Just got done sorta booking next year's holidays. No Africa! Was tempted by Akos' Madagascar --with Comoros (gasp) extension :-). Also thought about Mauritius (which seems to have OK infrastructure) ... but good sense prevailed. Africa is just not an every year sorta place ... you need to forget the hassle and just remember the awe :-)
Was booked to go to Columbia already in January. Have flights and everything. Booked Kuwait for April .... "free" flights with BA (their taxes are huge .... over $600 each for economy :-(). Booked the Hilton resort ... which looks awesome. Probably will try to go to New Orleans Memorial Day ... but only if we can take Sydney! Looks as if there are free tickets available.
Trying to work on booking Greenland. Found a five day tour from Copenhagen. Got free (much freer -- just $120 in taxes for business) flights on hold and just have to hear back from the British company. Also found hotels for the extra days in Copenhagen but can wait to book those. Hope they respond as the flights are only held till Wednesday. And then was able to exchange our RCI week for a week in Guadeloupe in Oct-Nov.
Also gonna try to visit Terry in Oregon (maybe Labor Day?) and of course I will go to Dayton at some point. All I can say is I am following Dr. Bonnie's advice of booking many holidays ahead. I don't even know Dr. Bonnie -- just hear about her advice all the time. It is so nice to be able to do all this yourself ... and know that some military officer can't just take your stuff like in Africa .....
Was booked to go to Columbia already in January. Have flights and everything. Booked Kuwait for April .... "free" flights with BA (their taxes are huge .... over $600 each for economy :-(). Booked the Hilton resort ... which looks awesome. Probably will try to go to New Orleans Memorial Day ... but only if we can take Sydney! Looks as if there are free tickets available.
Trying to work on booking Greenland. Found a five day tour from Copenhagen. Got free (much freer -- just $120 in taxes for business) flights on hold and just have to hear back from the British company. Also found hotels for the extra days in Copenhagen but can wait to book those. Hope they respond as the flights are only held till Wednesday. And then was able to exchange our RCI week for a week in Guadeloupe in Oct-Nov.
Also gonna try to visit Terry in Oregon (maybe Labor Day?) and of course I will go to Dayton at some point. All I can say is I am following Dr. Bonnie's advice of booking many holidays ahead. I don't even know Dr. Bonnie -- just hear about her advice all the time. It is so nice to be able to do all this yourself ... and know that some military officer can't just take your stuff like in Africa .....
Did a count of countries/territories left to visit. Have been to 132 countries/territories -- per www.infoplease.com. Still have to go to 88 countries and 47 territories ... so God willing I will get to the half way point next year. Going to 4 new places a year would mean some 33 years .... hard to hit multiple places anymore as visa requirements/travel conditions are getting harder. But I am sure there is a way .....
Beautiful day today. Went to church last night so having a hard time getting out of my PJs. Did take the dogs for a walk after all the bookings. It is almost addictive ... sometimes I wish I was a travel agent. Have to finish laundry, get Halloween candy and I want to get the Warren Buffet bio so I can read about Sharon. Mark is at work ... he cannot seem to get stuff done at home. Hope he gets engaged in vacation planning 'cause he'll be mad when stuff goes wrong (or if stuff goes wrong ..... need to get him to subscribe to "The Worse the Better" ... almost a new "Hakuna Matata").
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