Random Musings: Machu Picchu

Thursday, 16 July 2015

What I Would Do If I Won A Million Dollars!

I was asked the following by @GrowingUpKTot:

What would you do if you won a million dollars?

Firstly I would shout and scream and jump around like a lunatic!
Once I was done with that, I would give $50,000 to some well deserving local charities I support.
I would share $200,000 between family and friends - the ones who actually liked me before I won the money!
I would invest $250,000 dollars across several high interest accounts.
The last $500,000 I would buy a pub to renovate and run.
But that's boring, and practical, and not very interesting reading, so I thought I would share with you what I would like to do rather than what I should do if I won a million dollars instead!

What I Would Do If I Won A Million Dollars

I would travel - I would visit every place I ever dreamed of going and a few more besides. I would visit beautiful beaches, cities, jungles, and everything in between. I would do the predictable tourist stuff and I would also immerse myself in local culture and get a real feel for the places I visit. I would try the local cuisine, and drink their favourite drinks, browse their fashions and see how their lives differ from mine. I would visit places where people live like royalty and places where people live in poverty. I would visit the Pyramids, the Louvre, the Trevvi Fountain, Times Square, Levante Beach, Monte Carlo, and the Ganges to name a few. Some where along the way I would go on safari, bungee jump, parachute jump and do the Machu Picchu trail. I would ask people along the way for their recommendations and try some things that would take me way out of my comfort zone.

I would refuse to have a schedule or anything more than a basic list of places I wanted to cover. I might stay a month in some places, only a day in others, whatever took my fancy.

I don't think of myself as particularly materialistic, but I love the freedom having money brings - being able to go where you want, when you want and do whatever takes your fancy.
Of course I would blog about all my adventures along the way and when the money ran out and I had to come back home, maybe some travel companies would like to send me off to other places to talk about them (unlikely I know but a girl can dream right!)
At some point I would probably find a place I loved so much I never wanted to leave. I would fall in love with a house I could never afford, dream about it for a day or two then shake myself off and continue on my merry way!