Looking Back on a Year of Travel

This year has turned out to be a constant stream of travel for me:

Mid Last November - Guangzhou, China for work for 8 days
Late Last December - Cancun, Mexico for vacation for 7 days
Early February - Mexico City and Xalapa, Mexico for work for 4 days
Middle March - Ohio and Kentucy to visit family and meet my new nephew for 6 days
Early June - San Salvador, El Salvador for work for 6 days
Late June - Treviso and Venice, Italy for work for 6 days
Early July - Ohio for my cousin's wedding for 2 days
Middle July - Shanghai and Guangzhou, China + Hong Kong + Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia for work for 11 days
Late August - West Point, New York to visit friends and nephews for 4 days
Early September - North Carolina for continued education for work for 4 days
Late September - Rome, Capri and Naples, Italy for vacation for 10 days

Coming up, I'm already planning an "around the world" trip for work, including both El Salvador and Italy again before heading back home. And there have been several back and forth trips and a couple long layovers in Colorado sprinkled in there, too. It's safe to say that I'm feeling a little maxed out on the travel front. But the experiences, food and friends that you find along the way are always a perk.

The tough part about all of the back and forth everywhere is that it makes your time more precious than usual. Downtime becomes much needed recuperation time. So instead of recapping all of the trips in detail for you here, I'll just post up some of the best photos from the year.