Travel

I’ve been wanting to visit Yehliu, with its unique rock structures, since my last visit to Taiwan. I feel like I still have so much to discover on this little tropical island. There is too much beauty and history, which I also believe to be true in the United States. Nature is always there, keeping [...]

One of our day trips in Taiwan was to visit Tainaan, which is where Melody’s grandmother lives. I was pretty excited see different stuff, since its harder to explore with your own family. The first thing we did was jump onto a High Speed rail which took what felt like an hour from Taipei to [...]

Right after my PhD screening exam, I had a trip planned to visit Taiwan for Melody’s brother’s wedding. I was definitely ready to take my week break from work and stress, but wasn’t excited about the 15 hour difference between Taiwan and Los Angeles. I arrived in Taoyuan International Airport around 9pm Taiwan time and [...]

To continue on our training for Mt Whitney, Melody asked if I wanted to climb the highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountain range. Of course I said yes, which lead us to the trail head. I was pretty pumped to get a long mileage hike in, unfortunately it was ruined by current events. I [...]

Our last few days of the trip, weren’t as picture friendly due to long drives to our destinations. We decided to make a detour through Crater Lake National Park, with our main destination being Toketee Falls in Oregon. Well we made it to the falls, and they were just beautiful, with a small section of [...]

We were getting sick of the cold, and being disgusting from not showering for two days so it was a good time to head to Portland. I felt right at home as we arrived in the city, even though we probably fumigated our first destination with our must. But all was well, we fit into [...]

The second destination for my spring break trip with Melody was Olympic National Park. We road the ferry in the morning to cut down the amount of time on the road, as well as get the cool ferry ride seem in the Seattle post which got us about an hour and a half away from [...]

I recently caught the Medium Format flu due to my friend Josh Weiss and Melody. If you have been following my blog, you noticed that I tried to play with a Rolleiflex, unfortunately that didn’t turn out well so I had to go out and get another camera. Film is nice, it gives you something [...]

Join me on my odyssey across the west coast, first stop is a one way flight to Seattle, Washington. This would mark my second time in a few months visiting Washington as well as a trip down the coast, but we were going to mix it up a bit. Melody, getting excited for the flight [...]

Melody surprised me with a Valentine’s gift of whale watching at Dana Point. There were supposedly a lot of whale activity, but the day was fruitless for us. We were only able to see the sea lions and common dolphin, nothing out of the ordinary. But, the trip was interesting overall, which leaves me intrigued [...]