Entries from 'Asia'
“Oh my Buddha!”
- Aperture: f/16
- ISO: 200
- Shutter Speed: 1/20 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
We had been hiking, single-file, through the bamboo jungle of Khao Sok National Park for about an hour when a dreadful notion suddenly teased my over-active imagination: This was an ideal scenario for tour guides with malicious intent to rob us and leave us to wander helplessly in the wild. Anticipating wading through the chilly…
Top-10 porter loads on the Everest Base Camp Trek
- Aperture: f/18
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 1/320 s
- Focal Length: 20mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Nepal’s Sherpa population has served as the backbone of the country’s tourism industry ever since the first westerners set their sights on Mount Everest’s summit. Despite the passage of more than 150 years, Everest and her base camp remain isolated, the rough terrain preventing construction of true roadways or railways. Crude “airports” dotting the region…
Surat Thani
- Aperture: f/2.4
- ISO: 160
- Shutter Speed: 1/20 s
- Focal Length: 4.28mm
- Camera: iPhone 4S
Surat Thani is not a destination. For travelers it is a transit town used to reach places like Koh Samui, Koh Phangan or, in our case, Khao Sok. There really isn’t much for tourists to do besides sleep for an evening and wake up early to catch a bus or a boat. But that doesn’t…
12 Craziest scooter cargo sightings
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 1/80 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
You might have heard scooters and motorbikes are a popular form of transportation in Southeast Asia. Wages are small and gasoline is expensive (the equivalent of $1.20 USD per liter in Vietnam, for example), so the majority of families that can afford motorized transportation opt for the two-wheeled variety. In Bangkok, designated moto taxis ferry…
