The Ginger Revolution: I'll Be Back

After months of deliberation, Ben reveals his intentions to create a bigger and better Ginger Revolution

To my dearest readers,

After the most incredible seven months of my life I wanted to take an opportunity to thank all those people that frequently visit this site. Whilst some argue that travelling alone can at times be perhaps a little lonely, I have to say that with 250 people now following my every move it is hard to feel that I am doing this alone.

Best of all, since publicly launching this blog back in March I have received countless messages from friends, family and random passer-bys, all of which have been incredibly supportive and most encouraging.

So based on this feedback and a little research, I have come to realise that The Ginger Revolution has an almighty level of potential that perhaps until now I have left untapped. Whilst very keen to explore this, I have been very concious that to do it properly I will need to commit a great of time and investment and so I have in recent months been debating whether I think it will worth it.

Finally though this week I have at last come to a decision... I am going to go for it!

So over the next few weeks I will focusing all my efforts on a complete redesign of the site and developing new features that will make Stage 2 of this adventure far more exciting and interactive. Moreover, I promise to you now that upon the relaunch, you will no longer have to wait weeks at a time for me to post and will commit to a much more frequent and reliable 'service'.

Whilst I though have many ideas of what this site needs to be a success, it is you the reader that I think holds the key. So please, if you have any suggestions or requests of what you would like to see in the future, now is the time to tell me. Just drop me a quick message at bencollins@thegingerrevolution.com

For your calendars then, The Ginger Revolution will relaunch on Wednesday 12th December 2012 at 00:00 GMT.

Thank you ever so much for your ongoing patience and I very much look forward to seeing you on the 12th of December.

Take care

Ben

My Travel Objectives

To have an adventure
To travel right the way around the World
To travel light and independently
To travel off the beaten track
To travel on a budget
To come home safely in one piece
To document my travel and adventures
To improve my photography & capture some great photos
To challenge myself both physically and emotionally
To put myself in uncomfortable and unfamiliar situations
To learn to speak Spanish
To develop new skills
To volunteer
To discover the recipes of food I enjoy
To not shy away from eating unfamiliar foods
To better understand what makes me happy
To better understand the things which I'm good at
To better understand my limitations
To better understand my values and beliefs
To better understand what I want to do with my future
To mark my 30th birthday with an incredible adventure
To run a marathon
To complete a full-distance IronMan triathlon
To overcome my fear of spiders
To camp out on a beach
To sleep beneath the stars
To see the aurora borealis
To set foot on a glacier (Complete)
To climb a mountain (Complete)
To climb a volcano (Complete)
To experience nature's fury
To see an erupting volcano (Complete)
To feel an earthquake (Complete)
To experience monsoon rains
To feel hurricane strength winds
To walk across the equator
To visit a megacity (Complete)
To see an iceberg
To visit a rainforest
To visit a coffee plantation
To visit a desert
To see the 'big 5' in their natural habitat
To work with primates
To swim with dolphins
To ride a jet ski
To do a wing walk
To go skydiving (Complete)
To go white water rafting
To snorkel in tropical waters
To ride in a hot air balloon
To ride in a helicopter
To do a bungee jump
To get a tattoo
To drive a hedge trimmer

My Bucket List

Visit the Rocky Mountains (Canada) (Done)
Visit Vancouver (Canada) (Done)
Climb Mount St Helen's (USA) (Done)
Visit San Francisco (USA) (Done)
Visit Mexico City (Mexico) (Done)
Visit the Panama Canal (Panama)
See the Catatumbo lightning (Venezuela)
Trek to Roraima (Venezuela)
Visit Angel Falls (Venezuela)
Visit Machu Picchu (Peru)
Visit the Amazon Rainforest
Explore New Zealand
Climb Mount Fuji (Japan)
Explore India
Visit Petra (Jordan)
Climb Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
Climb Mount Vesuvius (Italy)
Visit Chernobyl
Visit Iceland
Cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats (UK)
Walk the South-West Coast Path (UK)

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