Travel
Travel, experience new cultures, relax…
“All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.”
– Samuel Johnson
Places I’ve visited
Here are some of my trips over the last few years:
(… I loved visiting South East Asia so much, that in August 2007 I decided to move to the region. Being based in Singapore makes it so much easier to explore beautiful and culturally diverse destinations regularly!)
- April 2009: Bali, Indonesia (if there is paradise on earth, it is Bali!)
- December 2008: Mumbai, India
- May 2008: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia
- June 2007: Canada (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City)
- December 2006: Thailand (Bangkok, Hua Hin), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuching, Kuala Lumpur), Dubai
- May 2006: San Francisco, California (mainly for the JavaOne 2006 conference, but some holiday beforehand!)
- April/May 2006: A short trip to Lille, France and Tournai, Belgium
- February 2006: India (Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi)
- October 2005: Budapest, Hungary
- Summer 2005: Bangkok, China (Xiamen, Shanghai, Beijing) and Kuala Lumpur
- February 2005: Switzerland (Zurich, Bern, Geneva and Lausanne)
- September 2004: Malaysia (including Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Penang), Singapore and Dubai
- July 2004: A short trip to Brussels, Belgium
- Summer 2003: Orlando, Florida
- Summer 2002: Hong Kong, Phuket and Bangkok
- Summer 2001: Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai
World subway/metro systems
I’m a metro enthusiast (good public transport is the way forward!), and a photo contributor to urbanrail.net, probably the most comprehensive guide to world metro systems on the web. You can see some of the photos I’ve taken at:
Some other sites related to metro systems: