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December 2022: Spiritual Landmarks
Pictures of temples, relics, and memorials from travels in Southeast Asia. Cambodia Siem Reap Phnom Penh Thailand Bangkok Chiang Mai Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malacca Penang Vietnam Ha Noi Hoi An Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon)
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December 2022: Local Living
Pictures of local people and street life from travels in Southeast Asia. Cambodia Siem Reap Phnom Penh Sihanoukville Thailand Bangkok Chiang Mai Hua Hin Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malacca Penang Vietnam Ha Noi Ha Long Bay & Ninh Binh Hoi An Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon) & Cu Chi
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December 2022: Art & Museums
Pictures of exhibits and galleries from travels in Southeast Asia. Cambodia Singapore & Siem Reap Phnom Penh Thailand Bangkok Chiang Mai Hua Hin Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malacca Penang Vietnam Ha Noi Hoi An Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon) & Cu Chi
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November 2022: Remembering Iris
Iris Chang was the woman who would not forget the Nanjing Massacre. I’ve been seeking to learn more about modern(ish) Chinese history, and so I read Iris Chang’s The Rape of Nanking this summer. The book bears witness to one of the worst episodes of human cruelty in the twentieth century, known either as the…
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August & Sept. 2022
The tell-all on how I completed my 9-month drawing boot camp. Rediscovering art. This gap year it’s been a pleasure to plunge back into the fine arts. I’m proud to have worked my way through the self-help book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, having finished the last chapter after a short detour…
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July 2022
I’m a millennial who is reflecting on 6 months of wonder and adventure. Re-reading my intro blog, you may notice how strongly I felt something was amiss. I needed a new chapter, a new direction. I wasn’t thrilled about life as it was. But I wasn’t sure of what exactly I did and didn’t like…
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May & June 2022: Terza Parte
This is the post to read about travel tips and delicious eats. If you haven’t caught on yet, Naples was one of my favorite stops for food and culture in Europe. I couldn’t get enough of the wine, pizza, pasta, and gelato in Italy! And Spain wasn’t far behind. I close this blog series with…
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May & June 2022: Seconda Parte
I spent 2 months in Europe immersed in the life of the Mediterranean Occident. (Warning some content contains depictions of nudity.) The Occident—that’s what the Romans called the western Mediterranean, including Italia, Iberia, and Gaul. This region stood opposite to the Orient, what the Romans knew as the birthplace of (western) civilization in Greece, Egypt,…
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May & June 2022: History
Budapest Trieste Venice Naples & Pompeii Rome Florence Genoa Barcelona Southern France Zaragoza Malaga Seville Lisbon Paris
My Millennium Commentary 