Where We Are Going Next
Rainbows and peaks - part of the journey.
(Photos by Chip Walter)
Vagabond Adventure’s Updated Global Itinerary
A lot of you have been asking about our upcoming plans and future itineraries. For the past two years, we’ve been keeping you in touch with where we have been and where we are, but not so good at filling you in on where we go next. It’s a fair question and we agree an update is in order as we head into year three.
While a Vagabond must adapt and remain flexible, a lot of work goes into assuring our safe (if sometimes harrowing) arrival at the planet’s entry ports. Even then, the world remains unpredictable. (Covid, Ukraine and Israel being some notable examples). Now entering our third year we’ve learned a lot about Vagabonding and want to share our latest plans with you. If any of them change, you’ll be the first to know.
As we plan … we welcome your help!
The best part of this Adventure is meeting so many fascinating people and learning their stories, travel experiences and secrets. As you comb through our advanced itinerary (see below), we’d love to hear your suggestions. Are you native to one of these places? A frequent visitor? An accidental tourist? Where should we go? What should we see that is offbeat, different? What undiscovered gems should we explore? We can also then share your ideas in the Travel Recommendations section of our website (with your okay, of course) and share those insights with the many other vagabonds who visit the site and get our newsletter. Please leave your thoughts in the comments at the bottom of this article so we can hear from you, or contact us directly online with your thoughts. For anyone who sends us their suggestions, we’ll contact you to arrange sending you a free digital photo from our Vagabond Store (see example), or a free digital copy of The Worst Journey in the World, chosen by National Geographic as the greatest adventure book ever written, complete with remarkable, original drawings.
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Also available in our store: Jot your own notes, thoughts, and recommendations in this Light Up the World Travelers Journal |
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Also available in our store: Jot your own notes, thoughts, and recommendations in this Light Up the World Travelers Journal |
So here are the broad strokes of our future travels (dates to be determined with amendments always possible) … More details are available on our interactive Polarsteps Map.
Graphic by Eric Ruben
Finland
Balkans--Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia
Poland
Slovenia - Czech Republic, Montenegro - Croatia (order TBD)
Greece
Mediterranean (Multiple Locations)
Israel/Palestine
Jordan
Egypt and the Nile
Namibia (from Antwerp via cargo ship)
South Africa (coastal route)
Mozambique
Madagascar
Tanzania
Lake Victoria
Uganda
The Arabian peninsula
Dubai
Mumbai, India
India - South,East and then North
Nepal and perhaps a bit of Tibet
Bhutan
Myanmar
Southeast Asian Peninsula
Malaysia
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
North to China
Shanghai
Japan and the far north (Hokkaido)
Alaska and back through the Continental US.
We’d love to hear your suggestions on any of these places. Did we skip anything important? Please let us know because it is NOT a small, small world.
More Coming to Vagabond-Adventure.com
We’re always looking to grow Vagabond. We’ve recently added the Vagabond Journal and Travel Recommendations to help you plan your own travel adventures. Soon, we’ll be rolling out a series of Destination Profiles. Drawn from our experiences around the world, these profiles will showcase our favorite locations, suggest routes and itineraries along with some top places to dine, explore and rest. Our first profile will be Patagonia, based on our time there and in Tierra del Fuego. If you’re considering a trip to South America, you’ll want to read this first.
Also, be on the lookout for our next Dispatch, Part 2 of our deep dive into Morocco, coming in two weeks.
As always, we are grateful for your support!
Hope to see you sometime, somewhere soon! In the meantime, crack on and check out some recommendations below! Scroll to the bottom to leave us your comments!
Love to you all …
Chip & Cyn (C-Squared)
Three Great Vagabond-Adventure Reads
A different sort of worldwide itinerary, some thoughts on avoiding death, and Vikings! in honor of our visit to Norway …
In Lisbon today, there are monuments to Magellan, Prince Henry the Navigator and the others whose voyages of discovery took them to every corner of the globe. In the Philippines, people celebrate a man who resisted colonization just as fiercely. Both cultures consider these men heroes. History and human behavior works this way. Tribalism still abides, whether it’s football games or outright war. We seem to be making progress, but can we find a way to celebrate diversity without demonizing those who are different?