![Dolomites Be Back!](https://monsoondiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53855048735_ec36374028_b.jpg)
Dolomites Be Back!
Born here, but not destined to die here. Mount Sinai Hospital: My birthplace, my first job at 16, a doctor at 33, and most recently, a patient. Only this time I was discharged without one of my kidneys. That wasn’t the plan. Months ago an MRI was...
![Meet The Monsooners of Tomorrow!](https://monsoondiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/july-1080x675.jpg)
Meet The Monsooners of Tomorrow!
This July we're heading back to Tomorrowland with at least 10 others who had to watch from afar last year. It'll be a bunch of reunions: Greece Yacht Week is ahead, seeing 8 returners in Mel, Paul, Sujay, Leslie, Jay, Yuhan, Christina, and Michelle The Hokkaido...
![Nevis Say Never Again](https://monsoondiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53718803691_8e37cbc327_b-1024x675.jpg)
Nevis Say Never Again
On our second day on the islands and from where we were staying (for free!) at the Park Hyatt, we enjoyed a breakfast at the Great House while facing the island of Nevis: After breakfast, I walked to concierge (also located within the Great House) to...
![Saint Kitts Your Worries Goodbye!](https://monsoondiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53717896737_88c2091c78_b-1024x675.jpg)
Saint Kitts Your Worries Goodbye!
It was never likely I'd let more than 3 months go by between monsoons (unless there's a pandemic). But as always, I'll let the universe decide whether I should travel or stay put.So when I got a notification 3 days ago that my Hyatt points was about to expire...
![And We Manarola-long to Cinque Terre!](https://monsoondiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53672206128_1ac945e4a8_b-1024x675.jpg)
And We Manarola-long to Cinque Terre!
What a great morning to wake up in Roma! It's good to be back in Rome, even if it's for a little bit. Craving for some good cheap local food this time, Paul, Mihaela and I headed to the food court within the Termini train station for brunch....
![Leptis Magna-facent!](https://monsoondiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53675551490_227e458bc8_b-1024x675.jpg)
Leptis Magna-facent!
If a photo looks professionally taken, then that credit goes to Paul Woo or Francois DeAsis (check the @FJD in the bottom right corner) For our last full day in Tripoli, our drive 2 hours east of Tripoli took us to Libya's crown jewel of Leptis Magna....
![Sabratha-ised to Be Here?](https://monsoondiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53670288122_c8ed2173ca_b-1024x675.jpg)
Sabratha-ised to Be Here?
If a photo looks professionally taken, then that credit goes to Paul Woo or Francois DeAsis (check the @FJD in the bottom right corner) On our third day in Libya and from Tripoli we had breakfast and took another tour around the old town for Corinna...
![Keep Calm and Gharyan!](https://monsoondiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53675318963_be20dd350a_b-1024x675.jpg)
Keep Calm and Gharyan!
If a photo looks professionally taken, then that credit goes to Paul Woo or Francois DeAsis (check the @FJD in the bottom right corner) From Jebel Nafusa we drove an hour to Gharyan, considered the centre of Libyan resistance against the Italian...