I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
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I am really fascinated at the trees that align the road bordering the park across my apartment — they bear fruits that look like tennis eballs. From afar it seems like someone intentionally decorated the trees with yellow-green colored tennis balls. I never had the chance to look at them…
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Las Vegas, Nevada did not disappoint the curious me, when I visited the city for the first time! Famous for its vibrant nightlife, Las Vegas has the lights that kept me awake at night. The night I arrived at the city, I immediately took a stroll along its popular Strip….
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Maybe I should not call it a restaurant. The La Pasadita is more of a food truck. However, the truck doesn’t move from place to place. It just stays parked in front of a convenience store, occupying what used to be a gas service station. I found La Pasadita while…
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I can’t resist visiting the Spirit Winds Coffee Bar for my dose of caffeine every weekend. This shop serves smooth dark roast coffees in a very affordable price. Imagine this: a regular size coffee (medium) is about $2. A competitor, another local coffee shop called Milagro’s, sells the same size…
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If you want endless hikes and trails, looping landscapes, and spectacular vistas, skip the Arches National Park and head to its neighboring Canyonlands National Park in Moab, Utah. You will find the Canyonlands beautifully diverse, a true haven for nature lovers. See the vast canyons and cliffs at the Grand…
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Gone are the silent nights. The usual quiet evenings at the New Mexico State University pond outside my window has become a thing of the past. Blame the Pokemon Go craze, tens and tens of poke goers now envelop the pond with their smart phones’ screens flickering like fireflies. It…
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If you happen to be in the small city of Cortez, Colorado, stop by J. Fargo Restaurant for lunch or dinner. My family and I spent a night in Cortez, Colorado when we visited the Mesa Verde National Park. We stayed at a hotel that’s was just across J. Fargo’s…
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It was a long 8-hour drive to the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado from Las Cruces, New Mexico. For months, I have been wanting to visit this place since it is the only one, among all 56 listed National Parks in the U.S. that preserves the culture of the…
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