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Namibia

Right after my med school interview, I spent about a month traveling around the southern part of Africa, spending time in Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. I made some amazing people from all around the world, visited Deadvlei in Namibia, which was, at least for me, probably one of the most beautiful sights ...

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls is spectacular. What I didn’t know until I got there was that there were several different sections of the falls. On the Zambian side, where I was, it was a bit more difficult to get to a good viewing area of the falls. It was more “rustic” – less touristy, but a lot ...

Kruger

While in Africa, I spent a couple of days driving around Kruger National Park – one of the largest game reserves in Africa. Not only is it huge – about the size of Belgium, but it was basically a reverse zoo. Once I drove through one of the gates on the perimeter of the park, ...

Botswana

After spending about a week in Namibia, we continued east to Botswana, where we spent some time with the San people, who taught us how to find naturally occurring quinine to treat malaria, how to create waterproof bags for storing water out of animal skins, and more. We also spent some time in the Okavango ...

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 ...