24 hours in one of the holiest cities in the world – lost in a pilgrimage towards colors, history, and humanity.
Category: Asia
Nippon Dreams, Part I
Tokyo and Kyoto, two cities separated by 3 hours and centuries of history vs. modernity – but both oh so beautiful and delicious.
Annapurna Is A Calorie Burna
A once-in-a-lifetime trek into the heart of Annapurna Amphitheater in Nepal, one of the most remote and incredible places I’ve ever seen.
Sakura Diaspora
Sakura Matsuri 2017 at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York. [April 2017] Flowers blossom just to wither. But at least in that moment, it was pure, unadulterated beauty… Read more “Sakura Diaspora”
Memoirs of Asia
Shanghai, China; Singapore; Phuket, Thailand. [March 2017] Asia should feel exotic. Distant. There should be a faint familiarity from the first decade of my life, to be overwhelmed each… Read more “Memoirs of Asia”
[Flashback] Wat Is It Good Pho
Bangkok, Thailand. [May 2014] Any traveler who returns home safe can count his blessings for dodging figurative and literal bullets in some politically unstable destinations. Three days after… Read more “[Flashback] Wat Is It Good Pho”
[Flashback] Angkor Performance
Siem Reap, Cambodia. [May 2014] If I had to (unjustly) distill the beauty of Angkor Wat down to one word, it would be: Mysterious. Perhaps it is the dramatic… Read more “[Flashback] Angkor Performance”
[Flashback] Agracadabra
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. [May 2013] Ask a tour guide in Agra “what is the color of the Taj Mahal?” and expect a spectrum of colors for an… Read more “[Flashback] Agracadabra”
