Where are YOU going in 2019?
Feb 23, 2019, 11:08 pm
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Been: Harbin for the Snow and Ice festival, Hong Kong
Going: Uzbekistan/Kazakhstan, Bali, Brunei, Washington DC (work), Medellin, Fiji/New Caledonia, Denver/San Antonio/El Paso/ORD or MCI
Planning: Kathmandu, either Da Nang or Phuket, Jeju and/or Yeosu, maybe Qingdao for the beer festival
Going: Uzbekistan/Kazakhstan, Bali, Brunei, Washington DC (work), Medellin, Fiji/New Caledonia, Denver/San Antonio/El Paso/ORD or MCI
Planning: Kathmandu, either Da Nang or Phuket, Jeju and/or Yeosu, maybe Qingdao for the beer festival
Last edited by etch5895; Feb 25, 2019 at 1:44 pm Reason: Added a trip
Feb 24, 2019, 9:33 am
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Completed already: Started the year in Koh Samui, continued to Bangkok, Johannesburg, Accra, Sao Tome, Cape Town, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Sossusvlei, Windhoek, New York, Palm Beach, Montreal, New Orleans. Currently back in NY.
Upcoming BOOKED travel: San Francisco, Palm Beach x2, Stockholm, Budapest, Rome, Naples, Positano, Santa Maria di Castellebate, Acciarolli, Rome (again), Algiers, Madrid, Los Angeles, Madrid (again), Moscow, Helsinki, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Paris, St. Tropez, Nice, London, Moscow (again), Thessaloniki, Crete, Ios, Santorini, Paros, Naxos, Koufanisia, back to NY, Tulum, Hong Kong, Helsinki (again), Munich, Kuwait City, Bahrain, Baku, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, back to NY, Chicago, Columbus (Ohio), Bombay, Varkala, Kovalam, London (again), Paris (again), Helsinki (again), back to NY.
LIKELY to be booked: Trying to book an AY YYZ-HEL-SIN, HKG-HEL-YYZ which will need to be bookended by NYC-YYZ-NYC flights to fill in some gaps. That will get me to Paris via Helsinki in June, and the HEL-SIN portion will connect with the already booked CX award SIN-HKG that connects to an already booked AA ticket HKG to MEX via DFW. Have to book a return to NYC from MEX in June, a return from Greece to Paris in Aug. The back end of that AY ticket would bring me HKG-HEL in Sept. and a connection to Munich will need to be booked as well to get to a wedding/Oktoberfest and then pick up the Middle East portion, then the final HEL-JFK segment of the AY ticket will bring me home from Paris after India in early Dec. Also looking to book a OW RTW departing Dec. 26th that would get me to Vietnam for New Years before continuing on elsewhere.
Upcoming BOOKED travel: San Francisco, Palm Beach x2, Stockholm, Budapest, Rome, Naples, Positano, Santa Maria di Castellebate, Acciarolli, Rome (again), Algiers, Madrid, Los Angeles, Madrid (again), Moscow, Helsinki, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Paris, St. Tropez, Nice, London, Moscow (again), Thessaloniki, Crete, Ios, Santorini, Paros, Naxos, Koufanisia, back to NY, Tulum, Hong Kong, Helsinki (again), Munich, Kuwait City, Bahrain, Baku, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, back to NY, Chicago, Columbus (Ohio), Bombay, Varkala, Kovalam, London (again), Paris (again), Helsinki (again), back to NY.
LIKELY to be booked: Trying to book an AY YYZ-HEL-SIN, HKG-HEL-YYZ which will need to be bookended by NYC-YYZ-NYC flights to fill in some gaps. That will get me to Paris via Helsinki in June, and the HEL-SIN portion will connect with the already booked CX award SIN-HKG that connects to an already booked AA ticket HKG to MEX via DFW. Have to book a return to NYC from MEX in June, a return from Greece to Paris in Aug. The back end of that AY ticket would bring me HKG-HEL in Sept. and a connection to Munich will need to be booked as well to get to a wedding/Oktoberfest and then pick up the Middle East portion, then the final HEL-JFK segment of the AY ticket will bring me home from Paris after India in early Dec. Also looking to book a OW RTW departing Dec. 26th that would get me to Vietnam for New Years before continuing on elsewhere.
Last edited by GetSetJetSet; Feb 24, 2019 at 3:21 pm
Feb 24, 2019, 9:34 am
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Where in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan? They're both great. Are you going to the jungle in Brunei? Bandar is...underwhelming.
Feb 24, 2019, 1:23 pm
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First time in both, so Tashkent-Samarkand-Bukhara-back to Tashkent. Then, Almaty-Astana. Yes to the jungle in Brunei. I'm going over the 4th of July weekened.
Feb 24, 2019, 1:38 pm
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Any possibility to get to Khiva as well? If you can I would say continue to Khiva then on to Nukus/Moynoq and fly back to TAS from Nukus.
Feb 25, 2019, 7:40 am
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Completed: Houston & Dallas (leaving for Houston again in a few hours) but they're work oriented...
Booked: Kiev/Tallinn/Bratislava/Skopje/Ljubljana/Duesseldorf/Berlin next month.. Concerts in Duesseldorf and Berlin... Then Melbourne & Sydney in September to thank one of my best friends for letting me live with him while I searched for a house in the neighborhood and never asking for rent
Contemplating: Tel Aviv for Eurovision 2019
Booked: Kiev/Tallinn/Bratislava/Skopje/Ljubljana/Duesseldorf/Berlin next month.. Concerts in Duesseldorf and Berlin... Then Melbourne & Sydney in September to thank one of my best friends for letting me live with him while I searched for a house in the neighborhood and never asking for rent
Contemplating: Tel Aviv for Eurovision 2019
Feb 25, 2019, 9:32 am
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GetSetJetSet,
Great thread!
You went to Moscow, on what type of visa?
I wanted to visit Russia, but their visa app process excludes me (and cruises are not an option for now)
Great thread!
You went to Moscow, on what type of visa?
I wanted to visit Russia, but their visa app process excludes me (and cruises are not an option for now)
Feb 25, 2019, 9:38 am
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Spring Break: El Paso, Carlsbad NM and Las Cruces NM. Visit to Guadalupe Mtns NP, Carlsbad Caverns NP, and White Sands NM.
Seville, Torremolinos, Malaga in late May. My weekend in Torremolinos will coincide with a huge Torremolinos Pride festival.
June: National Parks tour. Fly into Denver, visit Rapid City SD and Cheyenne WY. Mt Rushmore, Wind Caves NP, Badlands NP, Devils Tower NM.
July: New Hampshire and Maine visiting family
October: 40th HS reunion weekend in Miami. Probably spend the entire week in S. Florida.
November/December TBD.
Seville, Torremolinos, Malaga in late May. My weekend in Torremolinos will coincide with a huge Torremolinos Pride festival.
June: National Parks tour. Fly into Denver, visit Rapid City SD and Cheyenne WY. Mt Rushmore, Wind Caves NP, Badlands NP, Devils Tower NM.
July: New Hampshire and Maine visiting family
October: 40th HS reunion weekend in Miami. Probably spend the entire week in S. Florida.
November/December TBD.