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I love my job! And I count myself fortunate to be able to travel around while on official travel to Tunisia. I lived in Tunis City for 5 months in 2023. March 2024  Honestly, I never thought Tunisia is this interesting... I came here to work on a project without pre-knowledge about the country. It all started in March of 2024 when I conducted a stakeholders' consultation workshop for a government project. I learned that Tunisia is the favorite holiday destination for Europeans. No wonder that even in the ancient times, Romans extended its empire in the country as evidenced by ruins in Carthage, El Jem, and Dougga. Its history include Spanish Empire and then Ottoman Empire conquests. While I was in the country for 6 months, I reached just the few of its wonderful UNESCO Heritage sites. May 2024  Tunisia being so rich in tourism, I decided to go around to check  and |x|perience them myself while I was in town. Trivia: It has 9 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The closest to the...

I believe I am a certified Solo Traveler; a backpacker for shorter travel days.   I did solo trips at least once every year. I liked the idea of going to new places, experience new things, observe unique cultures alone. I moved around freely at my own pace, in my own convenience. For minor mishaps, mistakes, misjudgments, or getting lost, it would just be me to think of, to consider, to secure. This year 2024, I travelled solo to Canada; the year when I was fired from work by a Canadian company which HQ is in Ottawa. So the intent had shifted to become a personal retreat, recollection, rediscovery. Toronto  (Mar 23) My journey started with a flight to Toronto via Qatar Airlines with connection in New York. It was wet day when I did the airport transfer from JFK to La Guardia. I tried my best to navigate La Guardia Airport using the public transport for the first time. Emerging from the subway, I lost my way to the public bus loading point and ran out of time. So I hailed ...