Though Northern Mongolia had a fair number of truly awesome spots, MOPOH was not amongst them. Oh wait, that was the Cyrillic name. The first indication something was strange was the English name: Moron. Second: horses riding down the streets (though I must admit that as usual this endeared the […]
Countries
Posts from or about various countries I’ve been to!
Climbing Taishan (R)
Hiking Mount Tai Even if sunrise at TaiShan wasn’t the most incredible experience, the hike up is still a bit of fun and rewards with pretty nice views over the mountains of Shandong province. Even if you haven’t been training to be a warrior monk at the Shaolin Temple in […]
Gandan Khiid (R)
Though there are monasteries liberally scattered around UB, my favorite was easily the one just down the street from my guesthouse/ ger camp in Ulan Baatar. Gandan Monastery The Ganden Monastery actually reminded me a lot of temples from my trip to Tibet a few summer ago. With all the […]
Checking out Qufu (R)
Aside from the obvious Confucian memorials in Qufu and the dog meat vendors, the town has a handful of other places that are worth a wander.Here are some photos of my favorites:
Back in the SAR again! (R)
In what was one of my most fun trips to Hong Kong to date, I managed to cram in more excitement that ever before. Three out of the eight days I was there saw me hiking on Hong Kong island, one saturday involved a full-day boat trip to beaches I’d […]
Mongolian Yak Rodeo (R)
The last night of a four-day horse trekking trip, Dan attempts to ride one of the yaks our host keeps in his herds. He is not successful, but I am amused.
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.