#TBT=#MyThrowbackTravels #43: Aruba!

Day after my birthday in 2010.

Though I hate sand in my bikini bottom, I would do anything to get sand in my bikini bottom right now.

#TBT= My#ThrowbackTravels #42: Chérie's Beachside Haircuts [Hawaii]

While driving from one destination to another in Hawaii with no planned itinerary, we saw a sign on the side of the road: "Chérie's Beachside Haircuts". "You need a haircut!" I squealed. "Do it here! Do it here!" Nothing excites me more than encouraging my husband to get a haircut in a shaggy little hut by the side of a dusty road. Dave is used to $4 buzz cuts from Chinatown so how bad can this be?

nykeiko #TBT: One picture, many thoughts...

I found this picture of Dave and me. We took it at a mock up photobooth inside a Sephora in Times Square. We were on a date or just playing around. Probably ate ramen nearby (probably Totto ramen) or just decided to walk through Times Square because we wanted to.

The date was on July 11, 2011. We had been together for a little less than two years. Let's see... We were living in our first apartment in Williamsburg and pretty content with life. Just dating and enjoying being independent adults. No plans of marriage or kids. We were maybe already shopping for apartments which was a serious move for us. We were looking at purchasing as well since paying over $2,000 for a one-bedroom apartment was pretty excessive. It's probably my fault because I just HAD to have the washer/dryer inside the apartment :) And who doesn't love having elevators??

I didn't own an iPhone back then looking at the little Spongebob phone accessory sticking out of my pocket. It was probably attached to my Sony Ericsson phone I brought from Taiwan. I bought Dave that Obamao t-shirt while I was in Beijing. A nice thoughtful 'buddy' gift because we were just friends before I decided to move to New York city in 2010 :) He doesn't wear it anymore though.

I don't think I have discovered sample sales yet because I remember overpaying for that Alice and Olivia top at Bloomingdale's. What I did discover is shopping at Bloomies like Rachel Green.

I want to look through more oldies pictures and remember my own thoughts back in that moment in time.

My #TBT=#ThrowbackTravels #41: Old Town of Lijiang, Gusheng, Yunnan, China

View from the top: Old Town of Lijiang, Yunnan

My #TBT=#ThrowbackTravels #40: Caminito en La Boca , Buenos Aires

Oops, this TBT reminds me that I did NOT write about our trip to Argentina yet eh? Oopsies. Okay, we visited the colorful street in La Boca!

My #TBT=#ThrowbackTravels #39: French Concession, Shanghai

My #TBT=#ThrowbackTravels #38: The Berkshires

My #TBT=#ThrowbackTravels #37: Turks and Caicos

it's winter ..perfect time to daydream about Turks and Caicos..

Photo by me

My #TBT=#ThrowbackTravels #36: Bali, Indonesia

Monkey see, monkey don't do. Monkey just wants my food.

My #TBT=#ThrowbackTravels #35: Kona, Big Island, Hawaii

That time we put on some snorkels and jumped into the pitch black sea to stalk a group of manta rays feast some on plankton...

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #34: Svartifoss, Iceland [September 2014]

Svartifoss Iceland 

A very popular short hike in Vatnajokull National Park... It took us less than an hour from the visitor center to get there and needed to wait for space to get this shot without people.

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #33: Peninsula Valdes, Argentina [November 2012]

My pictures are not comparable to those taken by Sebastiao Salgado's photographs (See my previous post here.) The whales we saw did not play, dive or even moved at all. All of the whales we saw were mothers caring for their calf and resting on the surface of the shallow waters of the peninsula. I felt bad when the boat we were on got so close to them. It was quite irresponsible of the captain and perhaps have maybe bumped into one of the calf at one point or another. Despite the tourism, there is still a thriving population of Southern Right Whales that come to the Peninsula to care for their newborns until they are big and strong to migrate up north when winter comes.

I have yet to write about our journey to Argentina which was right after our hike in Torres Del Paine which I wrote about here.

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #32: Perito Moreno glacier, Argentina

Hiking the Perito Moreno Glacier

If I had a bucket list, then hiking a glacier would be on it and then I could cross it off!

Another TBT of the glacier here.

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #31: Cloud Gate, Chicago

Looks like a big drop of water!

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #30: Purple Cloud Temple, Wudang Mountains, China

On set shooting a documentary called "The Way of Tai Chi" ...

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #29: Torres Del Paine, Chile

Walking towards Glacier Grey...

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #28: Kauai, Hawaii

Overlooking Kalalau trail

Our Kauai travelogue. Click here.

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #27: Viva Las Vegas, 2010

This was the first of two trips we took to Vegas when we got an 'All You Can Jet' Jet blue pass (unlimited flights for one whole month). We had forgotten our camera at home for this particular trip and we were bummed because I of course, absolutely wanted to take a nice picture of the infamous Vegas sign. Luckily, the taxi driver that took us from the airport to the hotel let us use his digital camera and even took multiple pictures of us to get this shot of us. I downloaded the pictures from his camera onto my laptop before we arrived to our hotel. Don't remember if we gave him a big tip but he sure deserved one!

#TBT=My #ThrowbackTravels #26: Great Wall of China, Beijing, China 2005

My first trip to China. Also the first and only time I've seen part of the Great Wall of China.

#TBT= My #ThrowbackTravels #25: Tian Tan Buddha, Ngong Ping, Hong Kong

Tian Tan buddha 

This was seen last weekend so it counts as a TBT right?

Picture taken by my dad