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UAE: Dubai Festival City

Marina, Dubai Festival City. April 2011 Of Belgian Beer, the Hard Rock Cafe, and an Opera House On a visit to Kuala Lumpur years ago to...

Philippines: cock fighting

Fighting cock, Biliran. June 2016 [from FB post: June 21, 2015] (Bacolod) There is a morning rooster market near my hotel where guys...

Spain: menu del dia

Restaurant signboard (not my photo) [from FB post: August 8, 2016] Menu del dia is a cheap two course daily lunch at most restaurants in...

New Zealand: Flight to Milford Sound

Lake Wakatipu, Flight from Queenstown to Milford Sound. January 1993 Brian, MAP, and I found a tour to the famously beautiful Milford...

China: Great Wall

Great Wall. April 1998 I visited the Great Wall of China three times: the first, because I was in Beijing and it was high on my list,...

Germany: Heidelberg

Old city View of the Old Bridge over the Neckar from Heidelberg Castle. March 1993 Heidelberg holds a dear place in my heart. It was...

Philippines: Guimaras Island

Iloilo to Guimaras Ferry Green Mango Juice, Guimeras Island. January 2016 A new drink One of the days we were in Iloilo, JRC and I...

Oman: McDonald's

Breakfast at McDonald's with a latte, Muscat. March 2016 I might seem odd to have a visit to McD's etched in my travel memory, but I do. ...

Philippines: Tacloban, Leyte

Port, Tacloban, Leyte. June 2016 [from FB post: November 12, 2013] Watching BBC every morning before work and wondering how BBC (and...

Spain: the Prado

Rainy day. Prado Museum, Madrid. June 2018 [from FB post: June 8, 2018] Museum Review : the Prado Surprising amount of Italian and...

Switzerland: Rheinfall

Falls of the Rhine, Schaffhausen/Zurich Canton border. March 1993 The falls of the Rhine in Switzerland effectively block the river from...

UK: Richmond, London

Richmond, London. April 2012 On one of my visits to London, Adrian FVdR and I were exploring along the banks of the Thames and ended up...

Turkey: Sirkeci garı

Sirkeci Station Main Entrance Sirkeci Station lobby Former portal to the boats across the Bosphorus behind Sirkeci Station. August 2020...

South Street Seaport

South Street Seaport. July 2010 I am usually the guy who hates the touristy places that everyone else visits, but I give an exemption to...

Slovakia: Trencin Castle

Trencin Castle. April 2019 On my mostly rain-cursed stay in Vienna, I did have a few sunny days. I made the most of them by taking day...

India: Varkala Beach

Varkala Beach, Kerala. February 2010 Notes from the Kerala Holiday: After finishing the famous Kerala Backwater tour on a traditional...

France: Strasbourg

Cathedral entrance La Petite France La Petite France, Strasbourg. March 1993 First visit to France! On Matt's First Big Trip to...

USA: Space Shuttle Launch

Somewhere a few miles from the Kennedy Space Center. March 1988 We were in Orlando visiting Disney and heard there was to be a space...

Spain: Alhambra

Alhambra Palace, Granada. January 2018 The highlight of my week in Antequera [see: Antequera] was the visit to Alhambra in Granada. ...

Switzerland: Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen. March 1993 After visiting the famously disappointing Rheinfall [see: Rheinfall], on our way back to Germany we had to pass...

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Samsara

Observations of Life

"A stone with no moss" has been my motto.  My experiences and commentary from travels both near and far.  No hate, unfiltered.

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