“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
So we'd rather plan. Planning future travel can be fun.
It does take a whole lot of effort to learn about an unknown place and fill in all the dots. Yet, I find the time spent doing so very satisfying. Humans need concrete reasons to learn new things. Getting ready for an extended journey always provides plenty.
As of now, our upcoming 2023-24 winter requires a lot of specific planning. For example, we know our departure date is on Halloween day but we don't have tickets for a return flight from Sri Lanka next March.
Nevertheless, we have started to make bookings for the winter of 2024-25 too! One month between cruises will put us on another island. This photograph is located in a part of the world where we've never spent time. It's been part of our bucket-list travel goals for a while. The capital has around 150,000 people. However, it was an uninhabited island during unrecorded visits by Arab sailors around 1050 years ago. Any guesses?