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A man needs, not six feet of land, not a farm, but the whole earth, all Nature, where in full liberty he can display all the properties and qualities of the free spirit.

-Anton Chekhov

Travel

A man needs, not six feet of land, not a farm, but the whole earth, all Nature, where in full liberty he can display all the properties and qualities of the free spirit.

-Anton Chekhov

Yamdrok Lake, Tibet 2007

Yamdrok Lake, Tibet 2007

Yamdrok Lake is one of three holy lakes in Tibet.  On it's shore lies the Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet.

Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, 2007

Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, 2007

Tibet's most sacred temple, The Jokhang, sits in the center of Lhasa's barkhor, or city square.  The Potala Palace, the former home of the Dali Lama, can be seen in the distance.  His Holiness fled his home in 1959 and has not been able to return since.

Road to Everest, Tibet, 2007

Road to Everest, Tibet, 2007

In an effort to attract more mountaineers to the less popular Northern route of Mt. Everest, the Chinese government has built a highway that drives right up to base camp.  In 2007 the final 40km of road consisted of deep mud, river corssings and narrow ledges seen here.

Rongphu Monsastery, Tibet, 2007

Rongphu Monsastery, Tibet, 2007

Located eight kilometers from Mt. Everest's Northern base camp, Rongphu Monastery is the highest monastery in the world, sitting at 16,340 feet.  Once home to over five hundred Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns, it is now occupied by only a handful of nuns.

Samye Monastery

Samye Monastery

The oldest monastery in Tibet, this is the site where Padmasambhava introduced Buddhism to Emperor Trisong Detsen and ultimately the rest of Tibet in 760.

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Bambu Indah, a small eco resort in Ubud, Bali.  One can stay in 100 year old traditional wooden homes and dine on Indonesian dishes prepared from their organic garden.

Trunyan Village, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Trunyan Village, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

This Bali Aga culture, of the original Balinese inhabitants, do not bury their dead.  Instead they are laid to decompose in small straw tents beneath a rare tree believed to mask the odor of decomposition.

Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Bali, Indonesia, 2012

The Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali is a sanctuary for these Crab-Eating Macaques.  Numbering over 600, their safety is apparent in their cavalier behavior with tourists.

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 2012

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 2012

Tegenungan Waterfall in Ubud is one of Bali's largest at 35 meters high.  You can jump off the low or high tier.

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

A local catches an eel at the base of Tegenungan Waterfall.

Gili Trawangan, Indonesia, 2012

Gili Trawangan, Indonesia, 2012

A local girl named Srivati hanging around the hookah bar insisted on smoking with us and using our camera.  Here she's seen with a nicotine buzz.

Gili Trawangan, Indonesia, 2012

Gili Trawangan, Indonesia, 2012

The port of Gili Trawangan transporting travelers to nearby Lombok, seen on the horizon, or across the Lombok Strait to Bali.

Padang Bai, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Padang Bai, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Mt. Agung, Bali's highest peak towering over Padang Bai at sunrise.

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, 2012

Rice terrace in Ubud, Bali.  Rice is the lifeline of Indonesia and the technique of terracing its steep landscape is critical to the staple.

Beijing, China, 2007

Beijing, China, 2007

Just north of Beijing lies one of the most frequented stretches of China's Great Wall.  At the time, much of the landscape was littered with bilboards promoting the Olympics.

Cape Porpoise, Maine, 2013

Cape Porpoise, Maine, 2013

Fishing Boats in the harbor of Cape Porpoise, one of Kennebunkport's oldest communities.  

Catalina, CA, 2013

Catalina, CA, 2013

 From Two Harbors, Catalina's smaller of it's two ports, Parson's Landing is a seven mile hike or a five mile paddle.  The northern end of the island is remote and unchanged.

Tibet, 2007

Tibet, 2007

Crossing a river on the unfinished road to Everest.

Plaque Honoring Mallory & Irvine

Plaque Honoring Mallory & Irvine

Scrambling up a slide beside base camp, I came across this memorial for two of my idols, George Mallory & Andrew Irvine.  Mallory was thought to be the first man to summit Mt. Everest, perishing with his partner Andrew Irvine in the process. Conrad Anker discovered Mallory's body pointed uphill in 1999.

Yak Herders' Homes

Yak Herders' Homes

These migrant herders move from low to high lands depending on the seasons to allow their yaks to graze.

Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, 2014

Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, 2014

Taggart Lake Trail, Grand Teton National Park, 2014

Taggart Lake Trail, Grand Teton National Park, 2014

The Taggart Lake trail features incredible views of the Cathedral Group along a path lined with dozens of wildflower species.

Joshua Tree National Park, 2016

Joshua Tree National Park, 2016

Camping in the Joshua Tree backcountry under a full moon.

Onion Valley, CA 2015

Onion Valley, CA 2015

Gazing upon University Peak amidst the shroud of wildfire smoke.

Poipu Beach, Kauia, HI 2015

Poipu Beach, Kauia, HI 2015

Sunset on the calm southern coast of Kauai.

Hanalei Bay, Kauai, HI 2015

Hanalei Bay, Kauai, HI 2015

Surfers walk along the beach after a session in the 20' swells far offshore.

Tioga Pass Rd. Mono County, CA 2015

Tioga Pass Rd. Mono County, CA 2015

Road trippers wind down Tioga Pass Rd. from Yosemite National Park toward Mono Lake.

Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, CA 2015

Lee Vining Creek, Mono County, CA 2015

A fisherman casts for trout on an early morning in the Sierras.

Travertine Hot Springs, Bridgeport, CA 2015

Travertine Hot Springs, Bridgeport, CA 2015

Soaking in the chain of hot spring pools with the Sawtooth Range in the distance.

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