In Tibetan Buddhist culture, prayer flags are an ever-present reminder of religiosity in the course of day-to-day affairs. In every instance of this cultural background that I’ve seen, from the far north of Mongolia and south to the Himalayas of Nepal, I’d seen prayer flags fluttering everywhere but never made […]
Travel Words
Impressions of the Gobi Desert
Travel at its best should always evoke such feelings. Mongolia has always struck me as one of the less considered countries in the world, and after months spent exploring places like SouthEast Asia and China I felt like I was being pulled to go somewhere a bit out of the […]
Charging Rhinos in Chitwan
I came across this little lady while walking through Nepal’s Chitwan National Park with two guides and two randoms, and we were all stoked to spot some cool wildlife after spending most of the day fruitlessly looking. As we cut through the forest on a barely trodden path, our guide […]
Trekking Everest Base Camp
Trekking Everest Base Camp My experience with trekking up to Mount Everest Base Camp actually started outside of Nepal, in the common room of the Khongor Guesthouse in Ulan Baatar, Mongolia. In the course of a conversation with another American (Heather, from Arkansas) who was also headed next as a […]
Everest Mountain Flights
To start the long trek up towards Everest Base Camp, I decided with a friend I had met in Mongolia to fly out to Tumlingtar and walk the week-long trail into Sagarmatha National Park from there. Though expecting the flight to be more of a means of conveyance than a […]
Taishan Sunrise Hike
TaiShan Sunrise Welcome to TaiShan, home of the most famous sunrise in all of China. It was here that Mao Zedong so famously declared that “the East is Red” so long ago. Emperors throughout the ages climbed Mount Tai to sacrifice at the temple and watch sunrise from the […]
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.