Right!
The importance of a plan: So its 2019, and I have one more year to travel, and see the world 🙂 An important learning from my MBA days, is to have a tracker or plan that defines your goals. While, you may not achieve all of it, you will achieve some of it! Its time to now start an inspirational wish-list for my travel adventures!
My wishlist for 2019: Ideally, I want to visit 10 new countries 🙂 The issue with this, is that I may prioritize visiting a country over a specific place. Yet, if I know myself, I will land up prioritizing a place over a country.
With this in mind, here is the list of ~15 countries I wish to travel, so that I can visit a tleast 10 🙂
| No | Country | Cities | Why |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | Smarkand Khiva Bukhara |
1. Reading the book the Silk Road that makes me dream about the ancient Silk Road. 2. The 3 cities, are some of the best in the world to give a sneak peak of the Silk Road, and ancient Persian architecture. 3. Plan: In a visit to Delhi, take a flight to Tashkent (2 and a half hours) plan a quick trip. to atleast one of the cities |
| 2 | Japan | Tokyo Mount Fiji, Kyoto |
Living in Singapore, and not having visited Japan is reason enough. YOLO! |
| 3 | Vietnam | Ho chi Minh City Hanoi Ha Long Bay |
Living in Singapore, makes a weekend trip to Vietnam really possible! |
| 4 | New Zealand | Milford Sound | Lord of the Rings landscape |
| 5 | China | Xian Beijing Tibet Rainbow mountains |
1. Curiosity about the Terracotta warriors and the great wall 2. Need to deepen knowledge about Chinese culture, and food 3. Explore unique landscape like the Rainbow mountains |
| 6 | Bhutan | Paro | Frequent trips to India, allow for a quick transition to Paro |
| 7 | Mexico | Mexico | Unique culture, food – enough said! (Deterrent: Safety) |
| 8 | Maldives | TBC | Visit the island before it disappears! |
| 9 | Laos | TBC | 1. Living in Singapore, allows for a quick visit 2. Ideally do a long river cruise |
| 10 | Papua | TBC | Curiosity about the tribes, and island |
| 11 | Mongolia | TBC | Landscape and tribal way of life |
| 12 | Timor Leste | TBC | Possible to get done in a week |
| 13 | Canada | TBC | Possible to travel to Toronto, if one spends a weekend in SF |
| 14 | Nepal | TBC | Kathmandu, and possibly the Everest base camp hike |
| 15 | Bangladesh | TBC | 1. Sundarbans 2. Dhaka |