Bukhara has been my favorite city in Central Asia, and among my favorites of traveling in general. Not only is the history and architecture there, but the people have been amazing my entire time here. My first day, stumbling around a neighborhood trying to find the city walls based on […]
Tag: Architecture
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 […]
The Many Faces of Tianjin (R)
CityScape: Istanbul (R)
Cityscape: Istanbul Take away Sultanahmet. Get rid of the delicious food and colorful markets. You can even have the City Walls, if you’d be so cruel. Even without most of the major tourist sites in town, Istanbul would still be one of the prettiest cities in my world. I dig […]
Old School Tokyo (R)
Tokyo is not all sparkling and new, though. Some of it is sparkling and old, as well. Throughout my short time in the city, I also saw plenty of examples of historic temples and respected traditions that felt at times as if they were straight out of Edo.
Lil Old Zurich (R)
Think for a second what you know about Zurich. Banking? Neutrality? Maybe that it was a haven for intellectuals during the World Wars? I really expect Zurich to be more of a base to explore from than a destination in itself, so I was really pleasantly surprised by its Old […]
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.