I’ve been thinking a lot about my trip, which should be in March, to Asia. At first, I was planning to go to Thailand for a multitude of reasons; it’s cheap, accessible, and safe. But I’ve been talking to a few friends who say they really enjoyed Thailand but that it’s overrated. Never being one to do the conventional, it made me rethink where I might want to go.

Now, of course, I really want to experience Bankok. I hear it’s worldly and authentically cultured. I also love the whole backpacker scene. Do I want to relax and sit around at the beach? No, because I work on a boat that follows the summer and therefore always have access to beaches. I have been Diving at the Great Barrier Reef and I have surfed in South Africa. Obviously I want to do something adventurous. I’m not going for Rest and Relaxation. After spending a lot of time on the water, perhaps I want to go a little further inland.

My goal someday is to own an eco-hotel. I always use my trips for informational purposes to gather ideas of places that I like so that someday I may incorporate those ideas into my own place. So, I’m thinking I’ll go to an eco-lodge in the mountains. I want to do yoga for like 2 weeks. However, the big catch is that usually places like those attract older crowds and I want to avoid a place like that. Here are my requirements for my vacation to India.

• Beautiful natural surroundings
• Clean, nice place to stay
• Affordable, but not economy cheap
• Young Crowd
• Yoga

I’ll keep you updated on my research. I’m going to look at igougo.com, lonelyplanet.com and various other internet sites.