Just got back from an incredible trip to Kenya—easily some of the most breathtaking landscapes I've ever seen. Interestingly, much of what we now recognize as Kenya was shaped by the volcanic eruption of Mount Kenya, which explains its vast, flat terrain.

We didn’t visit during the Great Migration, but that didn’t stop us from spotting the Big Five, Small Five, and even the Ugly Five. Also, a pride of FOURTEEN LIONS!

This also means I can update my visited places, which takes my country coverage to 2.7%!

Saw some random promoted post on Reddit - turns out it was a geography game, something very similar to what I thought I would build. It was actually pretty good. Basically, you get a country or area to find on a world map and have to click the right spot. Multiple quizzes, works well.

So yeah, no point in reinventing the wheel here. Maybe something India-specific would be interesting instead? Will think about it.

Just got back from an amazing trip to Arunachal Pradesh. Decided to map out the places I've visited so far — turns out I’ve only seen 2.3% of the world! At this pace, hitting even 10% in my lifetime would be a stretch. Time to step it up and explore faster!

Visited places

Maybe I will set up my own travel tracking page someday, will think about it.

Went ahead and built a simple prototype of the world map game I wrote about earlier; however, decided for some reason that it would be a good exercise to do it in Godot, so I did that. Currently, there is a world map and a text box that can be used to input guesses, and there is a crude "study" mode to help learn the names of countries when you however over them. Lots of scope for improvement, but it's a good first cut.

While I was at this, TIL: there is a portion of France present in South America, sharing borders with Brazil for some reason? Need to dig deeper into this.

I took a random test on Sporcle on countries of the world, and I realized just how bad at Geography I am. I want to be able to find any country on a world map. I might set out on building a little browser game to label countries. There could be multiple modes: click on the right location for a given country, or type out the name of the country in a given location. I could even add capitals, this could have so many possibilities to branch out and become an educational tool.