Because she was still on vacation for the Spring Festival holiday, Carmen and I hung out for the next few days I was in Chengdu. Eventually, she invited me to go with her to visit several areas near where she grew up. The two of us spent one day in […]
Tag: China
Sichuan: Bamboo Sea
In order to get away from the Spring Festival crowds in Chengdu, I left town towards the Bamboo Sea. On the way I met a girl, Carmen, who had gotten tired of cooking for her family for the holidays and decided to do the same. After walking around the park […]
Huangshan: Yellow Mountain
Huangshan: Yellow Mountain I highly recommend visiting Huangshan if you’re on a trip in China, both because the mountains themselves are beautiful but also because it can be a great place to interact with Chinese on an equal tourist footing. There are plenty of ancient villages in the area nearby […]
Huashan
Just east of Xi’An is China’s “Magnificant Mountain.” Though not spoken of with the same level of excitement and beauty of Huangshan (in Anhui Province), Huashan mountain is quite pretty. Greg and I took the cable car up early in the day, spent all day hiking between the 5 major […]
Xishuangbanna
XiShuangBanNa After a few months stuck in Shenzhen without a vacation, my Spring Festival/ Chinese New Year vacation found me straight back in Yunnan Province. Tropical rain-forest bordering Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam. Home to the upper stretches of the Mekong River (before it becomes the Mekong River. 澜沧江。) One of the […]
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Tiger Leaping Gorge Resting the horses. All through the hike, these guys follow you and ask if you’d like to rent a horse for the rest of the trip. The ringing of the horses’ bells soon becomes part of the background of the walk. —- Want to visit […]
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.