Dream destinations (off the beaten track)

I enjoyed reading your description of Albania and it sounds like a very interesting place to visit. I checked the visa and passport situation when I had read your response and I would need a passport, but I am able to visit Albania without a visa, and it wouldn't be hard for me to go there. It sounds like a good option to fly from Sweden to Kosovo. That would give me the chance to visit some places in Kosovo as well. I have never been to Kosovo. I hope that I will get the chance to visit Albania in the future, I think that would be very interesting.

Very good! I hope you go to Albania soon and then don't forget to tell me where have you been and if you enjoyed your holiday over there!

I think that there is something fascinating about destinations off the beaten track and I like the things that you wrote about appreciation for the simple things. Your response made me think about the difference the popular destinations and the destinations that few people visit, and I think that there are many different reasons why some destinations are less popular. Sometimes those destinations are unsafe, sometimes it is hard to get a visa, sometimes there are few hotels and a lack of public transportation, sometimes those destinations are very expensive and sometimes people simply haven't heard about them.

For it to be less beaten of a path, the less that know the better. I like the idea of staying at a private place that belongs to a celebrity in the Caribbean.

I have also been very close to Russia. In Estonia I was literally a few steps away from the border between Estonia and Russia, but without a Russian visa they would never have let me into Russia. A trip around the old silk road sounds complicated and expensive but amazing. You would need a visa for each country and that would make the trip expensive, but I still think that it would a very interesting trip. I want to visit Myanmar and it sounds like a such beautful country. I would have to fly there because foreigners aren't able to enter Myanmar overland. It would have been nice to fly to Thailand and catch a bus to Myanmar, but it is not possible. Tibet would be a difficult place to visit because of the special travel permit that you need. We would need at least one travel permit in addition to the Chinese visa and more than one permit if we wanted to visit certain parts of Tibet. You are right about Bhutan. Only tours are allowed and it is expensive. Those two things prevents me from visiting Bhutan, but it sounds like a very interesting and unusual country. Madagascar is on of the list of places that I would like to visit mainly because of the wildlife that I wouldn't be able to see anywhere else. I don't plan on visiting North Korea, because I don't like the idea about joining a group tour. In North Korea individual trips are not allowed. You are not even allowed to walk around in the area close to the hotel without your guide. Whereever you go your guide has to follow you. I don't like the photo restrictions either, because I usually take many photos when I visit another country.

Yes, the money is the main problem. I really, really want to visit every part of the world, but it takes me a lot of time to save up the money for each trip, and I know that I won't be able to visit all of the countries that I dream about, but I am happy that I am able to travel at all. If I was rich I would travel all the time I think that Bhutan would be an interesting place to visit, but it is a very expensive place and I can't afford to go there. I will visit Tibet and Myanamar if I am able to get the visas and the money for the trips of course.