The Journey is Our Goal

Awhile back, I came across a charity. A charity that deeply moved me and whose goals kept resurfacing in my thoughts. That charity is Charity: Water. The other day, I decided to take action. I started telling my family and yesterday I emailed everybody in my contact list. Now I [...]

In this Photo of the Week, I am at my favorite scuba diving spot Sipadan, Malaysia. Let’s dive down 100-feet into the blue blue blue:::
Scuba off Sipadan. Down I go. Did I shrink into an exotic fish tank? Am I floating on an unknown planet? Maybe both. The action accelerates. Fish everywhere::::magenta, chartreuse, blood-red, [...]

This Photo of the Week is walking down the path in Don Det, Laos. Don Det is one of the 4000 Islands created by the Mekong River and one of the most relaxing places to chill while backpacking.

This Photo of the Week is passing some Vietnamese women paddling along the floating market in the Mekong Delta near Can Tho, Vietnam. While backpacking through Southeast Asia, you realize the significance of the Mekong River. Food, water, and transportation, along with fun and a place for laundry & dishes. It seems [...]

This Photo of the Week is admiring the Butterfly Peaks, Dhaulagiri, and Tukuche Peak from Poon Hill in the Annapurna Range of Nepal (from left to right). Dhaulagiri stands at an astonishing 8,167 meters making it the seventh highest mountain in the world. Tukuche Peak stands at 6,920 meters, which is higher than any [...]

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, I figured I would pass on my most memorable Thanksgiving yet. It was spent overseas while backpacking in Byron Bay, Australia. I was fortunate to have three of my good friends traveling with me: Stephanie, Bryan, and Blake (listed clockwise in picture above).
I say fortunate because I believe [...]

So blindly trusting. Scuba divers sinking slowly into the surreal subterranean sea…downDownDOWN…darkDarkDARK…deepDeepDEEP! Playing water torch games with the giant silver trevally looking for dinner. The octopus in the hunting position digging a new bottom to evade our light. The reef sharks circling and circling looking to feast. Some come in to say hello and some [...]

This Photo of the Week is looking for a tuk-tuk in Savannakhet, Laos. My friend Loic and I had our backpacks so we didn’t want to walk too far in the increasing heat, but there was suprisingly nobody to drive any of these tuk-tuks. If you have ever been to Southeast Asia, you know that [...]

I am weird. You are weird. Everybody is weird.
Trust me, even if I don’t know you, I guarantee you can list at least one thing you do that you think might be a little weird.
By the way, this is not a bad thing. In fact, it is a great thing.
For instance, I [...]

This Photo of the Week is floating down the Mekong River in Laos. Backpack in hand as the eerie clouds fog in…