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Over 10 years ago I said I’d like to visit 100 countries by 40. Then I forgot.
9 years of searching “Everywhere” on Skyscanner…I’m at 86.
Some multiple. Some once.
16 months left, it’s within reach.
It’s official: Road to 100 🌍
Overnight stays only.
Next up: Andorra 🇦🇩
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New Syria travel rules reportedly require all tourists to arrange travel through an agency and obtain pre-approval.
One of the most incredible countries I’ve visited. Independent travel via Beirut,
Disappointing. Love to return, but mandatory organised tours will put me off.
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Road to 100 🌍✈️
Curveball for country 100. With trips already booked & my new jobs leave period, I only have 2 days leave left.
Even added onto a weekend, trying to find a country I’ve not been to is going to be fun for a 4 day trip.
I’m arriving into Manchester Airport in January at 7:40pm from Heathrow. Realistically is a bus home at 8:35pm possible?
More Akureyri research.
3 of 7 museums are open in winter, thankfully they include Akureyri Museum & The Industrial Museum. A combined pass is around £11 includes Nonni’s House.
I thought Iceland was expensive?
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Any uk citizens who have visited Kuwait & Bahrain:
Did you do the visa online in advance or just get the visa on arrival at both airports?
Pros/cons?
So, in Akureyri I can either go to the Forest Lagoon from £45 entry or go to the local swimming pool and get the same experience for £8.
For essentially the same experience.
I know what I’ll be doing.
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HS2 seems such a waste of time, money & already twenty years behind Japan with it still 15+ years before fully operating.
I’ll be age 54 on a train that goes as fast as something in Japan from 1997, to only cut 30 minutes from the current journey time.
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Off to Akureyri, Iceland 🇮🇸 in the next couple of weeks, and pushed the boat out for the cheapest hotel with a private bathroom, £74.
Seems very reasonable considering how expensive Iceland apparently is.
Confirmed Travel Plans:
Nov: Iceland 🇮🇸
Dec: Kuwait 🇰🇼 Bahrain 🇧🇭
Jan: Mauritania 🇲🇷
Mar: Rwanda 🇷🇼 Tanzania 🇹🇿 Kenya 🇰🇪 Uganda 🇺🇬 Oman 🇴🇲
May: Czechia 🇨🇿
I have 4 trips left to book for the U.K. 2027 bank holiday weekends 🌍
After relocating officially to Walsall from Wales 🏴 in June, tomorrow I’m finally back in the higher education sector, and start my new job (non teaching).
Excited, and all the wonderful benefits are back, which means a lot of trips to plan 🌍
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Slight change to my Mauritania 🇲🇷 itinerary. I’m going to either take a shared taxi the morning I arrive in Dakhla or take the main bus direct to Nouakchott the following morning.
This means I’ll get to spend two nights in Atar and visit Chinguetti before going back to Dakhla.
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Left: Kigali - Dar es Salaam = £262
Right: Kigali - Dar via Zanzibar = £177
Board the exact same Kigali - Dar flight, but close to £100 cheaper, without taking connection.
I want to go to Dar, not Zanzibar. What would you do?
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This may have come across as a complaint. I’m very lucky to be able to travel and can’t wait for East Africa.
After not visiting Africa since my Senegal/Gambia/Guinea-Bissau trip in 2023 I forgot how much all of these additions build up, especially for multi country trips.
Both Tanzania and Kenya have implemented mandatory travel insurances, $52 and $44 respectively.
No other policy will be accepted. Another £72 cost to my East Africa trip.
Road to 100 🌍✈️
Countdown to the next trip is on, and in just over a month I’ll be flying to Akureyri, Iceland 🇮🇸 for a couple of days.
Decided to skip Reykjavik, extortionate airport bus & hotel prices ⬆️
Akureyri Airport is a 40 min walk & far better value all-round.
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Messed up with my Mauritania 🇲🇷 trip. By the time I cross by land to/from Dakhla it only leaves 4/5 full days in the country.
With only one road to Atar where I’d like to get to I’d be sat travelling for most of those days. Probably just explore Nouadhibou/Nouakchott instead.
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