Zagreb is a lovely city full of attractions, and all within walking distance. The old city offers lots of streets filled with wonderful food and drinks options, and is very lively during night time. I also features a few funky

Costa Rica northwestern coast beaches
To wrap up my trip to beautiful Costa Rica, let me leave you with a visit to some of the gorgeous beaches on the northwestern coast. I rented a scooter and just did a beach cruise, stopping in for a

Viseu and mountains around Porto : Portugal
After starting in Porto, I headed south-east through the mountains towards Viseu. Made a few stops along the way to take in the views, in some small church, and then a nice mountain-side waterfall, and finally stayed the night in

Visions of Baltimore : Maryland
After spending some time in Philadelphia and Washington DC I stopped by for a few days to try and explore more of Baltimore. Last and only time I was there was on a father-son trip from Canadian Toronto to Washington

Visions of Antigua & Guatemala City: Guatemala
Still much for me to explore in Central America and so in my recent visit to the US, I decided to go and explore the region a bit by doing a short trip to Guatemala. I didn’t have much time

Visions of Ishigaki Okinawa : Japan
Japan is one of my favorite destinations, though I never really pictured it as a beach destination. Without really knowing much about Okinawa, I decided to take a low-cost flight for a few days and check out a new part

Ghibli Studios exhibition: Hong Kong
Beginning of September I was feeling a bit bored in Hong Kong and was looking for interesting things to do when I ran into an announcement of an unusual exhibition at Kowloon Bay – Ghibli Studios. I watched many of

Leiria castle & Batalha monastery: Portugal
After visiting Portugal’s Coimbra and Obidos, I continued down south to a lovely mountain top medieval castle/fort in Leiria, followed by a very large 14th century Gothic monastery in Batalha. Spent a couple of hours exploring each, with almost no one

Pingjiang historical blocks : Suzhou
In my last visit to Suzhou I stayed for a couple of days in the area near the old town, next to the Pingjiang historical blocks. Straight off the main road and into the old town is an array of

Hmong Village and Doipui Waterfall : Chang Mai
My last stop on the Doi Suthep motorbike trip up on the mountains to the west from Thailand’s Chang Mai were the Hmong Village and Doipui Waterfall. It’s a quiet village of Thai minorities, the Hmong, and you can see