I’ve been chasing crowds for years without realizing it. You know the feeling – you finally make it to that famous viewpoint or must-see attraction, only to find yourself shoulder-to-shoulder with hundreds of other people, all trying to capture the same Instagram shot. Last summer, I decided to flip...
There’s something magical about watching a country unfold slowly through a train window. I learned this firsthand during three weeks in Japan last spring, when I decided to get a JR Pass and see how much ground I could cover using only trains. What started as a practical transportation...
I stumbled across this incredible Arctic icebreaker footage and had to share it. There’s something mesmerizing about watching this massive ship carve through ice that looks solid enough to walk on. The perspective from above really shows the scale of what these vessels are designed to do, pushing through...
Sometimes you come across a road that makes you understand why people fall in love with driving. This stretch of coastline in Western Australia captured from above shows exactly what I mean. That ribbon of asphalt cutting between pristine white sand and impossibly turquoise water, with absolutely nothing else...
Tokyo feels like it should be the last place on earth you’d find peace. Thirty-seven million people, neon everywhere, trains every two minutes, vending machines on every corner selling things you didn’t know existed. But after spending two weeks there, I discovered that this massive city has mastered something...
Kyoto hits you differently than Tokyo. Where Tokyo feels like the future constantly arriving, Kyoto feels like the past perfectly preserved. This is Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, reflected in its surrounding pond on a cloudy afternoon that somehow made the gold leaf exterior glow even more dramatically than it...