Major revision to my 2024 (and '25) travel plans. I had a RTW on Star Alliance booked and paid for -
here. It was going to be a last big trip by air, filling in a few gaps, notably Ethiopia and Montenegro area. After long thought, I'm going to cancel it, as such long trips with much shuttling about are getting beyond me - my arthritic foot means I can't range all over the cities as I like to do and my sleep issue means I'm cactus for at least 3 days after a major time zone change, and after about 3 weeks of travelling.
So its going to be shorter trips hereon in, and more cruising.
Still filling in gaps: Booked a Caribbean cruise over Christmas this year on SilverSea, which will probably be coupled with a Finnair or LH type 'round the world' airfare where I'll at least see some Christmas markets in Europe beforehand and maybe do a bit more in southern Europe. Can't really avoid USA - Miami needed to fly to start and end of cruise - so I'll have to get a B1/B2 visa, unfortunately.
Probably will also do an Intrepid 'Premium Namibia' small group tour in August.
Having done Antarctica, it now has to be an Arctic cruise, probably on Ponant in mid 2025 (SS doesn't have any low Single Supplement fares that I can see, although my TA is working on it). Svalbard; would like to do Greenland as well, but can't see a suitable itinerary.