That may be a silly question, like “what is the meaning of life?” What I’m trying to get at is, if I’m sick of sightseeing (and I am), how can I make this trip into the best trip that it can be? If my goal of “seeing a bunch of places” gets worn out, (and after the lovely interlude coming soon where I hang out with family and friends for about two months) what’s next?

As with life in general, I think an easy way to answer this question is to find a purpose. So… what purpose can I find?

Some points I’m thinking about:

• I think I'll be in Iran in February or March, and I'd like to end somewhere that is kind of close to home.
• Some places in Europe might be nice to visit, because I know a few people there, but just touristing in Europe is not appealing.
• I had this idea to go to Ukraine because I have a little bit of ancestry there maybe, but I don't actually know any people there, so it'd just be to sort of soak up a bit of ancestral culture.
• Some places in South America might be nice to visit, because I can speak Spanish okay and speaking the language helps so much in allowing you to find something to do besides touristing.
• Some other places like Central Asia might be nice to visit, but I don't really have any reason to go there.
• I don't actually have much of an urge to go to the rest of the world right now! Feels strange.

It sort of appeals to me. We’ll see.