Questions I have faced many times are 'What do you think is the most beautiful or original city in the world?' and 'Where would you like to live in if you had the choice?'. From the places I've seen I'd list them as follows:

• Cities of originality: most beautiful is Paris, most urban is New York (Manhattan), most business oriented is Hong Kong
• Places of space and time: I could live in Australia and within old-time European cities but rural Southern Finland is also pretty much ok
• Adventures of peace of mind: I liked trekking Nepal as well as northern Scandinavia (Lapland) but I really need to see the jungles of South America before making any final judgement

I've snapped quite amount of pics during my travels from the fall 2000 when I got a digital camera. Here are links to some of the latest picture shows:

• pics from Budapest, June 2006
• pics from Russia, June 2006
• pics from Bulgaria, March 2006
• pics from Bay Area, February 2006
• pics from Canada, July 2005
• pics from Stockholm, November 2004
• pics from Buenos Aires, August 2004
• pics from Easter Island, July 2004
• pics from Santiago and the surroundings, June 2004
• pics from Switzerland, April 2004
• pics from Washington and Brazil, November 2003
• pics from California and Nevada, July - August 2003
• pics from New York City in June 2003
• pics from Bay Area in June 2003
• pics from Amsterdam in June 2003
• pics from Brussels in May 2003
• pics from Boston and Bay Area in November 2002
• pics from Lund and København in October 2002
• pics from Bengtskär lighthouse in July 2002
• pics from Catalunya, Toulouse and Andorra in June 2002
• pics from Berlin and München revisited in June 2002
• pics from Estonia and Latvia by car in May 2002
• pics from Berlin and München in Dec-Jan 2001-02
• pics from Estonia in September 2001 and two from Helsinki
• pics from San Jose and San Diego in July 2001
• pics from Paris, Amsterdam and Hannover in March 2001
• pics from Hong Kong in March 2001
• pics from Toronto in January 2001
• pics and story from California, Nevada and Mexico in 2000-2001
• pics from Denver in December 2000
• pics from SF in November 2000
• pics from Madrid in October 2000
• pics from DC in October 2000
• pics from Lapland in Finland and Norway, fall 2000 (scanned images)
• pics from Washington, DC, November 1999
• pics from Scotland and Australia during my millennium tour 1999-2000

At Stinson Beach, CA 5/19/2001