Jennifer L | Blue Wave Studio

I was traveling by train from Hualien in Taiwan in the late afternoon on my way back to Taipei in 2007. Fortunately, I was able to make a few photographs like the one below before the light out the window quickly disappeared making it pointless to try to capture anything while in a fast moving [...]

These three amazing short films pretty much sum up why I love to travel. MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. The 3 guys took 44 days, traveling 11 countries with 18 flights, logging 38 thousand miles. They used 2 cameras and generated almost [...]

Ma, isn’t there a temple near here? I said to my mom (in Cantonese) as we were walking around District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam last year. I was thinking of the temple we had visited the last time we were in Vietnam… the temple where my grandfather’s ashes had been laid to [...]

My first visit to Vietnam was with my father 11 years ago. It was his first time returning to the country since war drove him and my mother away from their own home. I was shocked at the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) because it was extremely crowded with motorbikes and cars with [...]

When I was younger and skeptical about my dad’s suggestions, he would always say to me Trust me. The year was 1999. It was the first time I had traveled internationally that I could remember (I had traveled once before, but I was too young to recall). This time, my family was on a crazy [...]

When I was younger, my aunt and uncle had art hanging on their walls at their house and one of them was of fruit. I can only remember pears. It was still life, but delicious still life. I never really thought much of it until recently. Before leaving on my November international trip, I was [...]

Despite my wanderlust tendencies, I do not have a carry-on suitcase of my own. I used to have a 26″ suitcase until I lost a wheel. Poof! It was gone somewhere between the walk from the Airport Bus stop along Nathan Road in Hong Kong and my cousin’s place.  And the ground started shaving off [...]

It’s a new (lunar) year and although a new year shouldn’t be the only time to set goals, I happened to set a new one yesterday.   One of the goals I set in 2007 was to visit an international destination at least once a year.  That year, I went to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shunde, [...]