1. Background

THIS TRIP

Where I'm headed: Taiwan

Type of trip: Trip with friend. Staying with family

Number of people on the tour: 2 + local family and friends

Tour length: 17 days including flying

 

A BIT ABOUT ME

Where I've been internationally: England (London, Windsor), France (twice to Paris), Italy (four times), Spain (twice), Portugal, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Mexico (Tijuana, Monterrey), Canada (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Vancouver Island), Israel, Jordan, Egypt, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Turkey (twice), and Greece. That's it.

Where I haven't been: South Asia, South & Central American, Antarctic, Caribbean, Australia, and New Zealand.
Why travel: It shakes the cobwebs loose. It exposes you to new people, new food, new fun. I've met some incredible kindred spirits during my travels. I'm always looking for "firsts."

Wildest place I've slept: A mud hut in the middle of the Zimbabwe bushveld just down the road from Binga, a town on the bank of Lake Kariba.

Memorable food: Vivoli's gelato in Florence. Honey dripping from a 4' tall honeycomb in Israel. A different pastry every day in Paris. Vip's BBQ in London. Peter’s fish on the Sea of Galilee. Churros con chocolate in Madrid. Braai in South Africa just south of the Zimbabwe border. Fruit tiramasu in Udine, Italia. Beef in Toledo. High tea at the Empress Hotel in Victoria. South African meat pies topped with fruit chutney. Baklava in Turkey.

Adventurous in eating? Almost always. The pivotal word is almost.

If I could go today, I'd return to ___: Santorini. The Alps. The Valley of the Kings.

What's next on my list: New Zealand. Caribbean. Kauai. Although I know that when an opportunity presents itself, this list is bound to change.