Hi Julia,
I've firm plans for next year - Costa Rica/Nicaragua in March (as Will has dropped a big hint that there will be a JY departure then, really very excited about this as I've wanted to do this hol since Travelsphere first introduced it) and then China next Sept with a friend (hopefully) again with JY and including the Yangzte Cruise if available.
For 2015, I'm thinking about Peru and the Amazon (but I'm seriously considering the Travelsphere version as it is longer and the extra places it visits sound fantastic - picturesque boat trips, canyons etc; the add-on sounds better too: three nights in a better lodge/area compared with the JY two nights in a very basic lodge). I'm also thinking about Canada and wondering if there is any chance a deal can be done with the cruise company to re-introduce the Alaska add-on. For the years after that, I'd love to do New Zealand with the Cook Islands in 2016, followed by Australia the year after that. Other options high on my wish list are Tanzania with Zanzibar (I know JY don't currently offer this, so will look elsewhere - not Solo's I hasten to add - they do this holiday but go in April which according to all the websites is the worst time of year to go!!). Other countries on my wish list are Indonesia (with Travelsphere if JY don't introduce it), Ethiopia and Namibia (I love Africa - but I'm not currently considering the JY Kenya tour as I wouldn't want to share a room and the Mombasa part doesn't really appeal to me). Other JY tours that interest me are Hawaii, Russia, Jordan, Thailand (any chance of JY following TS and revamping this tour to include Laos? that would push it up my "to do" list a couple of places!) and I heard on the grapevine that Mexico might be re-introduced. I'd love to do Borneo and see the orang-utans as well. The new TS Dubai break sounds like a lot of fun too! So lots of ideas, hopefully the health and savings will bear up to the strain!!
I read in Wanderlust magazine of a couple that are trying to visit 50 countries by the time they turn 50 - this has inspired me and I'd have to fit a lot of travel in over the next few years, but I might just make it if things work out! Thanks for asking, you're probably sorry now that you did!
Cheers,
Bob