When I was about 8 years old, I dreamed up this secret lair that I wanted in my backyard. Decades later, I took a stab at drawing it.

Dali is a small city in the Yunnan province in the South west of China. It has a beautiful old town with traditional architecture and beautiful scenery. It's a relaxing destination to enjoy traditional Chinese cuisine, pu'er tea and buy handicrafts and various local products.

I've been on a genealogy kick so I made this map to collect some of the places where multiple generations of my ancestors lived. I think it might make a good research road trip!

SO MANY cups of coffee. And a few other sources of physical, mental, and artistic nourishment. (Items on this map are not placed geographically!)

The design of this map of Ancient Egypt, with illustrations placed in compartments around it, is roughly based on the style of Joan Blaeu. He was a 17th century Dutch cartographer. I tried to make my own modern version!

Vulcano is an island of Eolie's archipelago, consisting of seven islands : Alicudi, Filicudi, Salina, Panarea, Stromboli, Vulcano and Lipari. Vulcano together with Stromboli is an active volcano. All the seven islands are a well known turist destination. Around the crater and under the sea close to the arbour are active fumaroles that give out sulphur's gasses.

The Cinque Terre, (Five Lands) is a rugged portion of coast on the Ligurian Sea. So called because comprises five villages: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore. The surrounded land and the villages are National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the past was possible to reach the villages only by boat, from the harbors of La Spezia and Portovenere.

Trekking route map from Vilallonga, a small town in Valencia, Spain

I remember this coast as a paradise in the fifties, when the coast road was not yet built. Now the property speculation has changed the natural habitat ; more money, less beauties, less quiet and less happiness ! For respect of the past memories, the signes and the names are written in local dialect.

Talk a walk around the streets of Dulwich to explore the stunning architecture