to start things off..

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here's a map of the world with countries i've been to but in no particular order.

us - up and down the west coast (mainly seattle, portland, frisco, and san diego on the weekends.. i've seen more of san diego now that i'm out of there than when i used to live in la jolla); vegas, east coast in the new england area NY (of course), jersey, boston.. would like to visit the keys in the future, miami, colorado, new orleans.. and i think that's about it.

mexico - puerto nuevo where they have the best lobsters in rosarito, rosarito, ensenada, tijuana.. i would love to see mexico city

canada - just vancouver.. i will be there for a month this summer for sw study abroad. i'm looking forward to it, but will miss my hubby terribly.. then i'll get over it two days later. i need a vespa to drive around or a motorcycle.. or maybe an el camino

europe - london, paris, roma, tuscan region of italy including firenze and also venezia.. future plans include studing abroad in firenze next summer (although i'm also considering india and thailand)

asia - philippines (mainly metro manila but will be travelling all over the philippines this summer for more than a month), bangkok thailand (best food ever!), hong kong (i'm honestly sick of the place) .. future plans incl traveling to the philippines this summer for a month going all over the country (but mainly staying off mindanao except for davao), bangkok again for some shopping and eating yum yum, stop by cambodia to see angkor wat, and either singapore or vietnam.. i'm hoping vietnam

other places i hope to reach in the future:
india - to see where my ancestors came from
go on an african safari
morrocco
egypt to see the sphynx or at least a realy pyramid that's in egypt (saw one in rome. yes, there's on in rome)
peru (love peruvian food)
greecen for the sun
amsterdam for some heini and hash (j/k)
more of italy
spain (madrid, barcelona with a lisp)
if i don't get to go to vietnam this summer then i'd like to visit vietnam in the future
japan for some ramen and mochi
i have no plans in visiting the middle east not b/c of all the turmoil there but b/c i think it'd be too expensive
brazil

my travel fantasy would be to travel all over italy on a motocicletta.. if only my husband and i could bring our ducatis there..


the pictures below are in no particular order.. enjoy

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Photos

frisco
carlo's bday in '04

tourists!
on a ferry going to bainbridge island, wa

marshmallow (wo)man
seattle skyline

spaceneedle
that's the space needle taken fr inside a car

lombard st
see how wet it is? it sucked.

cable car
see my rain boots? it was raining. it sucked

goldengate
it stopped raining the day we left frisco

europe?
am i in europe?? i forgot what this place is called but it was beautiful there

lost
we got lost somewhere in tj looking for the five freeway

ganxsta
this is how it's done in the 'hood. rosarito, beeeeech

nice horsey
elvin's horse went crazy and threw him overboard

dos equis
conserve water. drink beer.

in hell
welcome to hell.. vegas thanksgiving 05

happy hour
my favorite happy hour hang out in old town san diego.. el cayote. the best carnitas this side of the border

beach
i miss the beach

lax
airport

disney
we get free passes thanks to my cousin clare who works for disney. you da bomb!

ducatis
the ducatis i wish to bring to italy.. its homeland

golden buddha
bangkok

thai massage
a lesson in thai massage

dinner
new year's eve dinner in bangkok. there were no celebrations that year when the tsunami hit.

Comments

[anonymous]

Why skip Davao?
Just curious why skip Davao.I'd like to assure you ,you miss a lot.

[karempot]

davao
to anon i didn't skip davao.. will be going there this summer and i'm really looking forward to it cos i've heard lots of good things about davao.. it's really beautiful in the pictures and i'm sure davao won't let me down.. will write about it in the summer. thanks for commenting.