Tag: travel

🌐 Travel Checklist ☑️

I was inspired by the wonderful blog Annie Bananie en Europe and created a Travel Checklist of my own. I love to travel, and hope to check more off the list soon!

Caribbean

Bahamas 🇧🇸
Cuba 🇨🇺
Jamaica 🇯🇲

North America

Canada 🇨🇦

Toronto
Vancouver

USA 🇺🇸

New York City
Miami
Chicago
New Orleans
West Coast
Hawai’i

Mexico 🇲🇽

Cabo San Lucas
Puerto Vallarta
Mexico City

South America

Brazil 🇧🇷

Rio de Janiero

Peru 🇵🇪

Cusco/Machhupicchu

Asia

China 🇨🇳

Beijing
Macau
Xi’an
Shanghai
Hong Kong

Japan 🇯🇵

Honshu
Hokkaido
Kyushu
Shikoku
Okinawa

South Korea 🇰🇷

Seoul
Jeju

Malaysia 🇲🇾

Kuala Lumpur
Pulau Radang

Singapore 🇸🇬

Singapore

Vietnam 🇻🇳

Hue
Hanoi

Thailand 🇹🇭

Bangkok
Chiang Mai

India 🇮🇳

New Delhi

Oceania

Yap 🌊

Guam 🇬🇺

Maldives 🇲🇻

Europe

U.K. 🇬🇧

London
Edinburgh

France 🇫🇷

Paris
Nice

Spain 🇪🇸

Granada
Barcelona
Madrid
Toledo

Sweden 🇸🇪

Stockholm

Portugal 🇵🇹

Lisbon
Porto

Italy 🇮🇹

Rome
Venice

Greece 🇬🇷

Athens
Santorini
Corfu

Africa

Morocco 🇲🇦

Marrakech
Fes
Rabat
Casablanca
Tangier

Egypt 🇪🇬

Cairo

Here’s a map where I have pinned some of my travel blog posts. Use the arrows to scroll through the posts, or click on a map marker to see the post from that location.



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    Packing Sketch

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    "Packing Sketch" Cedar Park, 2017
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     “Packing Sketch” Cedar Park, 2017Oac

    こんばんは。How’s it going?

    Today I made a pen and ink sketch of some of the main travel items I took on our trip to Morocco and Spain, I was inspired to do this after watching this video from an artist that I have been following on Youtube.

    I think it turned out ok, but there are a few things I would change. For instance, I would sketch the items smaller, so I could fit more on the page. Also, I forgot a bunch of things that I should have included, for instance, my Kindle, headphones, notebook & pencil, and maybe my clothes. And the passport didn’t need that yellow part. 😅

    Teoh Yi Chie’s packing lists are so cool, I want to create more packing lists, or even a “what’s in my bag” sketch. So fun!

    Today I bought a few more art supplies, including two more watercolor tubes, a #8 brush, 3B pencil, and Micron pen. I still need to figure out how to create a nice grey color using the paints that I have… I don’t want to resort to using the pre-made grey or black paints… so I guess more testing and research is needed.

    Well, I hope you had a nice weekend!

    おやすみ！

    Trip to the Ballpark

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    "Representing" Arlington, 2017
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     “Representing” Arlington, 2017

    Hello! Today, Koa and I drove up to Arlington to catch the Angels play the Rangers. I didn’t have any Angels gear to wear (in support of my brother and his favorite team) so I wore my Dodgers cap. 😀

    I was excited to see future Hall-of-Famer Albert Pujols play, but it was a coincidence that Yu Darvish would be pitching for the Rangers. And we got a treat because Pujols cranked a line-drive homer to left field in the first! Other than that, Darvish pitched well, but the Rangers just couldn’t score any runs for him.

    We had a good time, and it was worth the long 3-hour drive up to see a major league game.

    Play ball!

    "Darvish Today" Arlington, 2017
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     “Darvish Today” Arlington, 2017
    "Down in Front!" Arlington, 2017
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     “Down in Front!” Arlington, 2017
    "Pujols Homer" Arlington, 2017
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     “Pujols Homer” Arlington, 2017

    Morocco and Spain Trip Recap

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    "Travel Loot" Cedar Park, 2017
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     “Travel Loot” Cedar Park, 2017

    こんばんは。How’s it going?

    Well, I finally finished up with all my back posts of our trip! The photo above shows a few pieces of the loot haul, and in the dish is a small stone that I picked up from the water at Barceloneta beach. I don’t even know if it is imported or not, but the authenticity isn’t important. It’s the memory that it represents that gives it value. One of my favorite movie scenes explains what I mean.

    Anyways, here are a couple lists I made about the trip.

    Total miles traveled: 12,905

    • Plane: 11,273
    • Train: 921
    • Boat: 29
    • Bus/Taxi: 682

    Highlights/Bucket List

    • First trip to Africa – That makes it four continents for me!
    • Crossing from Africa to Europe by ferry – The so-called Strait of Gibraltar have been one of those mythical things since I was a little kid
    • Touching the Mediterranean – Again, like something out of a dream. Isn’t this where the Greek gods/heroes used to play?

    Top Food

    • Boquerones tapas (fried sardines)
    • Tagine
    • Papas bravas
    • Almejas tapas (clams)
    • Jamón bocadillos

    Post Index

    Since I posted my trip entries after-the-fact, here’s a list you can use to easily access each one:

    Handy Notes

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    "Notes" Cedar Park, 2017
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     “Notes” Cedar Park, 2017

    こんばんは。

    Today’s photo is of a little notebook that proved to be very handy during our trip. There were a few times in Morocco where I wasn’t able to communicate clearly when it really mattered. The most notable time was when we were trying to buy train tickets. It’s actually a fairly easy process to buy tickets in Morocco, but during Ramadan, the schedule is a little different and also I didn’t understand if there was a change of trains at some point.

    So, before I headed to the ticket counter (there are also automated ticket machines), I wrote down the desired destination, date, number of tickets, and 1st class. I could just show that to the ticket agent and he wrote down the available trains that day. It was so much easier than trying to verbally communicate.

    Google translate is amazing, but in cases like these, pencil and paper win the day!

    I hope you had a nice Sunday!

    またね～