After three hectic months stuck in Hong Kong, the last stage of a long pandemic, I was finally able to venture out in December 2023 to visit one of my favorite countries – Japan. I’ve previously visited and enjoyed the

Visions of Istanbul : Turkey
It’s been over a decade since I last visit Istanbul, and a new visit was long overdue. I somehow timed it after Easter and at the height of Eid al-Fitr at the end of the Ramadan, which I thought was

Visions of Bangkok 2022 : Thailand
I’ve been to Bangkok several times before, but it seems like every time I have a different experience and find a new side to the city. In my visit during 2022 escaping the Hong Kong lock-down measures against the growing

Visions of Cusco and Machu Picchu : Peru
How to summarize Cusco? It was both one of the biggest highlights and the lowest of lows of my 2022. I was extremely lucky to land on the day of the sun festival with some crazy local festivities, and to

Visions of Córdoba : Argentina
I haven’t had the chance to do many roadtrip in my trip this year to South America. The pandemic was still a thing, and I didn’t plan the weather very well, arriving in the local winter. But when I was

Visions of Abu Dhabi : Emirates
Never expected to be able to visit Abu Dhabi, up until recently this seemed very unlikely to those with my passport, but things have really changed in the last few years, and the Emirates were some of the first worldwide

Visions of Santiago : Chile
This was my first ever visit to Chile, while the world was still recovering from the pandemic. Heard so much about it, and wanted to do so much, but restrictions and weather concerns limited my visit to Santiago, the capital

Visions of Buenos Aires : Argentina
Buenos Aires Argentina was probably one of the nicest surprises I’ve had in my last trip around South America, though with a bit of a sad twist to it. On the one side, I never expected it to be this

Visions of Lima : Peru
Whenever travelers tell me about their adventures in South America, Peru usually comes up as one of the highlights, so in my first long trip to South America I figured I have to stop by and have a look. I

Visions of Victoria Falls : Zimbabwe
My second stop in Africa after Johannesburg was to Zimbabwe, one night stopover at Victoria Falls. On the border with Zambia with the Zambezi river separating between the two you have a huge area with massive falls. You can definitely