sebbo on tour - around the world

Have you decided upon where to go next? And how do you prepare the trip once you found a destination? At an early stage, I learned that the more you travel the longer your list of places you want to see becomes. You'd think your bucket list would become shorter, but in the contrary - it grows longer with every trip you take ;) If you're looking for ideas and inspiration on google for instance, you usually find lists and recommendations from Lonely Planet , Tripadvisor or National Geographic . Usually when I travel, I talk to other travellers to be inspired by them, their travels, experiences and stories. Following a fellow traveller's personal reference is never disappointing, more often than not rewarding. Of course I also get inspired by places and things I see on TV, in documentaries or in blogs and forums, but in my opinion nothing beats the advise of a fellow traveller who has already been there. What do you think? How do you pick your destination(s)? When...

Last year's March holiday to Portugal was not warm and sunny enough for us; so we decided to go further south this time: A good flight offer from Urlaubspiraten brought us to Zanzibar. And as a sweet surprise we got a free last-minute upgrade to business class for the first leg of the flight... After the first temperature shock - almost 30°C and humidity over 90% at 5 AM in the morning - we got our visa on arrival (50$ each, credit card only) at the tiny airport, took an estimated amount of cash for ten days (there are only ATMs at the airport and in Stonetown) and found our transfer. First stop was Nungwi, in the North of Zanzibar. Due to low season it was pretty quiet, especially where we stayed. We even had the beach for us alone on the first day :) In the evening we realized already that our sunscreen was not strong enough. So close to the equator you might want to bring something higher than 30SPF. We spent the next days relaxing at the beach, one day scuba diving (gr...