Where to go, where to go? This year’s travels will take me to Indonesia — a group of 17,000+ islands in the South Pacific that ranks as the world’s fourth most populace country and includes islands with such names as Java, Sumatra, Papua, and Bali.

Indonesia is an archipelago, which simply means that it’s a group or chain of islands. Think of it as the United States if every state were an island. Don’t worry if you didn’t know what that word meant … I only learned that after I bought my ticket. See kids, traveling makes you smarter.

Time to do some pre-trip homework and read Eat, Pray, Love (apparently Love takes place in Bali). Stay tuned for travel details and adventures.