X Reasons You Should Get To Greece This Year With a friend recently planning a trip to Majorca for her upcoming vacation, my cries that now is the perfect time to head to the Greek Isles fell on deaf ears due mainly to fears about the current state of the Greek economy. […]
Experienced Traveler’s Guide: Skipping Half the Tourist Places in Jaipur There are, quite frankly, far too many tourists sites in the world for me to have either the desire or ambition to see them all. Sometimes I make a half-hearted attempt but in a place like India where my stomach […]
Bishkek Opera and Ballet Theatre Like most of the former Soviet Union, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan has a strong presence of fine and performing arts – Drama and Painting and Opera and Ballet, among others. Though I had visited the Kyrygz Philharmonic Concert Hall a number of times, up […]
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 […]
Getting the most out of frequent flier points. – or – How I snagged over $4000 in airline tickets for only $427. I’m usually not one to plan too far in advance when traveling, but thanks to a (formerly) healthy stash of frequent flier miles and a lot of […]
When looking at D.C. museums online, places like the Newseum and Smithsonian Natural History get way more limelight than anywhere else. I did stumble across a write-up of the Hirshhorn modern art gallery, but filed it away under “things the little sister will probably not be interested in.” I was […]
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.