Hiking Guide: The Crete E4 Trail I distinctly remember the moment, another long stretch down another paved road in what would have been a great landscape for walking if not for the hard asphalt underfoot and the occasional car flying past much too fast on a dodgy curvy mountain road. […]
Nasher Sculpture Garden and Museum I know I mentioned this when I was talking about the Fort Worth Stockyards, but I was really pleasantly surprised by Dallas/Fort-Worth. Not only was the area sort of culturally-interesting (see: Stockyards) but there was also a bit of Culture to be found. I think […]
Beaches of Crete One of the benefits of spending so much time hiking the southern coast of Crete is coming across some pretty spectacular beaches. Some of these, like Loutro and Sweetwater, and pretty well-known and well visited. Others, like the amazing stretch of sand at Dhomata Bay, seemed like […]
Brazos Bend State Park: Gator Bait! Being from Louisiana, there’s only one word to describe my reaction to an alligator: Cool! See, I’m from North Louisiana. When we’re being honest, like right now, Shreveport is a lot more Texas than it is Terrebonne. Surely you can understand my reaction, then, […]
The Pamir Highway: The Great Pamiri Road Trip Guide In the greatest American tradition, I and 1-6 of my closest (proximal) friends hit the open road in vast expanse of the Tajik Pamirs. What does the Great Pamiri Road-Trip look like? Well, I’m glad you asked. The only real complaint […]
Delphi Temple: Oracle Bones and Apollonic Visions The Delphic Oracle and Temple of Apollo is, to my mind, perhaps the second most famous remnant of Ancient Greek civilization (behind the Parthenon, of course!) OF course, then, I connived a way to get out and see it during the first week […]
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.