Travel Budget: Greece I tend to think that a lot of budget travelers actually make terrible estimates of how much travel to any given area of the world will cost. Greece, for example, is clearly ‘Europe’ yet the costs here are substantially lower than (for example) Vienna and Amsterdam. I […]
Tag: Europe
Alkmaar Cheese Market – Say Cheese!
Alkmaar Cheese Market – Say Cheese! Cheesy title, right? Yet somehow appropriate, given that today’s post comes to you from the town of Alkmaar and its tourist cheese market! Though similar to many small towns in Holland, Alkmaar is interesting in its own whey. On the Waag square in the […]
Crete E4: Fragokastello Beach and Fortress
Crete E4: Fragokastello Beach and Fortress Having walked from Elafonisi all the way to Hora Sfakia over the coastal route of the Crete E4, I was well ready to hop a bus for the beach town of Fragokastello for a few days’ rest before my friend Kyle met up to […]
Daytrip to Marken: An Amsterdam Tourists’ Guide
Daytrip to Marken: An Amsterdam Tourists’ Guide As part of those several trips to the village of Voldendam on the Netherland’s Zuiderzee, we also made shorter stops in the small town of Marken on the other side of the Sea. While’s Volendam’s claim to fame is as a former fishing […]
Amsterdam Canals Cruise: Cocktails with Views
Amsterdam Canals Cruise: Cocktails with Views Just in case you’ve never heard, Amsterdam has quite a lot of canals. Shocking, right? Getting out onto the water is a great way to explore the city, second perhaps only to buying a bike and blending into the city on two wheels. Below […]
Istanbul Night Photography: A Traveller’s Guide
Istanbul Night Photography: A Traveller’s Guide Some cities take on a whole new feel when the sun goes down. Ulan Baatur seems a bit more dangerous, HK more rowdy, and in Baku the temperature finally becomes tolerable. Istanbul, though, makes perhaps my favorite transformation. The lights come on in Sultanahmet, […]
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.