Trekking the Slovenian Alps in Photos
Setting foot outside of the airport in Ljubljana, I expected to be greeted by the usual crowd of competing taxi drivers, noisy traffic,...
- Sep 1
Summer Rewind: European Travels
Sharing some photos from summer 2022: a wedding in Portugal, a trek in Albania, a quick stop in Montenegro, some down time with family in...
- Apr 29
Mesopotamian Meditations: Dispatches from East Turkey
In our lives we are on a constant journey of self-reflection, often unwitting pilgrims on the path to personal discovery. It is on a...
- Dec 1, 2021
Destination Turkestan: In Search of the Golden Springs
There’s electricity running through my veins, a power pulsing through my body. I am furiously and intensely alive. I toss my backpack...
- Jun 9, 2021
Through the Lens: Capturing Colombia
Shortly before the pandemic hit, I had the pleasure of spending a week and a half in Colombia. It was my third trip to Latin America,...
- Feb 19, 2021
Midnight in Marrakech: A Month in Morocco
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written – over a year, in fact. And it has been quite the eventful year. Let me start from the...
- Jul 9, 2019
Camel Treks and the Medina: A Week in Tunisia
After spending a little down time in Nice, I soon got the travel bug again, and after two quick weeks of R&R with my parents in southern...
- Jun 5, 2019
From Beginning to End: Melancholy in Istanbul
“If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” -Alphonse de Lamartine The year of travel has come to an...
- May 17, 2019
Encounters in the Outer Imperium
The following is an account of our experiences in Georgia and Armenia. After about seven months in the Indian subcontinent and southeast...
- Apr 9, 2019
From Saigon to Hanoi on a Motorbike
On our latest adventure, we bought motorbikes in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon) in south Vietnam, and rode them all the way up the coast...
- Mar 9, 2019
Excuse the Hiatus and Photos from Cambodia
Apologies to those who have been asking my whereabouts, as I haven't posted in a long while. In the past few months, we have left...
- Feb 4, 2019
Nightmare in Bangkok
I am clutching the breaks of the motorbike, nervously trying to get it started, trying not to panic. Cars fly past us, whipping past...
- Feb 1, 2019
Burmese Travels
Cheap food, cheaper beer, few tourists, forgotten temples in the middle of the jungle, and world-class historical sites: a travel...
- Dec 26, 2018
Himalayan Dictionary
During the trek in Nepal we were introduced to many terms and concepts, some familiar; others less so. If you are like me, maybe you were...
- Dec 6, 2018
One Second Every Day: India and Nepal
As a little side project, I wanted to put together a quick video to give readers a glimpse of daily backpacker life thus far. I'm hoping...
- Nov 27, 2018
Journey to Chomolungma: Trekking to Everest Base Camp and Gokyo
After a three-week trek through the Himalayas, I find myself back in a Kathmandu hostel. Although I was still in the mountains just...
- Oct 27, 2018
Varanasi
We spent two more nights in Rishikesh before catching a 24-hour sleeper train to Varanasi - India's holiest city, and one of the world's...
- Oct 23, 2018
Riding a Motorcycle through the Abode of Gods
After our tour of the central state of Rajasthan (Taj Mahal-Jaipur-Jodhpur-Udaipur), we went up to north India to spend some time in...
- Sep 28, 2018
Why I Decided to Travel the World for a Year
In the past several months, I took the decision to take time off and travel the world for a year. When I informed my family and friends...
- Sep 2, 2018
Exploring Istanbul's History through its Neighborhoods
“It was in Cihangir that I first learned Istanbul was not an anonymous multitude of walled-in lives - a jungle of apartments where no one...
- Aug 22, 2018
A Chance Encounter with the Eye of Istanbul
Ara Güler is Turkey’s most renowned photographer, and indeed, one of its most celebrated artists. The son of an Armenian pharmacist, he...
- Jul 17, 2018
Staring at the Sun: Meeting God on an Istanbul Rooftop
Four years away from the city of my dreams, and I find myself once again in the heart of Istanbul. My companions are a group of...
- Apr 29, 2018
Sleepy Lizards and Happy Children: a Quick Escape to Flores
My most recent trip took me hundreds of miles from my current home in Java to the eastern isles of Flores, Komodo, and Padar, in a...
- Jan 4, 2018
Photo Essay: Sweet, Sweet Sri Lanka
We recently had the chance to spend two weeks in Sri Lanka. Known long ago as Serendib, more recently as Ceylon, and colloquially as the pea