Top 10 Travel PIcs That Scared the Crap Out of My Mother
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My mom and I are basically living proof that the wanderlust travel gene exists, except for one minor difference; I tend to travel and do things as dangerously as possible. I don’t do it on purpose, but I mean, if there’s a cliff to be climbed or waterfall to jump off of…it’s going to happen. To be fair, her travels in the pre-cell phone, pre-be-cautious-about-hitch-hiking -days were basically just as dangerous.
Also to be fair, she sees everything I post on social media, including SNAPCHAT, so it’s not like anything is ever really a shock to her. Well…aside from certain photos that you can’t really tell what the outcome was…
I really do try not to scare my mom, especially since she’s all for me traveling the world, but sometimes I forget that I’m sending or posting certain photos that would give any mom a heart attack. So here are my top travel pics so far that have caused the biggest ruckus! And thanks mom for being such a good sport! 🙂
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Sitting Next to a Lion in South Africa
They were so cute tho…
Jumping off a Cliff in Mexico
Standing on a Cliff Over the Grand Canyon
Leaning Over a Cliff on the Inca Trail
She wasn’t concerned about the height, she was concerned about my sunburn.
Getting Hit by a Car on a Motorcycle
Getting Stuck in a Flash Flood in Havasu Falls
Sitting on a Very Thin Potato Chip Rock
Climbing a Tree Over Coral…While She Was Taking the Picture
Showing Me…Co-Piloting a Plane in the Bahamas
My First Experience with Heights and Ice in Norway
Continuing on to Zion Solo and After the Flash Flood
Sending her Birthday Wishes from (Above) Horseshoe Bend
Telling Her I Had Just Biked “Death Road” in Bolivia
After Insisting on Mailing me my “Winter Clothes” from Florida when I decided to go Next to the North Pole.
Flying Malaysia Airlines
I booked it before the second one got shot down…two weeks before my flight….my mother said, “well what are the chances it happens a third time?”
Getting Locked in the Sydney Aquarium
This was before I realized I spent too long in the Sydney aquarium and got locked inside. My mother was un-phased by my terrified-ness and even accused me of wanted to be locked in the aquarium because I like animals….
Smuggling a Plant and Cigar in from Cuba
First of all…I heard that Cohibas are legal to bring back…she was just scared because a year prior I probably would have been jailed.Yeah, it isn’t legal at all to bring plants back from Cuba so I guess she has a right to be scared about this pic…. sorry?
Surfing with Sharks in South Africa
She told me not to go “Shark-Diving”…I was going to but it got cancelled…luckily I still accidentally got to dive with them while attempting to surf in South Africa….
Skydiving.
I didn’t tell her or show her the video until after I did it.
Going to Honduras (in General)
She wasn’t scared about me getting kidnapped or robbed in Honduras…she was scared when I told her I bought a little knife because she thought I’d attack someone and get arrested….I’m not allowed talking about this one, but let’s just say my mother had to wire me $2k and tell me to get the f to the airport.
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