Stories
It started as a fourteen-year-old's first flight out of Kathmandu, a borrowed Camry, and one summer in California. I started keeping a journal because the trips kept blurring together, and photographing because the journal could not carry the colour.
Here is the road so far, one country at a time.
Asia
ArmeniaAncient stone churches, Soviet echoes, and the best brandy I've had.
AzerbaijanOld stones, flame towers, and tea that tastes like rose jam.
BangladeshOld Dhaka surprised me more than almost anywhere else.
BruneiGold domes, glassy water, and a quiet that gets under your skin.
CambodiaAncient temples, root-cracked ruins, and gold-lit nights in Phnom Penh.
ChinaWhere the skyline earns every photograph taken of it.
GeorgiaAncient churches, wild wine, and a city that layers everything on top of itself.
Hong KongTowers, harbour, and hills — Hong Kong at full intensity.
IndiaFrom Rajasthan's palaces to Hampi's ruins — India never lets you stand still.
IndonesiaTemples, cliffs, and the bluest water I've ever seen.
IsraelAncient stone, golden domes, and the saltiest sea on earth.
JapanFrom Nagasaki's silence to Tokyo's raw fish and sumo streets.
JordanAncient stone, desert sky, and a city carved into cliffs.
KazakhstanAlmaty's onion domes and war memorials, then canyons that look like they were airlifted in from Arizona.
KuwaitTowers, old dhows, and nights that glow in flag colours.
KyrgyzstanBishkek's Soviet-grand squares, a lakeside canyon of red rock, and fish stalls the length of the highway.
LaosQuiet capital, gold temples, and dusk over the Mekong.
MalaysiaTwin towers, jungle coasts, and the best roti canai I've had.
MaldivesTurquoise atolls, stingrays in the shallows, and slow ocean days.
MongoliaA 40-metre steel Genghis Khan on the steppe, camel rides, and eagle hunters an hour outside the capital.
MyanmarGold, heat, and temples that stop you mid-step.
NepalHome ground — temples, snow peaks, and momos that taste right.
OmanMountains, wadis, and a coastline that earns every photo.
PhilippinesOld forts, mirrored towers, and a jeepney that refuses to quit.
QatarDhows, towers, and mint tea under the Fanar glow.
SingaporeGlass towers, Merlion mist, and the best dumplings of my life.
South KoreaBusan from the water — port, hills, and cold sea light.
Sri LankaOld boats, loud temples, and a coast that doesn't apologise.
TaiwanGrand palaces, Taipei 101, and the best bowl of noodles I've had.
TajikistanDushanbe's gold-and-marble monuments after dark, and a green-domed mausoleum complex worth the detour to Khujand.
ThailandGold temples, island heat, and food that stays with you.
United Arab EmiratesFrom the desert dunes to the world's tallest tower — Dubai stays with you.
UzbekistanThe Silk Road's greatest hits — the Registan, Bukhara's blue domes, and Tashkent's Soviet grandeur.
VietnamSaigon at night, pho in the heat — Vietnam stays with you.
Europe
AlbaniaAlbania sneaks up on you — old mosques, stone streets, and wine worth staying for.
AndorraA tiny mountain country that keeps surprising you around every corner.
AustriaImperial palaces, purple cathedrals, and a Christmas market I didn't want to leave.
BelgiumGold spires, waffles, and cobblestones that actually mean it.
Bosnia and HerzegovinaOttoman fountains, limestone bridges, and waterfalls that stop you cold.
BulgariaWhere Roman ruins, mosques, and gold domes share the same block.
CroatiaOld walls, deep blue sea, and alleys that smell like stone.
CyprusAncient tombs, sea-front castles, and that Mediterranean light.
CzechiaPrague stayed with me long after I left.
DenmarkCopenhagen — where copper rooftops, canal light, and quiet icons stay with you.
EstoniaMedieval towers, amber beer, and the Baltic at the edge.
FinlandSilver skies, sea fortresses, and the quietest harbour in Europe.
FranceParis stayed with me longer than I thought it would.
GermanyRoman ruins, cold rivers, and a city still painting over its own walls.
GreeceWhite cliffs, ancient stones, and the deepest blue I've seen.
HungaryTwo cities, one river, and the most dramatic skyline I have seen at night.
IcelandFire, ice, black sand — Iceland hit different every single hour.
ItalyAncient, golden, alive — Italy got under my skin fast.
KosovoYoung country, old bones — Kosovo surprised me completely.
LatviaOld Town spires, rye bread, and that unshakeable Baltic blue sky.
LiechtensteinA tiny Alpine principality that punches above its size.
LithuaniaAmber light over red-brick spires — Lithuania stays with you.
LuxembourgTiny country, absurdly grand castles, and cobblestones at every turn.
MaltaHoney-stone streets, a silent city, and rabbit stew.
MoldovaWine cellars, a ghost country, and no tourists.
MonacoCliff-top principality where the Mediterranean and money meet.
MontenegroOld stone, blue water, and cats that answer to no one.
NetherlandsCanals, bicycles, and canal houses that lean into you.
North MacedoniaAncient statues, bluer-than-real lake, and a cartwheel of grilled meat.
NorwayOslo in winter: long golden light, fjord cold, Viking bones.
PolandFrom Krakow's squares to salt mine chapels — Poland leaves a mark.
PortugalPalaces in the clouds and the Tagus at dusk.
RomaniaBucharest caught me off guard — grand, green, and full of contrasts.
RussiaFrom Kathmandu to the land of gold domes and long summer light.
SerbiaBelgrade: fortress sunsets, red trams, and seriously good meze.
SlovakiaA small capital that surprised me more than it had any right to.
SloveniaDragons, lake islands, and wine from the hills near Italy.
SpainGaudí, the sea, and streets that keep surprising you.
SwedenStockholm across the water, that light at golden hour.
SwitzerlandAlps, train rides, and Zurich's stone streets — worth every franc.
TurkeyWhere Europe meets Asia and every skyline has a minaret.
United KingdomCold Thames air, Tower Bridge, and that grey London light.
Vatican CityWhere every wall is older than anything I know back home.
Americas
Antigua and BarbudaTurquoise water, cricket history, and that view from Shirley Heights.
ArgentinaWide avenues, marble tombs, and Maradona on every wall.
ArubaTrade winds, divi-divi trees, and flamingos on a private beach.
BarbadosRum, sea turtles, and colonial streets on a flat Caribbean island.
BoliviaSalt, altitude, and rust — Bolivia moves at its own pace.
BrazilWhere the mountains fall straight into the sea.
CanadaFrom the Rockies to Niagara — Canada kept raising the bar.
ChileAndes at your back, Pacific at your feet — Chile hits different.
ColombiaFrom Cartagena's old walls to Medellín's electric hillsides.
Costa RicaVolcanoes, hot springs, and jungle that never quite dries out.
CubaOld Havana, where crumbling grandeur and cherry-red classics collide.
DominicaWhere volcanic hills drop straight into the Caribbean.
Dominican RepublicWhere the New World started, and the Caribbean never lets you forget it.
EcuadorFrom equator monuments to Andean waterfalls — Ecuador stays with you.
El SalvadorVolcanoes, colonial rooftops, and the Pacific — El Salvador surprised me.
GrenadaSpice, cacao, and a harbour that stops you cold.
GuatemalaVolcanoes, colonial ruins, and mezcal — Antigua got me.
HondurasAn island that announces itself with a turtle on a rooftop.
MexicoAncient pyramids, Baja wine valleys, and Caribbean island roads.
PanamaWhere an old colonial quarter faces a skyline that keeps growing.
ParaguayAsunción — quiet, hot, and more interesting than it lets on.
PeruFrom Inca ruins to desert oasis, Peru stays with you.
Puerto RicoOld forts, blue water, and sunsets that go full gold.
Saint Kitts and NevisTwo seas, one ridge, and the greenest hills I've ever stood on.
Saint LuciaTwo volcanoes, rum, and a waterfront that earns every cliché.
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVolcanic peaks, black sand, and the Caribbean the brochures forgot.
United StatesFrom the Sierra desert to Manhattan's golden skyline — the US never stops surprising.
UruguayQuiet river city that surprised me around every corner.
Africa
BotswanaWide skies, wild cats, and the hush of the Chobe bush.
EgyptWhere the desert, the Nile, and four thousand years collide.
EswatiniSmall kingdom, big bush — Eswatini surprised me completely.
LesothoThe Mountain Kingdom, high and cold and entirely its own thing.
MauritiusIsland of lava coasts, crater lakes, and perfectly clear water.
MoroccoWhere the Atlantic meets ancient medinas and marble minarets.
MozambiqueColonial grandeur, street murals, and the Indian Ocean at your back.
NamibiaAncient land, red earth, green rains — Namibia stays with you.
South AfricaMountains meet ocean — Cape Town on its own terms.
ZambiaRed earth, wide rivers, and craft markets that stay with you.
ZimbabweWhere the Zambezi drops off the edge of the world.
