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 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 […]
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This budget is a bit lower than might be expected, because I Couchsurfed for the 11 days I spent in Almaty waiting for an Uzbekistan visa. An expensive city, having had to pay for a hotel there would have significantly increased the overall cost of Kazakhstan. Also note that the […]
I’m bad sometimes, while traveling with other people, about not wanting to spend much time on photography because I’m worried the people I’m with will get impatient with waiting for just… one… more…. shot. This is doubly true, then, with my 13 year old sister as a travel companion. I […]
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 […]
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.