Wanderlustful

This is so funny. I used to check dpreview.com for tips and inspiration for my photography. I haven’t done so in very long due to… well, life. It’s busy. They have this “Challenge” that I used to look at, and sometimes enter. Well, I just logged into the site after not checking it in almost a year and I see that I was #8 in the top ten runner-ups in of the challenges I entered. The challenge was “The Daily Round.” See it here. It’s not one of my best photos in terms of quality, color, etc, though.

So clearly I have been awful at keeping up this page. I had a goal to write a travelogue about each trip I went on. But I’m just a working person like you. It just so happens that I’m in close proximity to inexpensive and “exotic” travel destinations. Plus, being a teacher, I get extended holidays. This coming school year, I’ll try to write at least something about my trips. If I’m super ambitious I can try to write about trips retroactively. Hmm… let’s not get carried away here.

Something I don’t slack off on is my travel photography. Please do explore that. Isn’t a picture worth more than a thousand words anyway??

Lastly, here is a quick wrap up of the trips I’ve taken since living abroad in 2008.

September – Mid Autumn Festival 2008 – Beijing, China
October – National Day 2008 – Kuala Lumpur; Melaka, Malaysia
December Christmas/New Year 2008 - Ho Chi Minh City; Danang; Hoi An, Vietnam. Siem Reap; Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
January Lunar New Year 2009 – New York!
April long weekend 2009 – Qingdao, Shandong, China
May – Labor Day 2009 – Kashgar, Turpan, Xinjiang, China
August 2009 – Xian, Pingyao, Chengdu, China

October – National Day 2009 – Kunming, Dali, Xishuangbanna; Yunnan, China
December Christmas/New Year 2009 – Java, Indonesia (long layover in Guangzhou on the way home)
February Lunar New Year 2010 – Singapore; Cameron Highlands; Penang, Malaysia
April long weekend 2010 – Beijing, China
April/May – Labor Day 2010 – Guangzhou, China; Putuoshan, Zhejiang, China