Plans for 2016?

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Since my latest forum activity obviously shows I'm totally bored, I'll make an effort to give it a more jolly twist.

I would love to learn about herping plans you might have for 2016. Don't feel shy to talk about local herp-related things you'll be doing too!

Since there's a new baby in my house, I made a promise to take it easy next year. That means I will be depending more than ever on what you guys are up to, and what you are posting here, of course.

[Christoph Stenger]

Will be visiting Alsace and Lorraine. Plan is to go there for about a week with snakes as a main target.

[GertJan Verspui]

So far almost 20 planned weeks away from home, but none are for herping.

[Peter Engelen]

I think Oman and Bali/Komodo.

[Kristian Munkholm]

No plans yet.

Money is tight and my employment situation uncertain so this isn't the time for long term herp trip planning. Only trip abroad certain on the horizon is a family trip to Norway - obviously not a herp trip.

We dream of visiting my sister again, ideally over Easter, but that requires a positive outcome in relation to my worklife + succesful juggling of about 5 separate calendars so it's probably not in the cards.

If it happens, it won't by any means be a herping trip but Texas in spring should offer a good chance for a few interesting critters nonetheless. This would almost certainly gobble up the full travel budget for our family this year.

Otherwise, I'd hope to squeeze in a short spring trip to some destination around the Mediterranean. I don't know where, but it would probably have to be max. 5 days spanning a weekend and dirt cheap. If possible, I'd love to go in the company of other herpers for a change.

Around home I don't really have any plans either. There's an ongoing Danish herp atlas project I've contributed quite a bit of data to this past year. I'd like to fill in some of the blanks but the Copenhagen metropolitan area is pretty well covered by now and I don't know how much more I'll get around. Other than that of course I'll try to get out as much as possible - as always - following some of my local populations and searching for new ones. I am kind of in want of a project, though...

[Kevin Byrnes]

Our only confirmed plans for 2016 so far are a week in Corsica at the end of May hoping to pick up several new species for my tick list. It looks like I may soon be made redundant from my badger vaccination job so further plans are not being made yet until we have a more certain future.

[Alexandre Roux]

Should be going to one of these 3 destinations in April/May:
Israel, Malta or Greece

[Robin Duborget]

Costa-Rica in August, a one month trip with wife and friends.

Also maybe a quick trip to Liguria in april .. We will see, it's a busy year at work !

[Jürgen Gebhart]

I think Oman

A very good choice!

[Bobby Bok]

February
A short trip to Portugal

April/May
Two weeks to Iran.

Summer
A month on honeymoon to Abu Dhabi/Dubai and the Seychelles.