When the sun sets in the Atacama Desert, one of nature’s most impressive shows begins. The arid, yellow, salty sand changes from shades of white to gold, and the wispy clouds swirl in divine motion, turning from orange, to pink, and finally purple. The cold comes in quickly – it’s a desert that rests at 13,000 feet […]
The Best Hiking in El Chaltén, Argentina
Of all of the towns that I stayed in during my time in Patagonia, El Chaltén in Argentina has to be my favorite (and Puyuhuapi is a close second). It’s beautiful, the food is good, and it’s got a chilled out hippie vibe. And I just love me some chilled out vibes. Though growing, as […]
Arugam Bay to Trincomalee: The Best of Sri Lanka’s East Coast
When in Sri Lanka, the locals always want to ask me what I think of it. These are usually Uber drivers bringing me to or from the airport, which for some reason, between going to the Maldives, coming back, popping over to Indonesia, then coming back, I did a lot of this June. (Sidenote: from the […]
How to Take Ethereal Low-Light Pictures
I always thought that there was some big secret that everyone who took amazing low-light and long exposure photos knew that I didn’t know. I figured it was probably a difficult technique or maybe something that only fancy cameras could do, until doing some research, playing around with my camera settings, and realizing that it […]
A Camper Van Adventure in South Tyrol, Italy
Hello from sunny and green South Tyrol in Italy, a region you may have noticed I can’t stop coming back to. What I love about it now is the same feeling I had when I came here the first time and again six months later with my mother – it’s just so darn unexpected and […]