Hi, I’m Jahaungeer!

I love travel, and movies, and history, and theme parks.

I mean, there’s more to me than that!—I love my wife, and son, and friends, and family. There's cheeseburgers, and podcasts, and beer. Or hiking, and Persian food, and whiskey. Pretty much any kind of burrito is great. And then there's—never mind. Point is, this site is for those first few things.

I started Jahaungeer in 2014 as a personal travel blog. I enjoy writing, and taking and editing photos, and travel (as mentioned). I was looking for a way of cataloguing my stories from the excursions that I cherished so much, and so the travel blog section of the site was born.

In 2018, I came to the realization that, despite viewing myself as a fan and consumer of pop culture, there were so very many "basic/required viewing" movies I had yet to see. From "Groundhog Day" to "The Godfather", I could hardly call myself a well-versed fan of movies. So, I carefully crafted a film list and embarked on watching a culturally significant, new-to-me film every week. To mark the occasion, I'd quickly type a few paragraphs on my impression of the film and drop the review into my Faceplace account. Proud of my little raves and rants, I chose to collect them here to ensure they were easily referenced. And thus, the film reviews section of the site was born.

And finally, there's "The Amusement Archives". I love history and I've spent decades visiting and working in theme parks. For some time I've wished to embark on a project which combines these two things. So, one day, I just stared researching and producing posts on the things I found. I hope to return to this space to write original history on various parks, and rides, and themed amusements from across the centuries. I hope you find these stories as interesting as I do.

So that's Jahaungeer. It's a personal web site and I love it. And I hope you find something to love, too.

Jahan