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MASAYA and GRANADA, NICARAGUA: While Masaya is a natural beauty with volcanic rocks, crater, and mountains, Granada is a historic town with beautiful churches, colonial style architecture, and good food. Both are famous destinations and must-sees of Nicaragua. How about some facts now? Nicaragua… Continue Reading “Masaya and Granada in Nicaragua”
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA: Managua is the capital and the largest city of Nicaragua. This is not your typical capital with only high-rise buildings and bunch of traffic lights. It has history, culture, and heritage as well as some stunning natural beauties. Though Managua is the… Continue Reading “Managua in a day”
PITTOCK MANSION: First time I visited Pittock Mansion was when we first moved to Portland back in 2007. Then when my mom visited us from Baltimore, I took her there knowing she would love to see something so Victorian and classic. All the pictures… Continue Reading “Portland’s Pittock Mansion – Going Back to the Early 1900s”
INTERNATIONAL ROSE TEST GARDEN: Established in 1917, International Rose Test Garden in the “City of Roses” Portland, Oregon is a 4.5 acres of haven. There are over 600 varieties of roses and over 10,000 rose plants in this spectacular garden. For me, it was… Continue Reading “International Rose Test Garden in the “Rose City” Portland, Oregon”
BRIDAL VEIL FALLS, OREGON: It was a gloomy morning of early autumn (October, 2015) when I drove to Columbia River Gorge in Oregon to capture some fall colors. I wasn’t going to visit Multnomah Falls or Latourell Falls or Horsetail Falls, because I’ve been… Continue Reading “Bridal Veil Falls (Columbia River Gorge)”