Summer 2016 – Plans were altered midway through summer. From Almaty, I came to NYC and stayed for two days, then to Lawrence, Kansas for about one month.
Afterwards, went to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Cape Bretton Island with my friends Swapan and Cecilia again. Came back to USA after three days in Toronto with my friend Tabla maestro Ashok.
Cape Breton Island 
While going to Duluth, Minnesota, to visit an ex-student, I was notified that my mom had passed away in India on July 11, 2016. I managed to get back to India on July 13 and performed her last rights.
The original plan was to visit several Scandinavian countries in July. The tickets were already bought and the hotels were paid for. So I decided to go to one of the countries, Norway, at the end of the month, instead of three as originally planned. Went to Oslo and Bergen for about a week, starting end of July 2016.
Oslo 
Bergen 
Bergen 
Flam, Norway
October 2016 – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Huge Thunderstorm on Tonle Sap River
December2016/ January 2017 – During early December, my schedule permitted me to get three days off- so I went to visit Rajarshi again, this time in Dubai. Went to Kolkata during regular winter break.
February- March 2017 – Spring break came early this year. Went to kolkata and then to Taipei, Taiwan to visit my student, Dr. Wei-Shong Lin
Flowers at CRC club, Kolkata 02/2017 
Taipei Feb 2017
During Fall 2017, I got a leave of absence, so essentially I was on a six month vacation starting from June 2017 to December 2017. For the next two and a half years, till March 2019, the traveling frenzy was turned up a notch!!