Plan B

With over two years of little travel I need to write down all my travel ideas I have in the back of my mind. If not, ideas will remain ideas. I will expand this post in the next couple of months.

Fisherman’s Trail (Trilho dos Pescadores)

This 226,5 km long coastal trail takes you along the coast of Portugal. The trail is dived in 13 day hikes. Best time: September - June. In the summer months it can be hot.

Jamaica

Visiting Jamaica has been a long time wish. The distance from Amsterdam is 7.813 km, which is a flight time of well over 10 hours. Most Jamaican towns and places I know from listening to Jamaican music: Spanish Town, Manchester, Westmoreland, Hanover, Saint Catherine, Saint Mary and the list goes on.

I want to hike the Blue Mountains and feast on Ital-food, have breakfast with ackee and saltfish, eat jerk chicken smoked on pimento wood and try curry goat.

I wonder if you can vist King Jammy Studio in Waterhouse. Probably not. Best time to visit Jamaica is during our winter. There can be rain and hurricanes in October.

Caucasus

I have a choice between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia. The latter is off the table due to the war. I have a preference for Azerbaijan.

Everest Base Camp Trek

It is time to walk another mountain range which is not the European Alps. The Everest Base Camp Trek is 58 kilometers so to get back to the starting point it is about 120 kilometers. Rough guess: 6 days of hiking.

Starting point is the village of Lukla and you have to fly in from Kathmandu. There is some serious planning involved and I don’t think I can do this hike while my father is still alive. There is no way to get back to The Netherlands in case of an emergency.

I got inspired by watching the YouTube-channel of Kraig Adams. The photo’s are stills from his video. Elevation gain is an amazing 5.152 meters so altitude sickness is the biggest risk The path looks like it is walkable with no climbing.