Sugat Kabanhawan Festvial: Easter in Cebu I flew into Cebu with the intention of just hanging out for a day or two to relax, and then heading on towards diving and jungles. Fortunately, it being Easter in the very Catholic Philippines, there were celebrations to be found! The annual “Sugat-Kabanhawan” […]
Travel Words
Bohol Island – Home to Terrifying Alien Monkeys and More!
Bohol Island Jungle-living fantasies play out on a large scale on Bohol Island. Staying in river-side huts that are more easily accessed by bamboo-seat boats than they are by any form of land transportation. Climbing the mountain (well… mountain is perhaps a strong words here) up to the Giant Cross […]
Stoic Japan
Stoic Japan Traveling in Japan was fun, but far different from “third world” Asia in so many ways. Tokyo was cool, but I didn’t love the place, and it was super expensive. The countryside near Sendai, where Matt lives, was cool but I really only spent like 36 hours there […]
GYG Old Trips
rel=”nofollow” Agoda: MBL ?cid=1619482 AH ?cid=1619719 GYG ?partner_id=137EE&cmp=TravelWakhan ?partner_id=137EE&cmp=MBL ?partner_id=137EE&cmp=AsiaHikes ?partner_id=137EE&cmp=GuestBlog Amsterdam 2.5h Bus Tour Amsterdam Alkmaar Cheese Market Amsterdam City Sightseeing by Bus and Canal Cruise Amsterdam City Segway Sightseeing Amsterdam Cocktail Canal Cruise Amsterdam Daytrip to Antwerp and Brussels Amsterdam Daytrip to Bruges […]
Pretty Little Penjikent (R)
Its very rare that regional capitals, in Central Asia at least, are anything but a transit point to get to bigger and better destinations. The city of Penjikent, though, is a wonderful little backwater. Though once easily accessible from the Uzbekistan city of Samarkand, a disagreement over hydro issues between […]
Down Wimberly Way (R)
You know those places that are just so close to home that you never actually get to them? The ones that visitors seem to have gone to, but you’ve only heard of? Wimberly, Tx is one of those. I’ve known this name for years as my aunt and uncle have long […]
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.