Tiger Leaping Gorge: The not-so-solo, solo hike

The train ride from Dali 大理(Read about my time in Dali here) to Lijiang 丽江 is less than two hours. After arriving at Lijiang … More

Dali: Chinese hippies, a beautiful mountain, and Oreo’s.

After my experience in Qinghai, I decided that maybe I’d have better luck in Yunnan Province trying to camp and be … More

I read a lot about Qinghai Lake online. It was described as a majestic place. Tibetans and others find this … More

The train ride from Hohhot(Previous blog post on Hohhot) to Yinchuan was interesting. After a few hours, I was talking … More

After a 9 hour train ride from Beijing, I arrived in Hohhot. There was a mom and young kid in … More

I decided the first stop on my journey would be Beijing. I’m not too interested in big cities, but I … More

I’ve always been fascinated by North Korea and living only two hours away from one of it’s only easily accessible … More

I love making videos and editing them, so I made a short film of the trip. Instead of writing a … More

With only my backpack, I landed in San Francisco. I managed to get to the hostel I would be staying … More

I’m starting a series about my hitchhiking adventure. People often ask me how I was able to hitchhike from California … More