When you smell the rotten eggs, you know you’re getting close! Tuck under the foothills of the Kopet Dag mountains, the Kow-Ata Underground Lake provides a nice hot spring experience in the middle of sandy deserts. On the surface, desert stretches in one direction while layers of hills turn to […]
Tag: Hiking
Gokyo Lakes – the Mythical 6th Lake
Gokyo Lakes – The Mythical 6th You’ll never make it there and back in one day! The glacier will eat you alive! Tibetan Snowcocks will claw out your eyes and use your body for warmth like a Tauntaun! The valley to the immediate west of the path to Everest Base […]
Balcones Canyonland: Cactus and Rocks
Just a few quick pictures from a morning hike of the Cactus Rocks Trail in central Texas at Warblers’ Vista. If my mind’s eye evokes any stereotype of the typical West Texas landscape, it would include all of these things.
Shooting Wildlife in Nepal
Oh, calm down. Shooting with a camera, of course. Beyond being just a colorful chaotic embracing cultural destination for travelers, Nepal is also an excellent place to spend time looking for wildlife. Some of these would have been difficult not to spot (Tibetan snow-cocks and black ravens seemed to follow […]
Inks Lake State Park: Hiking the Devil’s Waterhole
Of one of my last few days of a Christmas visit to the US, after weeks of delicious food and lazy days, I finally managed to explore a bit of the Texas Hill Country-side near the northern suburbs of Austin where my family have lived for years. Of particular beauty […]
Trekking the Cho La Pass
Among the highlights of the extended Everest Base Camp Trek are the views from the Cho La Pass crossing in between Gokyo and Gorak Shep.
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.