Raw Travel

4-25-2020 The unprecedented pandemic lockdown is in effect nationally. It's dusk as I stand next to the jetty protecting Dana Point Harbor, California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It's very foggy, making the ocean depths seem especially mysterious as it grows darker.

1-9-2019 A robot ping pong player manufactured by Omron Corp is playing against a good human player at CES in Las Vegas. I also saw a laundry folding robot nearby, but unfortunately didn't take a video.

8-6-2019: Spectacular night view of the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, as seen from the ultramodern Iconsiam shopping center in Bangkok. Bangkok has become a vibrant world, class city of 10.5 million people (2020). I never tire of Bangkok...every time I visit here I see the city from new perspectives.

8-13-2019: Taj Palace Hotel (room #647) in New Delhi, India, where I stayed for 4 days. This is a 5 star hotel where heads of state often stay when visiting India's capital city. My room was very clean and well maintained. Every night I ate at the buffet in the dinning room which served delicious, Indian style food.

8-24-2019 Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, India, near the border with Pakistan in northern India. It's considered to be the preeminent spiritual site of the Sikhs.

8-2-2019: I'm on Khaosan Road in central Bangkok eating a scorpion! It tasted like bacon with a salty flavor.