My 2016 Travel Plans & Updates!

Due to a flight delay, I’m leaving a day later than planned and have a few moments to blog. While I’m not happy about it, I get to relax and lay low after busting ass yesterday to run all those pre-travel errands! So, silver linings?

Here’s a little update on what I’ve been plotting and planning since I got back from South America. Well, let’s be honest, since I started planning this little round-the-world trip…

Where I’m Heading!

For those of you who are not subscribed to the newsletter (um to the right, to the right, in the sidebar), friends with me on Snapchat (@rsass), or personal friends of mine in real life (we’ll just have to meet up!), I realize I haven’t told you where I’m heading next.

Tomorrow, God willing, I’m flying to Bangkok! Yes, yes, I’ve been there before, but only for a few nights on a two week vacay to Thailand following the trauma of the bar exam. And I’m in desperate need of another visit! Southeast Asia has been calling to me for a while now.

So What Next?

Welp, I actually have no plans except for this one-way ticket to BKK! But I do plan on exploring Thailand further, doing things right that I did wrong before, hanging out on some different beaches, visiting more of the northern cities, and delving deeper into Bangkok. Perhaps overdosing on street food and chilies in the process.

After that? The rest of Southeast Asia! Okay, I’m not gonna get too crazy, but I’m definitely heading to Vietnam and Cambodia. And hopefully the Philippines and Indonesia. Maybe Malaysia? (I’ve even been playing around with the possibility of visiting Australia since flights from Southeast Asia are so cheap.) The idea is to spend more time in fewer cities – I don’t want to run myself ragged. Honestly, we’ll just have to see where new friends and cheap airfare take me… Hong Kong, Taipei, and/or Tokyo might even be in the cards!

And Then?

Ummm, Europe! (When it gets warmer there, of course.)

I really hate to plan this far in advance, but since my mother just booked a flight to Spain, I’ll have to get my butt to Madrid by the end of July. Literally, that is the one true date marked on my calendar. The freedom is so empowering! My initial thought is to head to Europe once the heat, humidity, and chaos of Southeast Asia begins to wear on me (if it ever does) and then travel through some of Eastern Europe before working my way west to my mom in Spain.

I may come home in between the two continents of Asia and Europe for a brief visit, but then again, do you know how expensive those flights are? A quick glance at the interwebs shows me that I could just jump from Bangkok to Germany for about $220. Who knew?!

What is actually on the docket?

Had to find a way to get some legal lingo in there somewhere, guys! Definitely Scuba diving, beach lounging, street food eating, watching the Super Bowl at 7 AM with other drunk Americans in Southeast Asia, visiting Angkor Wat, traversing Vietnam, making new friends, tapas crawling, and maybe some sailing? I don’t know! And it’s SO exciting!

Go ahead and throw out some recommendations! And send me good vibes so that my flight to Bangkok goes smoothly tomorrow!