June 24, 2025
Back in China, today – some travel notes from the Chinese city of Chengdu. It’s known for being one of the main economic centers in the country as well as the capital of the Sichuan province, which is the homeland of the giant panda and both Sichuan pepper and cuisine. The city is both huge […]
June 23, 2025
As I was recently in South America (Brazil) again – for the second time this year – it reminded me of my first visit to the continent early this year on vacation – to both Peru and Bolivia, and that I’ve got one final post for you from that trip that keeps getting put off. […]
June 19, 2025
Rio sunset: caught Rio sunrise: also Next up: Christ the Redeemer!… With the sun up, we headed on over to the one and only Christ the Redeemer statue! But of course we did! This imposing masterpiece of both engineering and art is simply mandatory for any visitor to Rio de Janeiro!… …So, of course, “any […]
June 18, 2025
The month May this year was pretty busy with business trips around the world. But, as ever, I still managed to squeeze in some tourisms and meditative appreciation of beauty. Back in Abu Dhabi – one such beauty was the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque -> You can see why they call it “grand”:
June 17, 2025
After all the presentations, meetings, and interviews at our Latin American partner conference, we had some important business visits lined up in a couple of places around Rio the next day. But all work and no play makes Eugene a dull boy – especially in Rio… I’d long secretly dreamed not just of being back […]
June 11, 2025
If you’re not in the know, the words Louvre and Abu Dhabi might seem incongruent. But it turns out there’s an art museum in the latter that’s renting just the name Louvre off the famous Paris museum for 40 years (2007–2047) for US$500,000! What?! Just goes to show: never underestimate the value of a brand […]
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