Travel Budget: Istanbul Of all the places I pass through on a regular basis, Istanbul is probably the one where I’m least likely to pay much attention to my budget. It strikes me as a places where you could just pennypinch the whole time and get by on a threadbare […]
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The Third Man Vienna Sewers Tour – A Smelly Way to Spend a Vacation
The Third Man Vienna Sewers Tour It looks like nothing so much as a giant metal maw just waiting to swallow unsuspecting tourists. This is the entrance to the Vienna Sewers. This is one of those rare instance where I recommend finding a tour. These sewers are closed to the […]
Travel Budget: Greece
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 […]
San Jacinto Battleground: Warships and Wetlands
San Jacinto Battleground Monument: Warships and Wetlands In a city of industry, shipping, and the memory of hurricanes I wasn’t necessarily expecting a surprisingly attractive historical monument and well-groomed (if shrinking) wetlands. Yet at the San Jacinto Battleground in La Porte, Texas my expectations were dashed against all odds.
Austin’s Blanton Art Museum
UT Austin’s Blanton Art Museum I’ve spent months and months in and around Austin over the last ten year, and somehow have still barely scratched the surface of all the cool stuff to do in town. I know of four or five museums offhand just on the UT campus, for […]
Bosporus Cruise and Belly Dancers
Bosporus Cruise and Belly Dancers Usually I’m only will to hit a certain level of ‘cheesy tourist draw’ before I throw in the towel and head towards a café to read for three hours. I totally crossed that line, though, last time I was in town. One of the tours […]
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.