We do something similar. We generally plan on a week in an area and see how we feel. After extending our time in Brasov three times, we decided to just stay.

Enjoy Koh Samui. We spent a month on the island earlier this year.

I like that you like Romania.

Happy Holidays from Koh Samui!

Nomadic shiny objects syndrome. I like it! So very accurate.

Having SO many possibilities can be both wonderful and frustrating, but overall it sure is great and is TRUE freedom.

LOL. Yup, you got THAT right Talon. The nomad’s “shiny objects” syndrome – and I too have it in spades.

But that said – as you know I too am a “slow” traveler and never have understood how some can perpetually move every few days for 12, or 14, or 18 months or even longer. It’s not even the physical endurance of it – more so, my brain simply can’t continually assimilate so many new sights and exotic experiences in such rapid succession without a few intermissions to digest/savor/appreciate them.

Then again, anymore, no way can I ever stay put in one spot for more than a few months without leastwise making some serious forays into neighboring countries. And even then, eventually I get the inevitable “itch”.

Which brings me to… “…I think we were just really over SE Asia at that point.”

Yup, like you, I too think I’m just “done with Asia” at this point. After 2+ years of staying put (in Saigon, then Dalat, now 2+ mo. here in Chiang Mai) mixed with plenty of amazing jaunts to Mongolia, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Australia, Nepal, Borneo and most recently Myanmar – I’m simply “over SEA” and ready to move on to a wholly new continent. Not quite sure yet whether that will be Europe or Africa or South America, but it’s deliciously fun to play with the possibilities, yes?

I think being in a bigger city definitely helps. There are just more places to explore and experience, more events, more choices. We’ve kind of exploring the heck out of Brasov which adds to the saturation feeling.

Having that choice is so huge. Really makes a difference.

Man, it’s SO nice after a period of fast travel. By the time we got to Vietnam, we had been popping from place to place to place. Went to a place few non-Vietnamese tourists go and parked it for 2 weeks. It was so refreshing. It’s been nice having these 3 months to pretty much chill, except for a few short trips. As you said, though, it’s definitely out of my system.