Taiwan is my old home and so every visit back is a treat. In early 2023, I ventured out of the Covid craziness in Hong Kong, just after Taiwan eased up restrictions, and spent some time in Taipei and Kaohsiung,

Visions of Nashville Tennessee : United States
I’ve heard that Nashville is one the world’s country music centers, its music scene competing with places like Austin Texas, and a bustling happening place with fast growing economic status with main branches of some of the US biggest companies

Visions of Yale University : New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University has always been on my TODO list for visiting US college campuses, but the location in New Haven, Connecticut, made that a bit difficult. In 2024, while visiting Philadelphia and the east coast was invite to join my

Visions of Nha Trang : Vietnam
Long ago, in 2005, I spent a few months in Vietnam roaming around the country. At some point, as I was planning a trip from Ho Chi Minh, to Dalat, and then to Nha Trang, I had a serious accident

Visions of Johannesburg 2 : South Africa
It’s a bit embarrassing that I’ve seen so much of the world but have never been to Africa before 2022. Though the world was still coming out of a pandemic, I was long overdue to visit, and so my first

Visions of Bali : Indonesia
I’ve heard so much about Bali, and have always wanted to go, but there was technical reasons that prevented me from going. Three years ago, those technical challenges just suddenly disappeared, so I had to wait a bit for the

Visions of Bodrum : Turkey
Bodrum is a coastal city in Turkey, a quick ferry ride from the Greek island Kos. Wanting to reach Istanbul from the Greek islands, I took that ferry and stayed for a night to explore a bit. There were nice

Visions of Jakarta : Indonesia
Been hoping to make it to Indonesia for many years, but was only finally able to make that happen in 2023. I’ve been warned that Jakarta is perhaps not the best introduction to Indonesia, with places like Bali being nicer

Visions of Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia
I’ve long wanted to visit Malaysia, and in 2023 I finally got the chance to do it. I started off with Kuching and Kota Kinabalu were okay, though I liked Penang a lot better, and for me the highlight, strangely

Visions of Kuching and Kota Kinabalu : Malaysia
For many years I wanted to visit Malaysia but due to technical reasons I was not allowed to visit. In 2021 things changed, and I could finally go and visit. Given the pandemic, I had to wait a bit, so