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17/04/2026

Views like this !

28/03/2026

Take in the beautiful sunset water views in the south of France (and the live string quartet too!)

16/03/2026

Is this you too??
I love the 'gram but rarely the "insta" part

I love flying all over the world to the next adventure!

13/03/2026

Hong Kong is great for night photography - such fascinating architecture pairs well with light streaks from a time lapse, framed within the HK skyline.

07/03/2026

Vacation mode activated

16/02/2026

Water reflections appear in the frozen Hudson River
Have a wonderful week ahead

15/02/2026

Happy Valentine's weekend! Let's each share an IG account or two that you love!

This is a weekend of appreciation for all people, passions, and things you love

This mural is in NYC - art on random building walls all over New York City

14/02/2026

What's your most embarrassing travel faiI? Want to hear mine? I'll start. I was ankle deep in mud in a jungle, when I realized I was in Asia just a couple of days before Chinese New Year. NYE is such a fun celebration, especially in cities, so I thought this could be a unique opportunity to experience this.

To celebrate my first Chinese New Year in Asia, I left the jungle and headed towards Kota Kinabalu, which everyone calls “KK”. It's the largest city in Sabah, in Malaysian Borneo.

Travel is wonderful if you're curious about the world and other cultures. Curiosity drives many of my travel, so I was interested to see how people celebrate... but I was in a jungle without WiFi or phone service.

A new travel friend (that I met on a wildlife swamp boat trip in the jungle) came with me, so we started the next chapter of our adventure. We took a bus to another bus to a ferry to another bus and was so excited to make it to KK.

But the city wasn't in party mode. No visible celebration. Nearly every restaurant and bar was closed. I was so confused. Maybe we got the dates wrong? Nope. We finally found a place with live music.

At the time, I had no idea that CNY is actually more of a family holiday, similar to the way Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. There were no big parties with the irrational excitement of elaborate countdowns signifying the exact moment of the new year like on December 31st.

All of this easily could have been avoided with a little research, but I didn't have access to the internet at any point during this idea and adventure.

This was all during a multi-month backpacking trip around the world, with many crazy stories. But we experience and we learn.

Happy Chinese New Year to all that celebrate!

What's your biggest Travel Fail?

11/02/2026