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Favorite Festivals
Favorite Festivals
Semana Santa processions, Andalucia, Spain
Tonle Sap water festival, Siem Riep, Cambodia
Artisan gelato festival, Palermo, Sicily
Hungry Ghost festival, Penang, Malaysia
Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Oaxaca, Mexico
Chinese New Year, Penang, Malaysia
Gay Pride anywhere!
Favorite Cities
Seville, Spain
Ghent, Belgium
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Washington, DC, USA
Lyon, France
Oaxaca, Mexico
Oviedo, Spain

Favorite Cities

Favorite Small Towns
Favorite Natural Wonders
Kuang Si waterfalls, near Luang Prabang, Laos
The Alps, central Europe
Phong Nha caves, Vietnam
Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
Skocjan caves, Slovenia
Giant redwood forests, California, USA
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarsdctica

Favorite Natural Wonders

Favorite Snorkeling Spots
Favorite Snorkeling Spots
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Apo Island, The Philippines
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia
West Bay Wall, Roatan, Honduras
Jemeluk and Menjangan Island, Bali, Indonesia
Moalboal, Cebu, The Philippines
Favorite Art Museums
Villa Borghese and Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Louvre and Musee d’Orsay, Paris
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
National Gallery, Washington, DC, USA
Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, Spain

Favorite Art Museums

Favorite Cultural Museums
Favorite Cultural Museums
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana
Vietnamese Women’s Museum and Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi
Swiss Open-Air Museum, Ballenberg
National Museum and Orang Asli Crafts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Museum of the History of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Te Papa National Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Favorite Buildings
The Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok, Thailand
Pisa Cathedral, Italy
Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Bayon temple, Angkor complex, Cambodia
Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain

Favorite Buildings

Favorite Beaches
Favorite Beaches
Koh Ngai, Thailand
Sunrise Beach, Koh Lipe, Thailand
Sugar Beach, Sipalay, Negros, The Philippines
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA
Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA
West Bay Beach, Roatan, Honduras
Point Roberts, Washington, USA
Favorite Animal Parks
Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington, DC, USA
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Malaysia
Tiritiri Matangi, Auckland, New Zealand
Bern Zoo, Switzerland
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA

Favorite Buildings

Favorite Beaches
Favorite Wildlife Experiences
Baby turtles, Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Little blue penguin colony, Oamaru, New Zealand
Bears and bald eagles, Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada
Rock wallabies, Granite Gorge, Mareeba, Australia
Cock of the Rock birds, Jardin, Colombia
Kiwi birds, Zealandia night tour, Wellington, New Zealand
Marmots, Saas Fee, Switzerland
Favorite Walks and Hikes
Klingenstock to Fronalpstock, Stoos, Switzerland
End of the World hike, Engelberg, Switzerland
Bamboo forest, Fenqi Trail, Fenqihu, Taiwan
Rainbow Reach, Kepler Track, Waiau River, New Zealand
Alpe di Siusi, Santa Cristina, Italy
Maloja to Isola along the Silsersee, Switzerland

Favorite Buildings

Favorite Beaches
Favorite Artisan Experiences
Weaving and dying at Dixza farm, Teotitlan del Valle, Mexico
Workshops at Museum Puri Lukisan, Ubud, Bali
Painted animal figures workshops, San Martin Ticajete, Mexico
Artisan tour with Runa Tupari, Otavalo, Ecuador
Te Puia Maori cultural center, Rotorua, New Zealand
Artisans Angkor craft center, Siam Riep, Cambodia
Urban Sketchers events anywhere!