Big fish on the wall

I took this photo in the old city of Jaffa, Israel. There was a sign for free parking lot near Jaffa Port, and there was a huge illustrated fish image on a wall of a white building. Also, there were good-looking places for eat and drink around there. I spent hours in the old city of Jaffa and its Jaffa port, and went back to Tel Aviv on foot. Before I got back to my hotel, I stopped by a super market to buy a few cans of Gold Star beer. My hotel had a sea view rooftop terrace and I loved to be there with cans of beer.

It's time for it, Milan Expo 2015.

I took this photo in Milan, Italy in January 2014. The flags were for Milan Expo 2015. There were so many national flags of so many countries in the heart of the city. to raise awareness for Milan Expo 2015. It was fun to watch. Before my trip to Italy, I was teetering between going to Rome or Milan. I've been to Rome once, but I really wanted to revisit the hectic Italian capital. Ended up, I chose Milan for the first time. One of my best parts of trip to Milan was Cenacolo Vinciano; the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Definitely. Other than that, there were so many relative to delicious Italian cuisine.

I got side-tracked at the pub on Khaosan Road

I took this photo at a pub on Khaosan Road (Thai: ถนนข้าวสาร) in Bangkok, Thailand. There are so many pubs and eateries on Khaosan Road, and you can be an anonymous tourist there. I mean too many tourists are walking around or loitering around on Khaosan Road. It seems like no one can see each other on the following day or probably hours later. Anyway, I got side-tracked at the pub just for some beer. The pub has the hectic first floor with very loud music, and the cozy second floor with paper lantern lumps like the photo shows. Yep, I was on the second floor of the pub.

SUPIRIVICKY, Sri Lankan made

The photo shows a tube of Ayurvedic toothpaste SUPIRIVICKY by SIDDHALEPA. I bought this toothpaste at a corner shop in Unawatuna, Sri Lanka and took this photo in my hotel room. SIDDHALEPA is well known for their herbal balm, one of the most exotic oriental medicines. Since Siddhalepa's herbal balm works very well for bruise, sprain, and so on, I thought their toothpaste is also trustworthy, and I bought one. The paste of SUPIRIVICKY looked totally different from Western tooth paste, but it was cool. The color of the paste was hard to explain, but I'd say it was brown.

TG941 MXP - BKK; Welcome onboard; Jan 2014

The photo shows sort of like a welcome onboard drink of Thai Airways International flight TG941 Milan, Italy to Bangkok, Thailand (MXP - BKK). It was about an eleven-hour flight and I took the flight after spending 81 days outside of Asia. So the can of Singha I took on the TG flight was my first Asian beer in 81 days. The label of can of Singha looked completely different from familiar edition that I always see in Thailand, but the taste of beer was exactly the same, of course. I enjoyed TG's Singha till the last drop. Thanks.

View of Tel Aviv from Jaffa Hill

The photo shows a view of Tel Aviv, Israel from Jaffa Hill. The white sand coastline, Tel Aviv promenade, and the Mediterranean Sea looked fascinating from there. The oldest-part of the city itself has a lot to see as well, so Jaffa district is one of the popular walking tour districts among tourists. I think it's a good idea to join a small local tour and listen to a local tour guide's explanations about history and so on, but normally I don't do that. Tel Aviv is one of the cities that I really want to go back, so maybe next time.

Make a pit stop

I took this photo while I was traveling around Europe with contiki. That morning, our coach departed from Rome and headed for Venice via Maranello. I have only vague memories of pit stops, but according to the road sign, the coach was taking a pit stop at the Southern tip of Florence at that moment.  My fellow tour mates were mostly from Australia, and the others were from Canada, Ireland, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States of America. My tour director was from South Africa and the driver was Italian.

Tuk-tuks line up

I took this photo at Nong Khai Railway Station in Thailand. I took a red-eye leaving for the capital Bangkok from Nong Khai Railway Station. When I arrived in Nong Khai, I took a tuk-tuk from right in front of Nong Khai Railway Station and headed straight for Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge to get to Vientiane, Laos from there. The photo shows the tuk-tuks. When I got back to Nong Khai, Thailand, I still had some time to walk around the city and I did so. It was fun to walk around. I went to a local Internet cafe as well.

The Golden Arches pops out at me

The photo shows a McDonald's restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel. One of the few well-known facts of Kosher foods is shall not cook a lamb in its mother's milk. I've heard that there are some Kosher McDonald's restaurants in Israel. No cheese burger at all. I was curious about that, but there were so many places to eat and drink in Tel Aviv, Israel, and normally I'm keen on local cuisine when I'm abroad, so I didn't have any opportunities to have a meal at a McDonald's restaurant in Tel Aviv. The Hebrew sign of a McDonald's looks so cute, so I took a photo across from the street.

A post at the bottom of Tower Bridge

I took this photo at the bottom of Tower Bridge in London, England, the United Kingdom. There was a post and the post looked a little different from the other posts that I've seen in London, so I took a photo of it. After that, I walked along the River Thames toward London Bridge. Compare to Tower Bridge, London Bridge looked like a little too normal, but I enjoyed to take some photos of double-decker busses and so on while I was crossing the bridge. It was Sunday, so I enjoyed to have nice Sunday Roast after city sightseeing.

Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet National Park

The Photo shows the wooden bridge of Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาแหลมหญ้า หมู่เกาะเสม็ด). There are so many beautiful islands in Thailand and I've been to a couple of them. Ko Samet and Ko Larn. Ko (also spelled Koh) means island in English term, by the way. To get to the Ko Samet, I spent a night in a hotel room in Rayong, and the following morning I took a ferry after breakfast at the hotel. Then I spent a few days in Ko Samet and after that backed to Bangkok.

Israeli Carrot Orange Juice

The photo shows a glass of carrot orange juice. Israeli carrot orange juice is one of my favourite and a must-drink item in Israel. I had this yummy carrot orange juice at a bar of a veggie and fruit juice place in Tel Aviv, Israel. I really love it and I truly recommend to drink carrot orange juice for everybody who will visit Israel some time. I've been to Israel twice and I had my very first carrot orange juice at a veggie and fruit bar in Ben Grion Airport while I was waiting for my departure flight. I spent my last Israeli shekels at the bar for a large glass of carrot orange juice. It tasted like heaven and I couldn't forget about it. So before my second trip to Israel, I planned to drink carrot orange juice as much as possible during my time in Israel, and I did so.

m m m

I took this photo in front of M&M's World in Las Vegas, NV, the United States of America. I didn't need to try anything to find this place, it was just there on the Vegas Strip and was really easy to spot. You can't miss it. Not to mention, the area around M&M's World is so much fun to hang out. You'll have a lot of good photo opportunities in a lively atmosphere. Things you can see in the area are the world's largest Coca-Cola bottle near M&M's World, a huge guitar of Hard Rock Cafe, and so on. Have fun.