07 / Abhishesh Sharma
Travel.
Around the world, one stamp at a time.
Around the world, one stamp at a time
I grew up in India and have spent the last decade calling Singapore home. In between, the world has been generous enough to let me wander — through jungle heat and alpine cold, ancient temples and modernist icons, bustling night markets and quiet Nordic streets.
East Asia
East Asia runs on a different frequency. Japan has a way of stopping time — whether you're standing in a Kyoto garden or navigating the chaos of Shinjuku. Korea's got a relentless creative energy. Hong Kong remains one of the great urban spectacles on earth, and Macao is a peculiar collision of Portuguese nostalgia and casino grandeur that somehow works.
Middle East
The UAE is a place of extremes done with intention — scale, ambition, and a surprising warmth beneath the gleaming surface.
North America
The US is less a country than a collection of very distinct places that happen to share a flag. It demands more than one visit to even scratch the surface.
Northern Europe
The Nordics rewired something. Finland and Sweden for the quiet grandeur and coffee culture taken seriously. Tallinn for being one of Europe's best-kept secrets: a medieval old town wrapped in Baltic air.
Southeast Asia
Living in Singapore makes Southeast Asia feel like an extended backyard — and it's a backyard worth exploring slowly. Weekend escapes to Malaysia, rice terraces and temple silence in Indonesia, the staggering weight of history at Angkor Wat, the chaotic energy of Vietnamese street food at 7am, and the warmth of Thailand every single time.
Western & Southern Europe
Europe never quite gets old. Italy for the art and food, Vatican City for the cinematic weight of it, Monaco for the theatre, France for the obvious reasons, the UK and Scotland for landscape made literary, Portugal for Lisbon's light, Switzerland for the mountains.