11 Things I Might Not Ever Experience Again

 (Most of which I am happy not to have to experience again)

  1. Hike for four hours carrying 70 pounds of all my belongings
  2. Ride in the front seat of an ambulance while my friend is on a stretcher in the back with a neck injury after a very serious car accident
  3. Pet tigers
  4. Experience a 7.4 magnitude earthquake
  5. Watch someone pull maggots out of a puppy’s underside
  6. Fly over Mount Everest
  7. Fit 64 people in a 25 seat bus
  8. Put pressure on my friend’s head to stop the bleeding after being assaulted with a machete
  9. Sit in Devil’s Pool at the top of Victoria Falls
  10. Set my tent up 13 times in the span of 20 days
  11. Go on a safari in Botswana