Travel Diary

Sights and sounds from the photo albums.

• 228 Incident 二二八事件 (2/28/2026)
• 228 Peace Memorial Park 二二八和平紀念公園 (2/21/2024)
• A day climbing the Great Wall (1/27/2020)
• A walk in the Elephant Mountain (2/4/2020)
• Abu Dhabi – Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (3/15/2023)
• Akasaka Historic Walk (1/17/2020)
• Autumn in Japan (12/30/2017)
• Barcelona’s Montjuic Castle (1/4/2023)
• Barcelona’s Other Cathedral – Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (1/11/2023)
• Beihai Park – Features of Beihai Park (5/19/2025)
• Beihai Park – Jingxin Studio Garden 静心斋 (6/2/2025)
• Beihai Park – Landscape of the Western Foothills 西麓景观 (6/23/2025)
• Beihai Park – Moat Pool 濠濮間 (4/28/2025)
• Beihai Park – Temple of Eternal Peace 永安寺 (6/16/2025)
• Beihai Park – Temples on the North Bank (5/5/2025)
• Beihai Park – Western Heaven Temple 西天梵境 (5/12/2025)
• Beihai Park – White Dagoba 白塔 (6/9/2025)
• Beihai Park – Yi Lan Tang 漪澜堂 (4/21/2025)
• Beijing Autumn 1/2 TanZhe Temple 潭柘寺 (12/3/2020)
• Beijing Autumn 2/2 Jietai Temple 戒台寺 (12/4/2020)
• Beijing Nanluogu Alley 南锣鼓巷 (3/4/2020)
• Changsha – Mao’s Hometown (6/23/2020)
• Changsha Part 1: Yuelu Mountain 嶽麓山 (6/29/2020)
• Changsha Part 2: Yuelu Academy – 1,000 years of education 嶽麓書院 (6/30/2020)
• Changsha Part 3: Museum of Chinese Academies 中國書院博物館 (7/1/2020)
• Changsha Part 4: A young Mao in Changsha 橘子洲 (7/2/2020)
• Changsha Part 5: Tianxin Pavilion 天心閣 (7/3/2020)
• Chaozhou Kaiyuan Temple 開元寺 (6/5/2020)
• Chaozhou Leng Ou Village 龙湖古寨 (4/9/2020)
• Chaozhou Night Out 潮州府韻 (4/13/2020)
• Chaozhou Part 1 Green Dragon Temple 潮州遊記 1/3 青龍古廟 (4/14/2020)
• Chaozhou Part 2 West Lake 潮州遊記 2/3 潮州西湖 (4/15/2020)
• Chaozhou Part 3 Guangji Bridge 潮州遊記 3/3 廣濟橋 (4/16/2020)
• Chengdu – Walking down a wide and narrow alley (2/27/2022)
• Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage #1 : The Cottage 杜甫草堂 (7/6/2022)
• Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage #2 : The Main Entrance 正门中轴线 (7/13/2022)
• Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage #3 : Tang Ruins Museum 唐代遗址 (7/20/2022)
• Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage #4 : The Flower Path 花径 (7/27/2022)
• Chengdu Dujiangyan : How it works (6/29/2022)
• Chengdu Dujiangyan 都江堰 (6/22/2022)
• Cooking in Hoi An (10/13/2020)
• Cruising and Gluttony (8/21/2020)
• Day Trip in Yilan 宜蘭一日游 (2/23/2022)
• Dimsum in Guangzhou 去廣州吃點心 (5/14/2020)
• Disneyland HK Corner Cafe (3/1/2021)
• Drinking coffee with corgis (2/7/2020)
• Du Fu – The Man and His Works (8/3/2022)
• Dubai – Burj Khalifa (2/8/2023)
• Dubai – Dubai Creek (3/22/2023)
• Dubai – Dubai Frame (3/8/2023)
• Dubai – The Palm Jumeriah (3/1/2023)
• Enter the Dragon 龍的傳人 (8/12/2024)
• First Time in Ulaanbaatar (3/27/2024)
• Forbidden City – Qianlong Garden 乾隆花園 (12/29/2025)
• Forbidden City – Sacred Animals (7/6/2019)
• Forbidden City 1/5 Royal Architecture 皇家建筑 (9/7/2020)
• Forbidden City 2/5 The Inner Court 内廷 (9/8/2020)
• Forbidden City 3/5 On the trail of Yanxi 延禧攻略 (9/9/2020)
• Forbidden City 4/5 The Empress Dowager 慈禧太后 (9/10/2020)
• Forbidden City 5/5 Leisure in the Palace 宫廷娱乐 (9/11/2020)
• Forbidden City Extra – The Emperor’s Retirement (9/12/2020)
• Get Me to Birdland (11/25/2022)
• Get Your Kicks On Route 66 (12/20/2023)
• Grand Canyon – Eagle’s Point of View (1/3/2024)
• Grand Canyon – From The Air (1/17/2024)
• Grand Canyon – Million Year Walk (12/27/2023)
• Grand Canyon – Tourist Magnet (1/10/2024)
• Great Mosque of Xi’an 化觉巷清真大寺 (9/23/2024)
• Gulangyu 鼓浪屿 – Foreigners 国外篇 (1/28/2022)
• Gulangyu 鼓浪屿 – Locals 侨胞篇 (2/3/2022)
• Hangzhou Lingying Temple 靈隱寺 (5/6/2020)
• Hangzhou Night in West Lake 夜游西湖 (6/20/2020)
• He’s a Cold-Hearted Snake (1/29/2025)
• Hoi An Central Market (7/11/2020)
• Imperial Dining in Beihai Park (9/8/2023)
• Jinci Temple 晋祠 – 1/3 起源和亮點 (1/12/2026)
• Jinci Temple 晋祠 – 1/3 The Origin and Highlights (1/12/2026)
• Jinci Temple 晋祠 – 2/3 Artistic and Cultural Treasures (1/19/2026)
• Jinci Temple 晋祠 – 2/3 藝術文化寶藏 (1/19/2026)
• Jinci 晉祠 – 3/3 擴充 (1/26/2026)
• Jinci 晋祠 – 3/3 Expansions (1/26/2026)
• Kyoto and Nara (12/30/2017)
• Kyoto Arashiyama (12/30/2017)
• Kyoto Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社 (7/14/2025)
• Kyoto Ginkakuji 銀閣寺 (7/28/2025)
• Kyoto Kinkakuji 金閣寺 (7/21/2025)
• Kyoto Kiyomizu-dera Temple 音羽山 清水寺 (12/22/2025)
• Kyoto Nijo Castle 二条城 (10/20/2025)
• Kyoto Toji Temple 東寺 (12/23/2020)
• La La Land – Beverly Hill and Downtown (12/14/2022)
• La La Land – Grand Central Market (12/21/2022)
• La La Land – Tinseltown (12/7/2022)
• Land of Canals and Streams – Wuzhen (3/15/2017)
• L’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (11/30/2022)
• Leshan Buddha 乐山大佛 #1/3 – Going Up and Down (6/1/2022)
• Leshan Buddha 乐山大佛 #2/3 – At The Top (6/8/2022)
• Leshan Buddha 乐山大佛 #3/3 – By The River (6/15/2022)
• Lest We Forget – 9/11 (9/11/2025)
• Lest We Forget – The 1938 Changsha Inferno 文夕大火 (11/12/2025)
• Luoyang Museum 洛阳博物馆 (3/3/2025)
• Mandai Singapore Zoo(logical) Gardens… Whatever (10/27/2025)
• Mount Emei 峨眉山 (8/17/2022)
• Muir Woods National Monument (7/1/2024)
• Munich Die Stadtpfarrei St. Peter “Alter Peter” (4/14/2025)
• Munich Frauenkirche (4/7/2025)
• My Little Pony (2/17/2026)
• National Mall – Lincoln Memorial (12/6/2023)
• National Mall – World War II Memorial (12/13/2023)
• Nearly Killed By A Fish (1/21/2022)
• New York St Patrick’s Cathedral (11/23/2022)
• On the trail of Gaudí – Park Güell (11/2/2022)
• On the trail of Gaudí – Sagrada Familia (11/16/2022)
• Quarantine in Shanghai (Jun 2021) (5/2/2022)
• Quarantine in Shanghai (Nov 2021) (5/9/2022)
• Quarantine in Shanghai – Day 0 (11/16/2020)
• Quarantine in Shanghai – Day 1 (11/17/2020)
• Quarantine in Shanghai – Day 14 Freedom (12/22/2020)
• Quarantine in Shanghai – Day 2 (11/18/2020)
• Quarantine in Shanghai – Day 3 (11/30/2020)
• Quarantine in Shanghai – Day 6 Area Cleaning (12/21/2020)
• Quarantine in Shanghai – Food Special (Chinese) (12/1/2020)
• Quarantine in Shanghai – Food Special (Western) (12/2/2020)
• Remaking 西营盘 (6/6/2017)
• Ruins of St Paul’s 大三巴牌坊 (9/23/2020)
• Sakura 2017 Tokyo (4/4/2017)
• Sakura 2019 Tokyo (5/28/2019)
• Sakura 2025 Tokyo (6/30/2025)
• Sentosa’s Fort Siloso (8/23/2023)
• Shanghai – A walk in Tianzifang 田子坊 (9/9/2018)
• Shanghai – Drinking tea at Dak Town 大可堂 (3/14/2020)
• Shanghai Disney Royal Banquet (12/8/2020)
• Shaolin Martial Arts 少林功夫甲天下 (2/17/2025)
• Shaolin Pagoda Forest 少林塔林 (2/10/2025)
• Shaolin The Ancient Monastery 少林古刹 (2/3/2025)
• Shaoxing – Lu Xun Native Place 鲁迅故里 (9/25/2020)
• Shaoxing Dayu Kaiyuan Resort 大禹开元 (11/9/2020)
• Shaoxing Dayu Mausoleum 大禹陵 (11/6/2020)
• St Regis of New York City (10/28/2022)
• Summer Palace 颐和园 as a Garden (3/20/2020)
• Summer Palace 颐和园 as a Palace (3/19/2020)
• Swatow Old Town Tour 汕頭老城區 (4/17/2020)
• Taiwan Here I Come! (10/4/2022)
• Tongli: #1/5 Jiangnan Water Town 同里水乡 (3/22/2021)
• Tongli: #2/5 Three Sights 同里三景 (3/23/2021)
• Tongli: #3/5 Sights and Sounds 同里声色 (3/24/2021)
• Tongli: #4/5 Night and Day 同里日不落 (3/25/2021)
• Tongli: #5/5 Memories 老朋友 (3/26/2021)
• United Amidst the Differences (9/28/2022)
• Via Dolorosa (4/3/2026)
• Walk in Train Night Market (3/8/2019)
• Walking among the laneways (6/23/2022)
• Welcome Back to Korea (10/5/2022)
• Wonders of River Safari in Singapore (8/18/2025)
• Yangzhou Beautiful in March (4/29/2019)
• Yangzhou Dongguan Street 東關大街 (4/20/2019)
• Yangzhou Ge Garden 个園 (4/20/2019)
• Yangzhou Grand Canal 古運河 (4/20/2019)
• Yangzhou Slender Westlake 瘦西湖 (4/20/2019)
• Yantai – Suocheng District 所城里 (5/25/2022)
• Yantai – Walk in Sunshine 烟台朝阳街 (3/30/2022)
• Yantai – Yantai Hill 烟台山 (4/6/2022)
• Yantai – Yantai Hill Lighthouse 烟台山灯塔 (4/13/2022)
• Yantai Hokkien Huaykuan 福建会馆 (8/10/2022)
• Ye Shanghai! 夜上海 (6/9/2022)
• Zhoucun 周村 – #1 Northeast End of Silk Road 丝绸之路东北端 (4/20/2022)
• Zhoucun 周村 – #2 Dye Houses 大染坊 (4/27/2022)
• Zhouzhuang 周庄 – How It All Began (3/5/2024)
• Zhouzhuang 周庄 – How to Live Like a Millionaire (3/6/2024)
• Zhouzhuang 周庄 – Jiangnan Water Town Architecture (3/4/2024)
• Zhouzhuang 周庄 – The Most Beautiful Water Town in the World (2/14/2024)