Where was I, sir?

I took this photo in stunning Prague, the Czech Republic. That day, I planned to visit the Castle district to see Changing the Guard (a.k.a. Guard Mounting) and so many beautiful must-see buildings of the area. To get there, I used the Prague Metro and the Prague Tram system. From the tram windows, I saw a unit of open-top jeeps which showed US flags ran toward somewhere else. I didn't know why though. Then I reached the Castle district, I saw the same kind of jeep on a cobblestone street, so I took a photo of it.

What do you mean by that?

I took this photo in Malmö, Sweden. While I was taking a stroll around the city, I found this cute red building then got side-tracked to take a photo of it. When I was going through immigration at the Copenhagen airport, the immigration officer asked me where my destination was, Denmark or Sweden. At that moment, I was just excited to get into Denmark, so I was kinda confused, but later on I understood why I was asked like that. Sweden especially Malmö isn't exactly far away from the Copenhagen airport. The airport is located above the railway station and a train trip takes less than 30 minutes to get to Malmö. That is why.

A morning began with haggis

It was my second day in Edinburgh, Scotland, and I had my first Scottish breakfast that morning. It was a buffet-style breakfast, so I could choose from a wide variety of Scottish style foods which contained haggis. I tried haggis for the first time and I really loved it. When I went back for seconds, someone at a buffet table asked me if I liked haggis, coz I took a large amount of haggis. After the breakfast, I joined a half-day bus tour to visit city's must-sees at once. I took this photo at the courtyard of Edinburgh Castle. I enjoyed morning sight seeing with a local guide who wore Scottish Kilt.

There's genius in that

I took this photo while I was taking a stroll around Zurich, Switzerland. The University of Zurich was visible from a high street of Zurich which is named Bahnhofstrasse (a.k.a. Station Street). The University of Zurich is the largest university in Switzerland and is known as the alma mater of Albert Einstein. Speaking of Mr. Einstein, I've heard such an interesting story about him from my Israeli acquaintance. My acquaintance said the world-famous theoretic physicist's closet was full of the exact same cloths because he didn't want to waste his time to pick out his cloths for a day. Genius.

A restaurant in Vegas was a real eye-opener

I took this photo at an amazing restaurant of my hotel in Las Vegas, the United States of America. I was really happy to have this American-sized grilled chicken platter with a cool bottle of Miller Lite. I went to the place for dinner and some good American beer, but I could enjoy a lot more than expected before. While I was eating and drinking, the wait staff members suddenly started to sing and dance. Obviously, they got all attention in a second. There wasn't a stage for their show, so they moved between tables and talked to the customers. It was a real eye-opener for me. That's Vegas for you.

Once in a blue moon

I took this photo in Heidelberg, Germany. Heidelberg was the first stop of my round trip in Germany which started from Frankfurt. Plus, it was the second day of the tour. When I saw the cars which were parked on the cobblestone lane around the Market Square, I really felt I was in Germany. It was because one car was behind the other one and both cars were Porsche. I don't so often see Porsche in my life, so it turned into the time to take some photos of them. I was so excited. Porsche.

At a latitude of 6 degrees north

I took this photo on a beach in Unawatuna, Sri Lanka. Unawatuna is located at 6 degrees north latitude and is not too far from the Southern tip of Sri Lanka. It's a cosy costal village which has a long white sand beach with a lot of palm trees. One sunny day, When I was taking a walk to a wine shop (a.k.a. liqueur shop that the place where you can buy alcoholic drinks) to buy a few bottles of beer Lion, I found this inviting place on the beach. The sun beds with sunshine looked fantastic. I wanna be there right now.

What a nostalgic townscape

I took this photo in Vientiane, Laos. It was my second time to visit Vientiane and I arrived there in the late morning by a red-eye train from Bangkok, Thailand and a tuk-tuk from the foot of the First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong. First things first, I checked into a hotel and got out of my hotel room in 15 minutes to have authentic Laotian food. On the red-eye, I didn't have breakfast, so it would be my breakky, actually. I chose a restaurant where I've been about a couple of years earlier and enjoyed Laab Moo. After that, I took a stroll around the city center and took this photo on the street.

That's music to my ears

I took this photo in front of a souvenir shop nearby Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg, Austria. I've been to a couple of beautiful cities in Austria; Vienna, Salzburg. In my humble opinion, Vienna had more like historical atmosphere with a lot of magnificent buildings. On the other side, Salzburg was much more relaxing  city on the banks of Salzach River. One of the must-see places in Salzburg is the birthplace of world-famous Mozart. It seemed like his life-size doll enjoyed playing the piano in front of the souvenir shop. That's music to my ears.

I've always been wanting to visit Athens

I took this photo somewhere in between Ancient Agora and Monastriaki metro station in Athens, Greece. Back when I was walking around there, I kinda enjoyed getting lost and also I was interested in taking lots and lots of photos on the streets. I took this photo just for the eye-catching graffito on the walls. That day was such a special day for me. For the first time in almost three and a half years, I was able to return to the European continent and Greece was the country where I've always been wanting to visit.

Tip of Yaowarat

I took this photo near the tip of Yaowarat Road (Thai: ถนนเยาวราช) in Bangkok, Thailand. The area is known as Chinatown in Bangkok and is located within walking distance from Bangkok Central Railway Station (Thai: สถานีรถไฟกรุงเทพ). The railway station is commonly known as Hua Lamphong station (Thai: สถานีหัวลำโพง) and is juxtaposed to Hua Lamphong Metro station (Thai: สถานีหัวลำโพงรถไฟฟ้ามหานคร). I often choose to stay in this area to enjoy authentic Thai food all day long, but still feel uncomfortable when I cross the street.

That's UNESCO for you

I took this photo in the tower terrace of Belém Tower in Belém, Portugal. I took a train from Cais do Sodré station in Lisbon and got to Belém to visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site and so on. First of all, I enjoyed viewing Belém Tower from outside, then bought a ticket to get inside. Belém district itself wasn't crowded at that time, but surrounding Belém Tower and inside of Belém Tower was so crowded. That's UNESCO for you. Each floor was only connected by a narrow spiral staircase and people who go up and go took the same path. Easy does it.

Leave one's mark

I took this photo at the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal. According to my Nepalese guide, Maya Devi Temple is the place where it is considered the Queen Maya gave birth to Gautama Buddha. Lumbini, Nepal is one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites and now is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the temple, Nepalese staff members showed me a glass case and said Gautama Buddha had left his footprint on a stone and the footprint was encased in a bulletproof glass case like this.