My solo-travel world adventures began in Fall 2011, when I took my first three-month
leave from work and traveled Argentina/Chile/ Colombia/Ecuador/Peru to experience
Latin American life style.
http://southamericajt.blogspot.com/ In Fall 2012, I traveled 2.5 month trip to Taiwan/China/Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand/Nepal/India. http://asiajt.blogspot.com/
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I got back to Washington DC from the Middle East (Greece/Turkey/Georgia/Armenia/Iran/Spain) in December 2013. My trip highlights in Fall 2013 include (1) 2-day hike to highest peak Mount Olympus in Greece, (2) Got robbed in Kusadashi, Turkey yet bounced back and continued my trip; (3) visited my favorite island in Rhodes, Greece, my favorite park "cotton castle" in Pamukkale, Turkey, and my favorites ruin Mt. Nemrut in East Turkey; (4) rode on a camel in Iran, (5) ate homemade foods during Georgia homesteads, camel meat in Iran, deer meat in Spain, a lot of wine and tapas in Spain; (6) couch-surfed three times in the most friendly country I traveled, Iran, and (7) made a ton of cool friends along my way. http://jtmiddleeast.blogspot.com/
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http://southamericajt.blogspot.com/ In Fall 2012, I traveled 2.5 month trip to Taiwan/China/Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand/Nepal/India. http://asiajt.blogspot.com/
I got back to Washington DC from the Middle East (Greece/Turkey/Georgia/Armenia/Iran/Spain) in December 2013. My trip highlights in Fall 2013 include (1) 2-day hike to highest peak Mount Olympus in Greece, (2) Got robbed in Kusadashi, Turkey yet bounced back and continued my trip; (3) visited my favorite island in Rhodes, Greece, my favorite park "cotton castle" in Pamukkale, Turkey, and my favorites ruin Mt. Nemrut in East Turkey; (4) rode on a camel in Iran, (5) ate homemade foods during Georgia homesteads, camel meat in Iran, deer meat in Spain, a lot of wine and tapas in Spain; (6) couch-surfed three times in the most friendly country I traveled, Iran, and (7) made a ton of cool friends along my way. http://jtmiddleeast.blogspot.com/
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You can browse my venture blogs:
Fall 2011 Argentina/Chile/
Colombia/Ecuador/Peru http://southamericajt.blogspot.com/
Fall 2012
Taiwan/China/Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand/Nepal/India. http://asiajt.blogspot.com/
Fall 2013 Middle East
(Greece/Turkey/Georgia/Armenia/Iran/Spain) http://jtmiddleeast.blogspot.com/
Summer 2014
Cuba/Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua/Costa Rica http://centralamericajt.blogspot.com/
Spring 2015 to Taiwan, Indonesia,
and the Philippines. http://jtseasia.blogspot.com/
Summer 2015 cycling with a group
across Virginia along the Transamerica trail in 10 days http://cyclex-us-jt.blogspot.com/
Fall 2015 to UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary,
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Netherlands. http://easteuropejt.blogspot.com/
Summer 2016 to Italy, Vatican City
State, Greece, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and
Germany. http://italyeasteuropejt.blogspot.com/
Summer 2017 to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Chinese Silk Road,
Taiwan. https://jtsilkroadcentralasia.blogspot.com/
Spring
2018 to New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan. https://nz-aujt.blogspot.com/
Winter
2019 to Sri Lanka, South India, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Korea, and Taiwan. https://jtasiaiii.blogspot.com/
Early Spring 2020 to Taiwan - Egypt – Jordan https://mediterraneanjt.blogspot.com/
Fall 2021 to Portugal - Monaco - France - Luxembourg - Belgium - Netherlands - UK - Morocco https://jtwesteurope.blogspot.com/
Summer 2022 to Iceland – Norway – Sweden - Estonia - Finland - Latvia – Lithuania – Sicily – Naples – Taiwan https://jtnortheurope.blogspot.com/
Summer 2023 to Israel – Palestine - Cyprus - Kenya – Tanzania – Malawi – Zambia – Zimbabwe – Botswana – Namibia - South Africa. https://africajt.blogspot.com/
Summer 2024 to Russia – China - Taiwan https://russiachinajt.blogspot.com/