{"id":43,"date":"2011-12-22T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/post\/15349396668"},"modified":"2011-12-22T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T08:00:00","slug":"around-the-world-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2011\/12\/around-the-world-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the World in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past year was, thanks to an unusual set of circumstances, a great year for me when it came to satisfying my wanderlust.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>February &#8211; France and Brussels and Luxembourg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/6556231273\/\" title=\"Quack Quack by jon|k, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Quack Quack\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7151\/6556231273_517dcdeef2.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>April &#8211; Philadelphia <\/strong>(work)<strong> + New York City <\/strong>(not work)<\/p>\n<p><strong>May &#8211; South Africa\u00a0<\/strong>(work in Bothaville, a bit in Johannesburg, then 5 days <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157626843730432\/with\/5777823028\/\" target=\"_blank\">on safari<\/a>\u00a0in Kruger National Park)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/5777823028\/\" title=\"Lion by jon|k, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lion\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2253\/5777823028_57f0f431e4.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>May &#8211; Amsterdam (on the way home from South Africa)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(with a ride on the A380 JNB-FRA!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/?action=view&amp;current=P2132877copy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/P2132877copy.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/?action=view&amp;current=P2132877copy2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/P2132877copy2.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June &#8211; San Diego <\/strong>(to visit an old friend who i haven&#8217;t seen in ages)<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-snc6\/254379_10150639123810542_824285541_18927418_2988115_n.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July &#8211; Los Angeles <\/strong>(to see the Banksy exhibit with @lax2nrt)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/?action=view&amp;current=P2132877copy3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/P2132877copy3.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>August &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157627335438635\/\" target=\"_blank\">Siem Reap<\/a>* (with a stop in Seoul)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t33oAtWldSE?rel=0&amp;hd=1]<\/p>\n<p><strong>September &#8211; Portland <\/strong>(mostly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150784687795542.729993.824285541&amp;type=1&amp;l=2fa6dc618f\" target=\"_blank\">bungee jump<\/a>*)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-ash4\/320231_10150784695865542_824285541_20642290_282250631_n.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>September &#8211; Anaheim <\/strong>(for a work convention)<\/p>\n<p><strong>October &#8211; Dallas\/Plano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/?action=view&amp;current=P2132877copy4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/P2132877copy4.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October &#8211; Philadelphia <\/strong>(for work) +\u00a0<strong>New York <\/strong>(not work)<\/p>\n<p><strong>November &#8211; Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/?action=view&amp;current=P2132877copy5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i30.photobucket.com\/albums\/c340\/jonathankhoo\/P2132877copy5.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157628396462083\/\" target=\"_blank\">Japan<\/a><\/strong>*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/6503069785\/\" title=\"PB251658.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PB251658.jpg\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7142\/6503069785_f9b45cddc1.jpg\" width=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>December &#8211; Philadelphia<\/strong>\u00a0(for work) + <strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>\u00a0(not work)<\/p>\n<p><strong>December &#8211; Los Angeles <\/strong>(for Christmas)<\/p>\n<p>so yeah, this has been an unusually full year for me for travel, not that i&#8217;m complaining (and i&#8217;m incredibly grateful). it&#8217;ll likely never happen again, but yeah. good times for sure. oh, items marked with a * were on my <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1XMcWWVpDknE7TsOvv78RW4jFR38-usah5rqeEklO_GE\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">bucket list<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past year was, thanks to an unusual set of circumstances, a great year for me when it came to satisfying my 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