Amsterdam Food Tour: Going Dutch It goes without saying that Food IS Travel. What a culture eats says so much about its history and preference, the Netherlands is no exception. In all the tours I’ve done while taking some photos for GetYourGuide, the food tours are consistently among my favorites. […]
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Amsterdam to Volendam Daytrip Guide
Amsterdam to Volendam Daytrip Guide Volendam seems, from anecdotes I heard while talking to Dutch friends in Amsterdam, sort of like the Netherlands’ version of the South. Lots of stereotypes about inbreeding, hillbilly sensibilities, and just general backwardness. The butt of the national joke, if you will. (There’s even a […]
Amsterdam MuseumPlein: A Visitor’s Guide
Amsterdam MuseumPlein: A Visitor’s Guide Every good city should have a thriving green heart, an outdoor space were people can gather and frolic and maybe even pretend for a moment that they’re surrounded by trees. Amsterdam, to its immense credit, has these in spades. East Park and West Park and […]
Diamonds Museum Amsterdam – The Coster Diamonds Tour
Diamonds Museum Amsterdam Of all the touristy things I did during my several weeks in Amsterdam, I remember one as being the obvious standout lowlight. Coster Diamonds and the Amsterdam Diamond Museum. Some people really like this stuff, I suppose, and these places (just across the street from Museumplein) always […]
Zaanse Schaans Windmills: Travel Guide
Windmills of Zaanse Schaans: A Travel Guide You know what gets me about the Netherlands? They’re just SO DUTCH! Take the windmills thing, for example. Ok guys, we get. You’re master engineers, able to raise the polders out of the very seas themselves and convert them into useable land. There’re […]
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.