Travel
Places I've been
Stories and photos from trips that stuck with me.
San Francisco, California
First U.S. Home
The first place I landed in the U.S. — Half Moon Bay camping trips with friends, more Golden Gate Bridge visits than I can count, and my wife's home base in San Jose nearby.
Kauai, Hawaii
May 2024
A hundred dolphins off the Nāpali Coast, snorkeling at Anini Beach, and the quietest, most beautiful island in Hawaii.
Oahu, Hawaii
May 2024
Shallow-water snorkeling at Shark Cove, turtles on nearly every beach, and a Waikiki home base on Hawaii's busiest island.
Maui, Hawaii
May 2024
The Road to Hana's waterfalls, black sand beaches, and cliff jumps, followed by the best coral reef I've ever seen at Molokini Crater.
Door County, Wisconsin
Summer Getaway
A slow drive up the Door County peninsula — a century-old lighthouse, cherry blossoms and apple orchards, homemade blueberry jam, and a detour through the Wisconsin Dells.
Chicago, Illinois
Second Home
My wife went to school here, so Chicago has become something like a second home — best explored one restaurant at a time.
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
Southwest Road Trip
Seen it in movies for years — standing at the edge in person was a different kind of beautiful, and a different kind of terrifying.
Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Southwest Road Trip
Lower Antelope Canyon in person, after years of knowing it only as a computer wallpaper — steep stairs down into light and stone that barely looks real.
Las Vegas, Nevada
2015 – Present
A city built out of the desert that I've watched grow for over a decade — 30-plus visits, every hotel on the Strip, and a David Copperfield autograph to show for it.
Key West, Florida
Florida Keys Road Trip
Growing up in India, a beach trip meant a five- to six-hour drive — so the drive from Miami down to Key West never felt long at all.
Miami, Florida
Florida Keys Road Trip
South Beach's Ocean Drive, a bike ride along the sand, a Little Havana food tour, and watching massive ships glide past from the shore.
Universal Studios, Hollywood & Orlando
December 2015 – Present
From a $30 Greyhound bus ride as a broke student in 2015 to returning with my wife, and eventually both our mothers, at Universal Orlando.
Walt Disney World, Orlando
Multiple Visits
Two of Disney World's four parks, visited at different points in life — Avatar Flight of Passage and the Kilimanjaro Safaris at Animal Kingdom, TRON Lightcycle and the castle fireworks at Magic Kingdom.
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Southwest Road Trip
The drive out from Las Vegas was as memorable as the canyon itself — desert, one old-style gas station, and a glass Skywalk over the edge.
Zion National Park, Utah
Multiple Visits
Wading through the Virgin River on The Narrows, driving the Zion–Mount Carmel Tunnel, and a park that somehow feels different every time.
Death Valley, California
Day Trip from Las Vegas
The lowest point in the country, blinding white salt flats, and a landscape photographers could spend days on.