Hiking in Kyrgyzstan: Chunkurchak Valley There are moments when I want to hike for days on end, climbing a new mountain pass every morning and exploring a new valley each afternoon. There are also moments when I want to get out of the city for a day and take a […]
Kyrgyzstan Climbing Festival: Alpinada in Ala-Archa The outdoors community in Kyrgyzstan can be counted on for nothing if not an embracing sense of community and a dash of craziness. With that in mind, I set off from Bishkek on the afternoon of April 30th to join over 150 other […]
Trekking Union of Kyrgyzstan If I were to recommend only one thing to a newly-arrived expat to Bishkek that wanted to meet people and explore Kyrgyzstan a little bit, it would be to join the Trekking Union of Kyrgyzstan and tag along on some of their weekend trips. In winter […]
Reimers’ Ranch Park: Outdoors in Austin There are three types of places in my world: 1. Places I’ve never been. 2. Places that I’m happy to have visited once. 3. Places I’m happy to go back to again and again. Even on the micro scale of ‘Places in and around […]
Kol-Tor: The Turquoise Lake of Kyrgyzstan The opportunity to get out into this mountains is, without a doubt, one of the greatest things about spending time in Kyrgyzstan.
Suluu-Terek with the TUK Another trip with the Trekking Union in Kyrgyzstan, another new place explored too quickly. To call Suluu-Terek ‘near Bishkek’ is a bit of a stretch, as the trailhead actually lies just outside of the Chuy Valley inside of Boomskoe Gorge on the way to Issyk-Kol Lake. […]
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.