Diamonds Museum Amsterdam Of all the touristy things I did during my several weeks in Amsterdam, I remember one as being the obvious standout lowlight. Coster Diamonds and the Amsterdam Diamond Museum. Some people really like this stuff, I suppose, and these places (just across the street from Museumplein) always […]
Tag: GYG Tours
Sinbad Submarine: King of the Hurghada Seas
Sinbad Submarine: King of the Hurghada Seas If the Desert Safari was my favorite day in Hurghada, the Sinbad Submarine experience was undoubtedly the most novel. The introduction to Sinbad is sort of underwhelming, with a cheesy waiting area and a 30 min boat ride with free water and juice […]
Zaanse Schaans Windmills: Travel Guide
Windmills of Zaanse Schaans: A Travel Guide You know what gets me about the Netherlands? They’re just SO DUTCH! Take the windmills thing, for example. Ok guys, we get. You’re master engineers, able to raise the polders out of the very seas themselves and convert them into useable land. There’re […]
Saronic Gulf: Hydra Island Travel Guide
Saronic Gulf: Hydra Island Travel Guide I only ended up visiting Hydra Island because I was spending a day photographing a Saronic Gulf cruise. Given how touristy and accessible some of these Saronic Islands are, I didn’t initially have very high expectations. I’d just spent 3 weeks hiking in Crete, […]
Giza Pyramids: Photographer’s Guide
Giza Pyramids Photographer’s Guide I hear you crying out, oh dear reader. “You were in Egypt TWO MONTHS AGO!” you scream, “…. where are the Pyramids?!?!” Well fear not, faithful follower, because that time has come! I did indeed make it to the Pyramids in Giza, as part of a […]
Desert Safari: Egypt
Life is strange, sometimes, working as a freelancer. One day I’m in small-town Netherlands leading a bunch of 5th graders through windmills and then bam, two weeks later, I’m chasing an amateur racer top speed through the Egyptian desert on a 4-wheeler. This was perhaps my single favorite experience in […]
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.