I am following this guy for inspiration, jes cirrwntly rising on Thailand and heading to Malaysia and I hope to do some small amount of touring later this year in Cambodia. I do day trips only locally.
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If you have never seen a total solar eclipse before it’s pretty wild. I got to see one two years ago.
That’d be my vote.
The other trip sounds like something that could be done at any time if there’s no special event going on you are trying to do or see.
You know how it's said "Visit Russia before Russia visits you". That is my main concern in that area.
But the problem in Spain at that time is the weather, it is just too damn hot for me to go there in summer.
So even though I haven't seen full solar eclipse yet I am more inclined to go north.
The total eclipse only passes over Iceland and Spain. And Iceland can be cloudy.
Not murica forsure , Madagascar next stop
I didn't thought about going there even before current events...
The solar eclipse is on 12 August, not July. Nobody much is talking about it yet, for whatever reason.
I plan to be in Spain for it (but probably would be anyway). It's just before sundown so it could be pretty spectacular so close to the horizon. But then viewing in a city might be tricky and also there's a higher risk of being foiled by clouds. I'm guessing the best guarantee of success would be somewhere on the Meseta Central, the high interior, which is normally dry. Maybe Teruel, which is directly on the eclipse path.
I did much cycle tourism in Spain last year, and took a bunch of trains. Forget the high-speed AVE and even some of the other faster services, they don't take bikes. To be sure you will get your bike on, you need to book on the Renfe site and make sure the train says "Plaza bici disponible" (which you can then reserve for free but in practice there's always space). It's not the easiest country in Europe for bikes on trains but OK once you work out which services are possible.