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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

 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.

Crossing a river on the unfinished road to Everest.

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.

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

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

Camping in the Joshua Tree backcountry under a full moon.

Gazing upon University Peak amidst the shroud of wildfire smoke.

Sunset on the calm southern coast of Kauai.

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

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

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

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