Travel Series
To Those Weird Experiences on the Road
What has been your weirdest experience so far?
This week’s travel prompt is directly inspired by one of the articles that Alvin T. wrote. He has shared many great pieces and if you’ve read last week’s picks, you’ll also see the following story.
His story made me remember one of the times when I visited a small town in southern Mexico. As we were heading to our destination, we stopped to stretch out, have a break, and have some local food but as the night swept in…we saw many but I mean many people gathering around the central kiosk.
We asked what was happening and the people told us that there was a special event where you had boys and girls trying to find each significant other. The weird part about this was that someone told us that the men had to ask a laddy out by handing over a big stash of cash! I mean what?! The girls either accepted or rejected the offer but man…was this concept weird for me…
And it was an event that was held once a year and we coincidentally got to that town on that same day. A trip to laughably remember.
Travel Prompt
For this week’s prompt, we would like to know if you have ever had such weird experiences while traveling? Was it something similar or did you see something out of the ordinary? Was it a random museum, exhibition, local tradition, or anything else? What about some cuisine that you’ve never tried before and in the end, it turned out to be delicious? Where were you when you had these experiences and with whom? There can be so many examples! We would all like to read about your experiences!
I hope the section above can serve you as inspiration to create your own piece.
If you want to join in on the fun and participate in this prompt, don’t forget to add “Travel Series” as your Kicker and “Travel” as your tag, another tag will be Coffee Times Movement.
Don’t forget to tag me (adding this article) and also invite other writers. A shoutout of another piece is also a must. Let’s spread the joy of writing and reading!
For this prompt, I would also like to tag the following Coffee Times writers but anyone can join! ✌️
Keira Williams; Judy Li; Commusings; Santhusha Janana Mudannayaka; Andrew Johnston; Connie Song; Yen Hoang; Bright; May Y. Yang; Banji Alo; Michael Alvaro; Kumayl Walji BEng MSc; Thought provoking articles; Derrick McQueen; Daria Haller; Olivia Reed; Memories of Korea; Katarzyna Portka; Keir Spoon; Erica Macri; Karen Vizzard; Briana Anahata; Joseph Panzarella; Denise Larkin; Kelly; James E. McGinley, PhD; Shamaz Abraham; Anthony V. Lombardo; Alex Heninger; Diane Neill Tincher; Mary Mahoney; Millington Lockwood; K.V. Fey; Kohana; Kushagra Chadha; E. Katherine Kottaras; Jadine Lydia; Brad Besson; Jasmine Dudley; Bec; Elizabeth Loberg; Amanda Wilson; Monika Sharma; Paulo Laureano; Crystal K. Li; Shabnam Ferdowsi; Kaiyros Publications; Jadine Lydia; Jeff Peirish; Kittie Velour; KM Fullerton; Chidera Ifinta; Brian S. Hook; Runda Alamour; Michael Andrean; Brajendra Kumar; Kevin Finkbeiner; Karen Schwartz; Beth Nasce; Kartika Lestari
Notes:
- Some of the tagged writers are new to this publication. I can’t wait to read some of their pieces. Let’s show some support!
- Three travel pieces will be chosen to be featured in the Travel Column and will be distributed throughout the Coffee Times social media platforms.
- There is no time limit for these travel prompts. 😉
- You can write an essay, poem, shortform, etc… any style is perfect!
Let’s play a game!
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