So what's happening with COP26 in Glasgow?  Here is one accomplishment:   40 countries pledged to abandon coal power .  About time, right?  Well, no.  First of all, this is less than half of the represented countries.  Also, missing are China, the USA, India and Australia.  I'm afraid this will be the story of this gathering.  You can  blame Joe Manchin and the butterfly he killed . Travel+Leisure's November issues in the past featured  Trips of a Lifetime .  Editor  Jacqui Gifford  indicated they switched this year to  Invest in Travel, Invest in You .  I interpreted that focus to mean travel is not an unnecessary luxury.  Every trip you take will last you a lifetime.  Throughout your life, these experiences will accumulate in  your memory. Many of you invest in education.  A degree does a lot for job security and life enjoyment.  Some invest in stocks.  If you do well, you thus have more money for your  spending pleasure and retirement. For example, just a tea/coffee mug

I've recently been fixated on global adventures, so on this Sunday, what about spiritual sites?  Here are a few prominent locations to consider, going west from Honolulu: Cape Reinga, New Zealand, sacred to the Maori people. Uluru, Australia:  home of the aboriginal people, one of the oldest civilizations, the plateau rises to 1,142 feet. Ubud, Bali:  Hindu harmony, plus spiritual Monkey Forest. Kyoto, Japan :  was Japan's capital for over a thousand years, and is the cultural heart of the country.  This would be the start from which you can go to Shikoku to visit 88 temples , a trek of 746 miles by foot, although there is a bus tour. Bhutan:  said to be the last Shangri-La, this is a tiny Buddhist country, measuring prosperity in terms of Gross National Happiness. Angkor Wat , Cambodia:  goes back to the 12th century and Hindu mythology, with Buddhist enhancements. Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka:  7500 feet tall, where a five-foot depression in the rock at the peak is a footprint