Where do we go next?

Our next trip is planned to include Turkey (Istanbul, Cappadocia) and Greece (Athens, Santorini) plus other stopovers in that direction. It will be months before we start completing all the details for that trip.

I am still working on completing the ETAs (Visas) needed for our soon upcoming trip.  I needed to upload selfie photos, pages from our passports, our accommodation contract, our tickets for the arriving airline, and our tickets for the departing cruise ship.  Then add in a medical form, background information, tracing data (for Covid), payment, and then complete some pull-down menus.... and that was just for Seychelles.  Best to do it on a well-connected cell phone.  Don't forget that international service plan for your phone. Tomorrow, I start on the Sri Lanka forms.

Four different types of electrical plug adapters will be needed for this trip (D, G, M, N).  Hopefully, our credit cards will suffice in most situations instead of using the multiple currencies involved.  What other details do we need to prepare for?

Today I discovered that our temporary change of address form was not submitted properly by the post office employee I dealt with.  Again, it was a matter of uploading identification information; she did not do it; thus, today I had to go to the post office and start over again.

Our cruise company wants us to bring formal wear for an onboard dinner, plus another "all white dinner" and then a semi-formal dinner.  Dawn and I simply do not have the space in our suitcases for these extras which will be worn only ONCE for an event in the middle of the Indian Ocean.  As it is, we have had to switch to larger suitcases which will need to be checked.  Checked luggage tends to get lost.  We have had it happen previously in Ecuador, Tahiti, and Sardinia.  Fortunately, we have absolutely no close airline connections.

We may skip those formal dinners.  Does the ship have a snack bar?

To travel to these far-off places on our own is a personal challenge.  I can understand why people hire travel agents.  The point is that you CAN do it yourself.  Our cruise company was not aware that Seychelles requires a visa.  I discovered that through dealing with Emirates airline.  Travel insurance.... we have never bought it unless required; medical evacuation insurance was required for the Galapagos islands and was justified by its remote location.  Depends on your situation.