I’ve seen quite a number of beautiful sunsets in all my years of traveling. While some of them are quite forgettable, some of them would stay in my head for a very long time, simply because they are just so spectacular and beautiful and majestic. One of those that stayed in my head up until now is the sunset I that I took time watching while I was in Bagan. It was my very last evening in Bagan so I…
You know how big the city of Tokyo is – in fact it is considered one of if not the largest city in the world – both by area and population. I was there for a few days as part of my mission to conquering the highest peak in Japan and I am pretty sure I had covered quite a big part of it or at least I went to most of the main attraction areas such as Shinjuku and…
This picture I took while I was on the train to Sapa from Hanoi. The 8-hour overnight train wasn’t the most comfortable ride – in fact it was more like sleeping on a roller coaster plus the deafening noise and all – but it was much more comfortable than probably lolling in a chair for that long. I was supposed to be in another room, but somebody who introduced herself as a travel agent came up to me and told…