This year in between East Asia and Europe, I made a stop in Northern America, starting from west coast United States, down to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and then back up to the east coast United States. In the west

Visions of Merida and Valladolid : Mexico
This year I got a chance to return to one of my favorite areas in the world – Yucatan province in Mexico, and explore a bit more. Some of the things were revisits of my previous visit almost a decade

Visions of Tokyo 2024 : Japan
Funky Tokyo. Been to this city many times and it never ceases to amaze me with new things to see and explore. In February 2024, I spent a couple of weeks in the city, touring around and finding new areas

Campus visit to Swarthmore College : Pennsylvania, US
Last spring I spent a few weeks in Pennsylvania, and was invited to see Swarthmore College. It’s a small prestigious college, in the half a day I spent there I believe I covered most of it. Some old buildings, a

Visions of Windsor and Painshill Park: United Kingdom
In my most recent visit to the London area to visit the Royal Holloway University of London campus, I visited a friend in the area, and we took a day out to explore Windsor. We walked around a lot, saw

Visions of Santo Domingo : Dominican Republic
On the way from Mexico to the United States, I was looking for a destination I have not been to yet that would allow me to continue towards Philadelphia, and saw a flight going through Santo Domingo in the Dominican

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 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