Camping in Crete: The Best Campsites Aside from being full of beautiful landscapes (well, or perhaps the two are intricately connected?), Crete also had a ton of amazing campsites that I stumbled across as I was hiking around the island. Some places, like Loutro, sported historic old fortresses that make […]
Europe
Cruising the Saronic Islands.
Traveling long-term isn’t nearly as expensive as most people seem to think, but of course still costs money. How excited was I, then, to find an opportunity to take a handful of tours as I was passing through Istanbul and Athens that would not only get me into some of […]
Hiking Guide: The Crete E4 Trail
Hiking Guide: The Crete E4 Trail I distinctly remember the moment, another long stretch down another paved road in what would have been a great landscape for walking if not for the hard asphalt underfoot and the occasional car flying past much too fast on a dodgy curvy mountain road. […]
Beaches of Crete: The Cretans and Beach Bums
Beaches of Crete One of the benefits of spending so much time hiking the southern coast of Crete is coming across some pretty spectacular beaches. Some of these, like Loutro and Sweetwater, and pretty well-known and well visited. Others, like the amazing stretch of sand at Dhomata Bay, seemed like […]
Delphi Temple: Oracle Bones and Apollonic Visions
Delphi Temple: Oracle Bones and Apollonic Visions The Delphic Oracle and Temple of Apollo is, to my mind, perhaps the second most famous remnant of Ancient Greek civilization (behind the Parthenon, of course!) OF course, then, I connived a way to get out and see it during the first week […]
Likos Akrogiali: The Coziest Taverna in Crete
Likos Akrogiali: The Coziest Taverna in Crete I realize I’m starting right at the end here, but by the time Kyle and I finished what ended up being nearly three weeks of hiking for me in Crete, I needed a cozy place to hang out and a comfortable bed to […]
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.