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.
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.
Photos from the Royal Grand Palace in Bangkok.
More: Grand Palace Photoset
Six days relaxing on a remote beach …
More photos (of course): Koh Phan Ngan Photoset
More photos in the final Angkor Wat photoset.
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):
See more photos in the Chiang Mai Wats photoset.
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.
Original title: "Photos that should be taken with a wide-angle lens"
