{"id":528,"date":"2021-04-30T17:17:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?p=528"},"modified":"2021-05-16T08:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T08:42:56","slug":"wanderlust-my-crazy-travels-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?p=528","title":{"rendered":"WanderLust &#8211; My Crazy Travels,  Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>From May 2018 to May 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Another six month vacation started  from May 2018 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 2018<\/strong>&#8211; Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville with a  friend <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2391-edited_43509617721_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"533\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=533\" class=\"wp-image-533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2391-edited_43509617721_o.jpg 313w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2391-edited_43509617721_o-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sihanoukville<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/75333BDE-D327-4D94-8DC8-C4AD2040961E-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"538\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/75333BDE-D327-4D94-8DC8-C4AD2040961E-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=538\" class=\"wp-image-538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/75333BDE-D327-4D94-8DC8-C4AD2040961E-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/75333BDE-D327-4D94-8DC8-C4AD2040961E-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/75333BDE-D327-4D94-8DC8-C4AD2040961E-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/75333BDE-D327-4D94-8DC8-C4AD2040961E-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/75333BDE-D327-4D94-8DC8-C4AD2040961E-rotated.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">view from hotel- phnom penh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2321-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"539\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2321-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=539\" class=\"wp-image-539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2321-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2321-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2321-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2321-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Monkey Invasion -Phnom Penh!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2344_42604854055_o-1024x830.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"535\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=535\" class=\"wp-image-535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2344_42604854055_o-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2344_42604854055_o-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2344_42604854055_o-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2344_42604854055_o-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/img_2344_42604854055_o-2048x1659.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sihanoukville<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2416-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"540\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2416-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=540\" class=\"wp-image-540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2416-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2416-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2416-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2416-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Nice hotel &#8211; Phnom Penh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After June 2018, I had a serious talk with myself. I was 67 years old, and still had several friends in Almaty and also  in Phnom Penh.  It was time to rethink my priorities and try to visit my friends and travel with my friends as much as possible.  Clearly, this was not going to last too long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surely, Covid came along and my health deteriorated even without getting infected by the virus,   so it turned out that I had taken the right decision.  In any case, apart from Almaty or Phnom Penh,   I was in other countries purely for travel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 17 <\/strong>&#8211; Landed in Japan &#8211; another bucket list item!! Spent about twelve days here and visited Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. From Osaka, went to Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2638.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"542\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=542\" class=\"wp-image-542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2638.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2638-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Osaka<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2540.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"543\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=543\" class=\"wp-image-543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2540.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2540-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Cat Cafe, Tokyo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2459b.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"544\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=544\" class=\"wp-image-544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2459b.jpg 586w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2459b-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Shinjuku, Tokyo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2578-Edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"545\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=545\" class=\"wp-image-545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2578-Edited.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2578-Edited-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dr. Fukiharu and daughter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2624.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"547\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=547\" class=\"wp-image-547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2624.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2624-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Kyoto<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2665.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"549\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2665.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=549\" class=\"wp-image-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2665.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2665-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Himeji Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2633.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"546\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=546\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2633.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2633-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Full Japanese breakfast, Kyoto<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 2018 <\/strong>Went to Seoul, South Korea to meet my Kansas Colleague, Biung -Ghi.  Stayed for about a week,  Went back to Kolkata for a few weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2724-Edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"551\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=551\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2724-Edited.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2724-Edited-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dr. Biung-Ghi Ju<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2729.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"552\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=552\" class=\"wp-image-552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2729.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2729-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2751.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"553\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=553\" class=\"wp-image-553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2751.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2751-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2731.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"555\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=555\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2731.jpg 538w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2731-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Menu posted outside<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2762.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"556\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=556\" class=\"wp-image-556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2762.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2762-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Old neighborhood- Seoul<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2745-Edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"557\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2745-Edited.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=557\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2745-Edited.jpg 411w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2745-Edited-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Traditional Korean Costume<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2713.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"554\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=554\" class=\"wp-image-554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2713.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2713-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">So much variety!!<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan for August onward was revised. The original plan was to fly to Rome and then onward to Germany and Austria and the Czech  republic part of the time with my colleague Nadeem. I bailed on him haha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead , after flying from Delhi to Rome, I flew again to Almaty. That was a terrible rescheduling &#8211; flew from Kolkata to Delhi to Rome to Istanbul to Almaty &#8211; I was dead tired when I arrived!  Visited my  friends and arranged for an apartment from January 2019. The landlord wanted me to pay rent from September 2018, and I agreed to that, I had no other choice. This was better than coming in January 2019 with all my luggage from India and looking for an apartment in intense cold (minus 5 to 15 centigrade usually). However , having rented the place, now I had an incentive to come back again in  October. And I did come back on October 7 for eight days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I flew from Almaty to Rome at the end of <strong>August 2018<\/strong> and spent three days in Venice and five days in Rome and and a day trip to Pompeii . Italian architecture was fascinating, Italian food not so much!!  Back to Kolkata after this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2888.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"560\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=560\" class=\"wp-image-560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2888.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2888-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">St. Marks Square, Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2933.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"562\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=562\" class=\"wp-image-562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2933.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2933-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2870-1024x950.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"564\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=564\" class=\"wp-image-564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2870-1024x950.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2870-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2870-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2870-1536x1425.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2870-2048x1900.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2938.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"577\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2938.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=577\" class=\"wp-image-577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2938.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2938-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2872.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"566\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=566\" class=\"wp-image-566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2872.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2872-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Early morning &#8211; a little scruffy!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong>That Lunch with Lobster cost 50 Euros (INR 4500) #@$%<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2964.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"567\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=567\" class=\"wp-image-567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2964.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2964-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2955.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"568\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=568\" class=\"wp-image-568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2955.jpg 561w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2955-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Vatican<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2999.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"569\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=569\" class=\"wp-image-569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2999.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2999-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Pompeii<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3026-Edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"571\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=571\" class=\"wp-image-571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3026-Edited.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3026-Edited-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Colosseum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3022.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"573\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=573\" class=\"wp-image-573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3022.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3022-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Colosseum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3016-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"574\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3016-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=574\" class=\"wp-image-574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3016-rotated.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3016-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fresh mozzarella salad-overrated!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>October 7-16,  <\/strong>I was in Almaty, staying in an apartment I already paid for. On October 16 I flew from Almaty to Bangkok and then on to Phnom Penh.  After  a few days, returned to Kolkata to rest .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1719.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"710\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=710\" class=\"wp-image-710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1719.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1719-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fall 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alm1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"725\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=725\" class=\"wp-image-725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alm1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alm1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alm1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alm1-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alm1-2048x1539.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"728\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1019.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=728\" class=\"wp-image-728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1019.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1019-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1019-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_1019-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On November 23<\/strong>, I went to Phnom Penh again and flew to Bali with a friend.   Bali was fantastic! Back to Kolkata for a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3379.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"584\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=584\" class=\"wp-image-584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3379.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3379-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Kope Luwak<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"586\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=586\" class=\"wp-image-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3480.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3480-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3484-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"591\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=591\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3484-1.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3484-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Durian &#8211; smelly, but delicious!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3489.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"593\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=593\" class=\"wp-image-593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3489.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3489-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3437.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"594\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=594\" class=\"wp-image-594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3437.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3437-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bali-november-2018_48087404443_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"595\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=595\" class=\"wp-image-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bali-november-2018_48087404443_o.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bali-november-2018_48087404443_o-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48157733006_bc40cb868c_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"596\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48157733006_bc40cb868c_o.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=596\" class=\"wp-image-596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48157733006_bc40cb868c_o.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48157733006_bc40cb868c_o-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">View from hotel room<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 2019<\/strong> &#8211; Came to Almaty for what was going to be my last semester at work. I was not so young any more, the cold bothered me. I lived in a five floor walk up about ten \/ fifteen minutes walk from the main entrance on campus.  I minimized walking outside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hotelkazakhstan.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"582\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=582\" class=\"wp-image-582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hotelkazakhstan.jpg 290w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Hotelkazakhstan-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Last semester at KIMEP University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"598\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=598\" class=\"wp-image-598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3684.jpg 252w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3684-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">No Moustache!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/almaty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"599\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/almaty1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=599\" class=\"wp-image-599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/almaty1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/almaty1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Students from my last semester at KIMEP U<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_4523.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"583\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=583\" class=\"wp-image-583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_4523.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_4523-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>March 2019 &#8211; Could not go to Kolkata during my spring break, flights over Pakistan were suspended because of Terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 2019 &#8211; Squeezed a few days from my schedule and went to Phnom Penh again! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following photos were taken in Phnom Penh  during October 2018- April 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159583501_5e043792cf_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"604\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=604\" class=\"wp-image-604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159583501_5e043792cf_o.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159583501_5e043792cf_o-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159586581_9eb7ba6d75_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"606\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=606\" class=\"wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159586581_9eb7ba6d75_o.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159586581_9eb7ba6d75_o-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50015634792_8125f072f4_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"608\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50015634792_8125f072f4_o.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=608\" class=\"wp-image-608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50015634792_8125f072f4_o.jpg 448w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/50015634792_8125f072f4_o-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159584831_4ea79aa9c5_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"601\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?attachment_id=601\" class=\"wp-image-601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159584831_4ea79aa9c5_o.jpg 625w, https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/48159584831_4ea79aa9c5_o-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Water Festival,  November 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I left KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan at the end of May 2019. It was a great ride for five years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From May 2018 to May 2019 Another six month vacation started from May 2018 June 2018&#8211; Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville with a friend After June 2018, I had a serious talk with myself. I was 67 years old, and still had several friends in Almaty and also in Phnom Penh. It was time to rethink &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/?p=528\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WanderLust &#8211; My Crazy Travels,  Part 5&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[118,64,98,119,121,120],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingeconomist.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}