enjoy traveling, I have a bucket list. Though I’d love to explore the world, the fact of the matter is that there’s an awful lot of world to see. Naturally, though, there are a few places that float to the top when it comes to deciding where I want to travel next.
Some people may be surprised to find that I don’t personally draw a lot of my travel ideas from online travel resources, but there are plenty of sites out there interested in helping people choose that perfect somewhere. (See examples of such sites here and here.)
So where does my travel inspiration come from? How do I decide where to travel? Here are five ways I find ideas for where I want to go next:
1. Music — If you know anything about me, then you know that it is very odd that music inspires some of my travels. The truth is that I know nothing about music, and I’m terribly out of touch regarding what is mainstream and what the hip, underground music is at any given period of time.
Grant Lingel had a few hundred dollars, so he did what any person would do … he bought a one-way ticket to 
I’m a mutt among my peers — a touch of German, a little Scottish, some Native American — but my heritage is basically irrelevant when I mingle with a mix of people from other backgrounds. But in many parts of the world, ethnic and tribal lines are still being drawn, and they’re taking entire countries down as a result.
