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"Life is short and the world is wide."  - Simon Raven
Go travel, go explore!
Over the past decade, I've had the opportunity to travel a pretty good bit and I'm incredibly grateful for all these opportunities. But according to TripAdvisor, I've still got 78% of the world to explore, long way to go. I won't deny that traveling can be expensive, but let me clarify, I'm certainly not rich in monetary terms. If you're wondering how I have the time and money to afford all these traveling while working an ordinary 9-5 job, it's all about priorities, hard work, and maybe some luck to slowly check off my travel list! Here are some highlights of my past travel adventures... 
These are photos I've taken over the years as I traveled around this beautiful world.
TRAVELOGUE
40 countries  ;  24 US States
(Updated - 9/30/2022)
2002
Dec - Hong Kong & Shenzhen (China)

2006
May -  West Coast, USA (LA , San Francisco, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas) & Taipei (Taiwan)
Dec - Seoul (South Korea)
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2008
Jan - Osaka (Japan) & Hawaii (USA)
May - Phuket (Thailand)
Aug - Huntsville, Alabama (USA)
Sept - Chattanooga, Tennessee (USA)
Nov - Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Nov - Orlando, Florida (USA)
Dec - Nashville, Tennessee (USA)
Dec - East Coast, USA (Boston, New York, Washington DC, New Jersey, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, Baltimore)

2009
Feb - New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)
​Mar - New York (USA)
June - Bali (Indonesia)
Sept - Singapore
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2010
June - Northern Ireland (UK), Dublin (Ireland), Liverpool (UK)
July - London (UK)
Aug - Manchester (UK)
​Aug - Cardiff & Bath (UK)
Sept - Scotland (UK)
Oct - Paris, Cannes, Nice (France)
Oct - Monaco
Oct - Pisa, Florence, Rome, Venice (Italy)
Oct - Vatican City
Oct - Switzerland
Oct - Rhine River (Germany)
Oct - Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Oct - Bruges (Belgium)
Dec - Bangkok & Phuket (Thailand)
Dec - Siem Reap (Cambodia)

2011
Jul - Hanoi & Halong Bay (Vietnam)
Sept - Phuket Island (Thailand)
Dec - Shanghai (China)

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2012
Feb - Shanghai (China)
Mar- Kyoto, Osaka, Takayama, Shirakawago, Mt Fuji, Tokyo (Japan)
Mar - Shanghai (China)
Apr - Yangcheng, Shanxi (China)
Apr - Suifenhe, Heilongjiang (China)
Apr - Yanji, Jilin (China)
Apr - Pinghu, Zhejiang (China)
Apr - Moganshan, Zhejiang (China)
Apr - Huangshan, Anhui (China)
Apr - Nanjing, Jiangsu (China)
Apr - Taipei (Taiwan)
Apr - Chengdu (China)
May - Ft Myers, Florida (USA)
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Sept - Shanghai (China)
Sept - Redang Island (Malaysia)

2013
Jan - Beijing (China)
June - Nanning, Guilin, Yangshuo (China)
Jul - Dali, Shangri-la, Lijiang, Kunming, Mt. Yulong (China)
Sept - Beijing (China)
Sept - Borneo Island (Malaysia)
Oct - Bangalore (India)
Oct - Krabi (Thailand)
Nov - Suzhou, Shanghai (China)

2014
Apr -  Sydney & Melbourne (Australia)
May - Stockholm (Sweden)
May - Stavanger, Bergen, Flam, Jostedal, Geirangerfjord, Lunde (Norway)
Sept - Jeju Island & Busan (South Korea)
2015
Mar- Colorado (USA)
Mar - Austin & Houston, Texas (USA)
May - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
May - Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley, Cusco (Peru)
June - Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Aug - Tampa, Florida (USA)
Oct - Orlando, Florida (USA)
Nov - New York (USA)
Dec - Munich & Berchtesgaden (Germany)
Dec - Innsbruck, Salzburg, Hallstatt, Vienna (Austria)
Dec - Bratislava (Slovakia)

2016
Jan - Prague (Czech Republic)
June - Cancun (Mexico) & Antigua (Guatemala)
Sept - Hong Kong (China)
Sept - Seoul (South Korea)
Nov - Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee (USA)
Dec - Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
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2017
Mar - Tyler, Texas (USA)
Mar - Coshocton, Ohio (USA)
​Mar - Alpharetta, Georgia (USA)
Aug - London (UK)
Aug - Cape Town (South Africa)
Aug - Frankfurt (Germany)
Aug - Tokyo (Japan)
Aug - Langkawi Island (Malaysia)
Oct - Tampa, Florida (USA)

2018
Jan - Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)
​Mar/Apr - Alpharetta, Georgia (USA)
May - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
​May/June - Iceland

Sept - Orlando, Florida (USA)
Sept - Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)
Oct - Tampa, Florida (USA)
Nov - San Francisco, California (USA)
​Nov - Nadi (Fiji)
Dec - New Zealand

2019
​Mar - Alpharetta, Georgia (USA)
Apr - Chicago, Illinois (USA)
May - Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
June - Penang (Malaysia)
​July - New York (USA)
Aug - Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)
Aug - 
Seoul (South Korea)
Sept - Taipei, Northeast Coast, Taroko National Park (Taiwan)
Sept - Hong Kong (China)
Sept - Tokyo (Japan)
​Oct - Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Dec - Big Island, Hawaii (USA)
Dec - Tampa, Florida (USA)

2020
​Jan - Tampa, Florida (USA)

2021
​Mar - Conrad Maldives (Maldives)
Apr - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
​Apr - Langkawi Island (Malaysia)
Sept - Glacier National Park, Montana (USA)
Sept - Banff National Park (Canada)
Sept - Seattle, Washington (USA)

2022
Mar - Copenhagen (Denmark)
Mar - Rovaniemi, Saariselka (Finland)
Mar - Helsinki (Finland)
Mar - Le Méridien Maldives (Maldives)
​Apr - Penang (Malaysia)
May - Zurich (Switzerland)
Aug - Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)
Sept - Bora Bora (French Polynesia)
Sept - Gulf Shores, Alabama (USA)
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