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Personal Year in Review

fil — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:11:25 +0000

Last year, I spent a lot of time traveling, primarily while living abroad. Although I was mostly in Seattle this year, I still did a respectable amount of traveling. This year, I visited five countries, and slept in 30 different cities:

Seattle, Washington
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Rafael Swell, Utah
Scottish Lakes, Washington
Conway, Washington
Las Vegas, Nevada
George, Washington
Hanalei, Hawaii
Po’ipu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Indianapolis, Indiana
West Lafayette, Indiana
Chelan, Washington
Carcavelos / Lisbon metro, Portugal
Zambujeira, Portugal
Lagos, Portugal
New York City, New York
Boston, Massachusetts
Sunnyvale, California
Portland, Oregon
Lima, Peru
La Paz, Bolivia
Copacabana, Bolivia
Cusco, Peru
Inka Trail, Peru
Tambopata, Peru
Arequipa, Peru
Mumbai, India
Mahableshwar, India
Goa, India

This year was an interesting one for me, and 2008 shall also be a year of transitions and experiments. I’m looking forward to it.

Winter Travel

fil — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:44:49 +0000

I’m currently in India for a few weeks, and I am going to stop by Dubai and Qatar on my way back before returning to Seattle in mid-January.

I keep on forgetting to post here, but for now you can find pictures on my Flickr page. Photos from November’s trip to Peru & Bolivia are available, and I’ll be posting photos from India whenever I get a good Internet connection.

Royal Grand Palace

fil — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:00:43 +0000

Photos from the Royal Grand Palace in Bangkok.

More: Grand Palace Photoset

Koh Phan Ngan

fil — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:00:47 +0000

Six days relaxing on a remote beach …

More photos (of course): Koh Phan Ngan Photoset

Chaweng Sunrise

fil — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:30:10 +0000

Angkor Wat (Day Three)

fil — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:00:02 +0000

More photos in the final Angkor Wat photoset.

Chiang Mai Trek

fil — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:00:19 +0000

One of the popular activities for tourists in Chiang Mai is to go on a trek — aka hiking, camping, and generating kickbacks for your guide.

We went on a short one night, two day trek. Although it had a slow start (poor food and zoo-like exposure to Karen hill tribes), the Trek ended strong with a hiking, an elephant ride, and river rafting on the second. It’s a reasonable thing to do if you’re on a short schedule, but if you have time I’d recommend going deeper into the activities you’re interested in (there’s plenty of rock climbing, rafting, and other activities in the area).

Some photos from both days (more photos):

Chiang Mai Wats

fil — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:36:35 +0000

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See more photos in the Chiang Mai Wats photoset.

New Years Eve

fil — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:59:52 +0000

Khao San Road (in the Banglamphu district) is Bangkok’s super-touristy center for hotels and nightlife. We arrived just after midnight, but the party was still going strong. The drunken crowds on the street reminded me of Mardi Gras in New Orleans — Mardi Gras may have even had fewer tourists.

More pictures in my New Years Eve photoset.

St. Augustine

fil — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Original title: "Photos that should be taken with a wide-angle lens"

Packwood Lake

fil — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:43:01 +0000

Packwood Lake (full size)

Times Square

fil — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 05:02:59 +0000

Times Square at night (full size)
Another cliché shot (full size)