This Easy/MUST DO New Zealand Hike is the Best of Them All

Day 2 of our camping adventure started off great with our morning photo walk at Tasman Lake (mentioned in the earlier post). After that all of our plans sort of fell apart. When we visited the Mt Cook Visitor’s Center to check in for the hike to Mueller Hut, we …

You Won’t Believe How Gorgeous This Lake Is…

The next stop on our little camping trip to Middle Earth was Tasman Glacier and Lake inside the Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. At 27 km, the Tasman Glacier is the longest Glacier in New Zealand. The glacier is receding at an unprecedented 400-800m every year now leading  …

American vs United vs Delta: Evaluating the Best Business Class Product

So I finally got the chance to fly DeltaOne on a recent flight to Amsterdam and this pretty much allowed me to check off flying the trifecta of US Airlines from my bucket list. And I thought now was as good time as any to evaluate which of these three …

The Top 10 Landscapes I Photographed in 2018

2018 has been by far my most traveled year in terms of miles flown, driven, and walked. In terms of pictures taken and destinations visited. If I had actually not redeemed miles and paid for most of these flights, I may actually be an elite member of an airline in …

My Picture was Selected by National Geographic (Please Vote)

So a National Geographic editor selected one of my images from Bergen, Norway (seen in my earlier post about the most beautiful cities I’ve visited this year)  for a potential opportunity to be published in the magazine and on there Instagram page. The Daily Dozen is the editor’s choice of …

Sydney in a Nutshell: A Photo Walk

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I was in Sydney for a couple of days before heading to New Zealand. While I have been to Sydney before, I never really got the chance to explore parts of the city which were outside the area around the Park Hyatt Sydney. …

Intro Part 1: Planning a Trip to Middle Earth and Visa Shenanigans

Background So my uncle, cousin, and I have wanted to do a guys camping trip for the longest time. Our initial plan was to hit up Iceland back in July, but I was completed roughed up by my already busy travel schedule and my uncle was completely booked with work …

Hidden in Plain Sight: One of Norway’s Most Beautiful Lakes

Norway possesses some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes and so there is a good reason for why those cruise ships and towns are packed like sardines during the summer months. I’m personally wary of photographing or visiting locations in the midst of my fellow tourists (I would be silly …

Study Indicates Ryanair Uses Algorithm to Split Up Families

As the economy improves and the travel markets notch considerable gains year over year, airlines are trying to hone in on their pricing algorithms in order to maximize revenues. This comes in an a variety of ways from increasing ancillary fees to reducing premium fares to cracking down on hidden …