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How do I sum up my travels in 2025? <\/strong>Enjoyable, intense, and thoroughly deliberate, with a watch towards more and more intense adventures sooner or later. <\/p>\n

This yr, I\u2019ve been feeling extra of an urge to go to new locations, and particularly new nations. However I\u2019ve additionally been drawn towards extra intense and adventurous journeys. Madagascar was precisely what I wanted \u2014 a tough and wild journey stuffed with surprises. I would like extra of that!<\/p>\n

In 2025, I visited seven new nations \u2014 Mauritius, Madagascar, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Dominica. That takes me to 96. My objective of 100 is in hanging distance!<\/p>\n

(And don\u2019t neglect to take a look at my finest journey moments of 2025 and my worst journey moments of 2025! These two are must-reads!)<\/p>\n

So what made the listing of my favourite new locations of 2025?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2012, I selected locations like Iceland, Montenegro, and South Africa.<\/p>\n

In 2013, I selected locations like Japan, Berlin, and the Scottish Highlands.<\/p>\n

In 2014, I selected locations like Sri Lanka, New Orleans, and Skellig Michael, Eire.<\/p>\n

In 2015, I selected locations like Nicaragua, Albania, and Chicago.<\/p>\n

In 2016, I selected locations like Puerto Rico, Alsace, and Western Australia.<\/p>\n

In 2017, I selected locations like Ukraine, the Florida Keys, and St. Petersburg, Russia.<\/p>\n

In 2018, I selected locations like Antarctica, Hokkaido, and St. Croix.<\/p>\n

In 2019, I selected locations like Newfoundland, Georgia, and Lake Orta, Italy.<\/p>\n

In 2020, I selected locations like Mexico Metropolis; Vi\u00f1ales, Cuba; and Vis, Croatia.<\/p>\n

In 2021, I selected locations just like the Aeolian Islands, the Berkshires, and Valle d\u2019Aosta, Italy.<\/p>\n

In 2022, I selected locations like Naples, Martha\u2019s Winery, and Guanajuato, Mexico.<\/p>\n

In 2023, I selected locations like Ischia, Patagonia, and Perast, Montenegro.<\/p>\n

In 2024, I selected locations like Bhutan, the Basque Nation, and the San Blas Islands, Panama.<\/p>\n

As typical, I’m solely together with locations that I visited for the primary time in 2025 \u2014 in order that excludes locations that I\u2019ve visited earlier than, together with Krak\u00f3w, New Orleans, and in every single place I visited in Mexico this yr. <\/p>\n

One exception: the Second Time Round award.<\/p>\n

\"Kate