The Salzburg Mozart House Museum Austria has a long history of famous musicians and composers and creative types, but in the city of Salzburg none of these are nearly as famous as little Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756, and his early works were composed and […]
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Kyrgyz Food in Bishkek: A Foodie’s Guide
Kyrgyz Food in Bishkek: A Foodie’s Guide I have sort of a love/hate thing on with Kyrgyz food (and really Central Asian food), where I really enjoy a couple of dishes until I eat them too many times in a row; then I dread having them again for weeks or […]
Arslanbob Walnut Harvest: A Month In the Forests of Kyrgyzstan
Arslanbob Walnut Harvest: A Month in the Forests of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan is full of small stories. A successful microfinance project here, a village with a long history of training fighter pilots there, and any number of interesting back stories to be stumbled across by travelers or locals alike. One of […]
Austin’s Blanton Art Museum
UT Austin’s Blanton Art Museum I’ve spent months and months in and around Austin over the last ten year, and somehow have still barely scratched the surface of all the cool stuff to do in town. I know of four or five museums offhand just on the UT campus, for […]
Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Of all the tourist sites in Abu Dhabi, the single most impressive is undoubtedly the ‘Sheikh Zayed Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque’ just outside of town. On any respectable top-10 list of Instagrammable places in Abu Dhabi, this one occupies the top spot every single […]
Suluu-Terek with the TUK
Suluu-Terek with the TUK Another trip with the Trekking Union in Kyrgyzstan, another new place explored too quickly. To call Suluu-Terek ‘near Bishkek’ is a bit of a stretch, as the trailhead actually lies just outside of the Chuy Valley inside of Boomskoe Gorge on the way to Issyk-Kol Lake. […]
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.