I rolled into Khiva expecting to probably stay two or three nights, and ended up lingering for a week. The Old Town is pretty, but that wasn’t nearly enough of a draw. Instead it was the perfect combination of comfortable/cheap guesthouse, the right mindset, and (most importantly) really friendly people […]
Photo Blogs
Blogs told in pictures, rather than words. Ok, there are a few words thrown in too.
Its Better In Bruges (R)
Colin Farrell would have you believe that Bruges is a joyless place where happiness and hitmen go to die. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but if Colin Farrell really believes this he must be a hack. Speaking of hacks, I have a terrible journalistic sense […]
Back in Baku (R)
Baku strikes me as the kind of place that Dubai was probably like before they really got going with all the development and superscrapers. Even the lingua franca seemed to be English, despite the former Soviet influence. To be honest I didn’t really like the place, but that might be […]
Photo Slideshow: Micronesia (R)
Ever feel like you reeeeeally need to get away from it all? Yap State of Micronesia might just be the spot for you. A tenacious traditional culture, big ol’ Manta Rays underwater, and some of the most remote islands in the world. That’s Yap.
Coolin’ It in Koge (R)
Koge, Denmark. So pretty that even people from Copenhagen are like “Daaaaamn, its nice here!” As the later pictures show, my visit was cut short by a combination of impending rain and an expiring 24-hr transport ticket. Even in the brief couple of hours in spent in the area, though, […]
Photo Slideshow: China (R)
I have trouble accurately describing how and why I like being and living and traveling in China so much. Part of it though is that so many places have such a strong exotic-feeling ambiance and are so easy to take pictures of that look really dissimilar to anything I’d find […]
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.