My travel plans
When I’m not traveling, I’m usually making new plans to travel (I even have a dedicated blog category for that). So here’s an overview of how I plan and what I am currently planning for. Omakase traveling (traveling unprepared, with an open mind) and extensive planning seem a contradiction at first. However, some basic planning (in case of city trips) and some more extensive planning (in case of multi-day hikes), helps to let loose and fully immerse.
It never hurts to dream – so here are the places I would love to visit. I tend to already prepare future trips to some level (this sounds in contrast with omakase traveling, but it is actually not 🙂 )
Upcoming trips (2021/2022)
Also, see my 2020/2021 travel plans post and my updated travel plans because of Corona.
- April 2022: Camino Santiago
- June 2022: Peaks of the Balkan
- July 2022: Family Holidays in The Netherlands
- November 2022: not sure yet
That’s about it. I’m currently considering a late 2022 Torres del Paine attempt. However, that is all very much in early planning stages.
Trips that got cancelled because of Corona
- March Quarterly review St. Julian’s (Malta)
- March: Quarterly review Skopje (North Macedonia)
- April, May: A second attempt on the Jordan Trail – to do a proper Dana to Petra and then finish to Aqaba (and a quick visit to Amman).
- May: The amazing nutchel cabins in Maaseik (Belgium).
- June: A week-long hike of the Way of St James with my dad.
- July: Quarterly review in Belgrade (Serbia).
- November: Quarterly review in Seoul (South-Korea).
My travel destination bucketlist
It never hurts to dream – so here are the places I would love to visit. I tend to already prepare future trips to some level (this sounds in contrast with omakase traveling, but it is actually not 🙂 )
Additionally, as I have a family (divorced, two kids), I made sure to plan my solo travels to places and/or countries where I probably wouldn’t go with my ex and kids in the near future. Read my full post on planning holidays with wife and kids (when I was still married) and the updated planning holidays with ex and kids. So many amazing hikes, so little time. Why hiking? Read my separate blog post on why hiking and another on why I like to hike alone.
- Peaks of the Balkan hike
- Last 100km stretch of Way of St James (Camino de Santiago) from Sarria to Santiago de Compostella
- Kungsleden (Sweden)
- Annapurna Circuit (Nepal)
- Everest Base Camp trek (Nepal)
- Latvia wild camping and hiking (Latvia)
- Tour de Mont Blanc (France, Switzerland, Italy)
- Shikoku Pilgrimage route (incl Koya) (Japan)
- GR20 (Corsica, France), especially after my first failed attempt.
- John Muir Trail (USA)
- Santo Antao Traverse (Cape Verde)
- Ak Suu traverse (Kyrgyzystan)
- South America
- Torres del Paine and Fitz Roy trek (Chile)
- Santa Cruz Trek (Peru)
- La Ruta de los Pargues de Patagonia (Chile)
- Colca Canyon (Peru)
Why travel solo? Why these countries? Read my dedicated posts.
My hotel bucketlist
I’m a sucker for good hotels (here are some of my favorites). These are some I would love to visit some day.
- JW Marriott in Venice
- Vander hotel in Ljubljana
- Mystique Hotel in Santorini, Greece (part of Marriott)
- Jaffa in Tel Aviv
- Intercontinental David in Tel Aviv (part of IHG)