Yearly Archives: 2012

Pokhara in Nepal

While in Nepal, I had a few days to spend in my guide’s hometown – Pokhara. Situated about 100 miles to the northeast of Kathmandu, on the beautiful Phewa Lake and serving as the gateway to the Annapurna Mountain Range just north, it was great to travel by boat to the World Peace Pagoda, a ...

Adventures in Beijing

Several years ago, I had the chance to visit Beijing for a couple of days as part of a two week trip to China and Nepal. I only had a couple of days to spend in Beijing but was lucky enough to find a Hostel to stay at right in the Dongcheng district in downtown, ...

Kathmandu & Everest

In Nepal, after spending several days walking around Kathmandu, stopping by the delicious Everest Steak House for dinner, visiting the Swayambhunath Temple, and generally trying to get lost in the maze of streets and alleyways in the city, I got on a tiny airplane and flew about 40 minutes east to Lukla, an airport perched ...

Swayambhunath Temple

Several years ago, I was able to spend some time in China and Nepal. On my last day in Nepal, after I returned from trekking in Sagarmatha National Park, I was able to spend a bit more time walking around Kathmandu. I somehow managed to finally walk up to see one of the holiest sites ...

Utah & Arizona

While I was still working as a wedding photographer, I would venture out to Las Vegas to the WPPI conference once a year. Since I don’t really gamble, after a couple of days finding all the most delicious places to eat and doing a whole lot of people watching on the strip, I knew I ...

New Zealand

New Zealand is amazing. Not only was it absolutely breathtaking in every single way, but every person I came in contact with, whether the other travelers at the hostels and B&B’s we stayed in, proprietors at the various shops we visited, or even the police officer who pulled me over while I was going admittedly ...

Melbourne Food Market

A few years ago I spent two weeks in Australia and New Zealand with one of my best friends. My first stop was in Melbourne, where a local friend took us to the Night Food Market at Queen Victoria Market. It was magical and delicious, with food from almost every Country in the Southeast Asian ...