Travel Is Zen

When we travel, we are in the moment. We are completely awake, aware, appreciative, and alive. We are unhurried. We do things that we would not normally do. When we travel, we attain a sudden wellspring of patience, tolerance and humility that eludes us in "everyday" life. Travel is ZEN. 

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Latest: Jeju Olle Trail, Korea

17 day trek circumnavigating Korea’s “Hawaii” via the 437km Jeju Island Olle Trail

5 Day Japan Alps Trek

Toyama, Murodo, Kamikochi + Takayama

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Ice Lake, Fuller Lake, Island Lake

Seven Lessons Kilimanjaro Taught Me

Nature humbles in Tanzania

Sapa Vietnam Travel

Slow Travel

Stories and Photos from two years of slow travel: Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Nepal, China, Kenya, Tanzania, Argentina, Slovenia

Slovenian Mountain Trail

EPIC 3 months trekking across Slovenia

Yucatan Road Trip, Mexico

10 Days: Merida, Holbox, Valladolid, Izamal, Tulum, Coba, Playa del Carmen

Peak Bagging in Colorado

Breckenridge and Leadville 14k hikes: Quandary, DeCaLiBro, Mt. Elbert, Mt. Massive

John Muir Trail

24 Days, 200+ Miles on California’s JMT

Annapurna Circuit, Nepal

23 Days Hiking in the Himalayas

Hiker’s Guide to Patagonia

Argentina: El Chalten, Bariloche, Fitz Roy, Laguna des Los Tres, Laguna Torre, Sendero Loma del Pliegue Tumbado

Hiker’s Guide to Zhangjiajie, China 张家界

3 days in Zhangjiajie National Park + maps

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Africa and the Middle East

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Europe

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Australia

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🇲🇽Buenos Diaz from #Oaxaca de Juárez, arguably the world’s most colorful, vibrant town. Creativity and inspiration flow freely - in the street art, the cuisine, the mezcal and mole… and the #Zapotec stories of a by-gone utopian
🇲🇽Buenos Diaz from #Oaxaca de Juárez, arguably the world’s most colorful, vibrant town. Creativity and inspiration flow freely - in the street art, the cuisine, the mezcal and mole… and the #Zapotec stories of a by-gone utopian communal era. While our guide at Mt Alban *may* have taken some creative license in his anthropological interpretation of the site 🤷‍♀️, we enjoyed his version nonetheless 😉. _____________________________ #traveliszen #roundtheworld #mexico #oaxaca #mezcal #mole #zapotec #archaeology #streetart
🌋 Unzen Jigoku (Hell): Geothermal hot spring fields in Unzen-Amakusa National Park, Kyushu, Japan create a surreal inferno-like landscape; warm plumes, pungent sulphur, boiling acidic pools, and gurgling fumaroles. _____________________________ #
🌋 Unzen Jigoku (Hell): Geothermal hot spring fields in Unzen-Amakusa National Park, Kyushu, Japan create a surreal inferno-like landscape; warm plumes, pungent sulphur, boiling acidic pools, and gurgling fumaroles. _____________________________ #traveliszen #roundtheworld #japan #kyushu #unzen #shimabara #geothermal #hotsprings #onsen
🥾🥾5 day hut-to-hut trek in northern #Japan Alps, #Murodo to #Kamikochi (September)🏔️ 9월에 일본알프스 5일간 트레킹 #무로도 에서 #가미코치 까지 _____________________________ #traveliszen #Japan #japanalps #trekking #hiking #womenwhohike #getoutside
🥾🥾5 day hut-to-hut trek in northern #Japan Alps, #Murodo to #Kamikochi (September)🏔️ 9월에 일본알프스 5일간 트레킹 #무로도 에서 #가미코치 까지 _____________________________ #traveliszen #Japan #japanalps #trekking #hiking #womenwhohike #getoutside
Seasonal snapshots of our pretty neighborhood in #Seoul, Fall to Winter transition. 가을과 겨울에 우리 동네 #강서구 🍁🍂❄️☃️ _____________________________ #traveliszen #korea #korealife #gangseogu
Seasonal snapshots of our pretty neighborhood in #Seoul, Fall to Winter transition. 가을과 겨울에 우리 동네 #강서구 🍁🍂❄️☃️ _____________________________ #traveliszen #korea #korealife #gangseogu
A stroll around our new neighborhood🚶‍♀️in #Seoul #Korea. Walkable, green, modern. I still have a lake view 🤩 and plenty of 🌻🌸🌺🐝🐝🦋
A stroll around our new neighborhood🚶‍♀️in #Seoul #Korea. Walkable, green, modern. I still have a lake view 🤩 and plenty of 🌻🌸🌺🐝🐝🦋
🇲🇽Buenos Diaz from #Oaxaca de Juárez, arguably the world’s most colorful, vibrant town. Creativity and inspiration flow freely - in the street art, the cuisine, the mezcal and mole… and the #Zapotec stories of a by-gone utopian 🌋 Unzen Jigoku (Hell): Geothermal hot spring fields in Unzen-Amakusa National Park, Kyushu, Japan create a surreal inferno-like landscape; warm plumes, pungent sulphur, boiling acidic pools, and gurgling fumaroles. _____________________________ # 🥾🥾5 day hut-to-hut trek in northern #Japan Alps, #Murodo to #Kamikochi (September)🏔️ 9월에 일본알프스 5일간 트레킹 #무로도 에서 #가미코치 까지 _____________________________ #traveliszen #Japan #japanalps #trekking #hiking #womenwhohike #getoutside Seasonal snapshots of our pretty neighborhood in #Seoul, Fall to Winter transition. 가을과 겨울에 우리 동네 #강서구 🍁🍂❄️☃️ _____________________________ #traveliszen #korea #korealife #gangseogu A stroll around our new neighborhood🚶‍♀️in #Seoul #Korea. Walkable, green, modern. I still have a lake view 🤩 and plenty of 🌻🌸🌺🐝🐝🦋
 

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