Hong Kong Temple Street Markets On one of those many “passing through Hong Kong” trips I’ve made over the past few months, I talked Matt and Liz (my two favorite HK residents) into heading out one night to the relatively well known Temple Street Night Market. Expecting a food street […]
HK and Macau
Little Special Administrative Regions stuck, for now, as semi-China. HK, also, is the greatest city in the world.
Hiking the Hong Kong Trail
My second and third days of hiking in Hong Kong, both on the Hong Kong Trail, offered a surprisingly bit of seclusion considering that I was never more than a couple of kilometers from large urban areas (if even that?). Yet at times it still looked and felt (if not […]
Hiking Hong Kong Island
Hiking Hong Kong Island The night of arriving into HK and heading straight for the ‘fire dragon’ in Victoria Park, my two favorite Hong Kongers (Matt and Liz) and I resolved to get up the next day and celebrate their Moon Festival vacation day by heading outdoors to do some […]
Camping in HK
When you really need to get out of the big city, Hong Kong has plenty of nature as well. Four long-distance hiking trails cross the Hong Kong S.A.R., totaling over 180 miles. Some of these cross marvelous beaches and scalable mountains, my favorite of which was the stretch of the […]
Back in the SAR again! (R)
In what was one of my most fun trips to Hong Kong to date, I managed to cram in more excitement that ever before. Three out of the eight days I was there saw me hiking on Hong Kong island, one saturday involved a full-day boat trip to beaches I’d […]
Budget: Hong Kong (R)
Travel Budget: Hong Kong Hong Kong is a great city, consistently one of my favorites in the world. However its a place where costs start to add up immediately, and I end up spending way more than I expected every time I go. So, here’s a realistic look at what […]
Hey there! I'm Stephen, this is my travel blog, and that's me in the poofy hat.
I'm a photographer / writer traveling since 2008, and I've been doing my best to visit amazing places.
My current focus is Central Asia, because for a hiking and camping enthusiast it's as good as it gets.