WORLD TATTOO TRAVELER (Bill Passman)

PHILLIPINES, VIETNAM, THAILAND and JAPAN

January 26th to April 9th

This trip started with an 8 night stay in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. My flight on January 31st to Manila originated in Cancun per my plan. The flight was a nightmare with 6 hours to San Francisco and 4 hour layover. Then a 13 hour flight to Seoul with MASK REQUIRED ON PLANE, Another 3 hour layover and 6 hour flight to Manila which arrived late causing me to miss the flight to Boracay. Bought another ticket and arrived on February 2nd at 3 pm.

(1) BORACAY: I will stay at nice hotel (Ferra Premier) for 6 nights and then fly to Palawan.

(2) EL NIDO, PALAWAN: I spent the 1st 4 nights at Frendz Hostel to take advantage of the backpacker vibe and swimming pool on the 6th floor with great views.

FLY TO VIETNAM on February 19th.

HOI AN:

DANANG: Week on beach in Danang before Thailand. Highlight was Dragon Bridge spewing fire.

GREECE, Meteora Monastery

GREECE, Island Hopping, Ios, Naxos, Corfu

TURKEY, Capadoccia

IRELAND, Tour

EGYPT, Luxor

EGYPT, Aswan Nile River Cruise to Luxor

MOROCCO, Fes

SPAIN, Seville

SPAIN, Cordoba

SPAIN, Madrid

July 30-August 7th, 2022

Trying to make plans for the 1 month I planned on hiking the Camino. Will spend 8 night chilling in Madrid. I was only here once in 2006 and it rained both days.

Next I visit Cordoba, then Seville for my 5 EURO flight to Fes, Morocco for a week. Then Egypt for week and then meet Ireland Group before Turkey and Greece.

SPAIN, San Sebastian

July 27-29, 2022

After 2 days of recovering, due to the large number of pilgrims hiking the Camino and lack of accommodations I reluctantly decided to postpone completing the Camino until a more opportune time. Hikers were sleeping on beaches along the way due to fully booked accommodations.

SPAIN, Irun to San Sebastian

July 27-2022

Left Irun on 1st leg of Camino de Santiago Norte to San Sebastian. It was approximately 28 km or 18 miles.which involved climbing 2 mountains. To say I was exhausted was an understatement.

SWITZERLAND, Interlaken, Gimmelwald, Zurich

May 31-June 8th, 2022

After end of Group trip to London, Edinburgh and Ireland I decided to visit Switzerland for 9 nights before returning to Louisiana gor time with GRANDS. I am especially excited as I was able to book the Mountain Hostel in Gimmelwald. This gives me access to great hiking and to revisit Schilthorn.

I also will spend 2 nights in Zurich before my flight.