Apart from the wild tiger/rhino/bear/crocodile populations of Chitwan National Park, there seem to be domesticated elephants EVERYWHERE! It isn’t at all uncommon to pass an elephant going the other way on a walk down the main street in Sauraha village just outside the park. Even on the day that I […]
Countries
Posts from or about various countries I’ve been to!
Trekking the Solokhumbu District
Thirty-five days in a row is a lot of trekking. I started with a few friends at the airport in Tumlingtar at 518m (1,700ft), walked all the way up to Mt. Everest Base Camp at 5,366m (17, 604 ft), and then back down to the bus station at Shivalaya at […]
Everest Mountain Flights
To start the long trek up towards Everest Base Camp, I decided with a friend I had met in Mongolia to fly out to Tumlingtar and walk the week-long trail into Sagarmatha National Park from there. Though expecting the flight to be more of a means of conveyance than a […]
Trekking at Khovsgol Lake
Trekking at Khovsgol Lake After four days of horse trekking at Khovsgol Lake, Gal and I decided to go back to the basics and do some trekking up the West side of the Lake. This hike was a ton of fun, and actually did a lot to rehabilitate snow in […]
Horsing Trekking at Khovsgol Lake
One of my main goals in traveling through Mongolia was to spend some time on horseback riding through the countryside. Genghis Khan used these very horses to conquer the world, after all. I figured I owed it to myself to see what they were all about. The last night of […]
Khovsgol Lake
I promise I’ll describe some of the adventures I got up to in Mongolia soon, but for now I’m sorting through pictures and found a couple that I –really– like from Khovsgol Lake. This thing is huge, and beautifully pristine. Hopefully some of the photos here can do it justice! […]
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.