I should travel whenever I want, or can.
It's not so much a conscious decision as a conclusion. It took a few years to come to the realisation that hogging leave until the year ends is just ineffective - particularly when the financial year ends in March. The choices are very limited between December and March, with gloomy (cold) weather descending upon countries north of the equator. And no, I'm not a fan of ski.
So it came to be that I have lined up 1 trip per month from February, the longest at 17 days this month to (freezing) China. Not really the best time to visit the 浙江 & 江苏 region, but that's the unfortunate result of 2011 leave hogging. The shortest looks like a long April weekend road trip up to our favourite place in Malaysia, Ipoh.
March is shaping up to be a first - "volunteer" stint at a turtle conservation site on the lovely island of Tioman, while July is likely to be a semi-trekking re-visit to Hokkaido. I did swear never to go to Japan again in July, but the far-northern Hokkaido would be the best place to be in the country at the height of summer, when the rest of the country would be sweltering.
May and June are half-baked for now, but at least it's something to dwell upon while shivering under the blankets (or maybe even lack thereof) next fortnight. Brrrrr~
