San Francisco Bay Sunset Cruise Photography

San Francisco Bay Sunset Cruise Photography

Rolling fog in Marin, clouds, an average sunset and a perfect blue hour moment under the Golden Gate Bridge accompanied Carrie and I on our Red and White Fleet Sunset Cruise around the San Francisco Bay on July 29, 2010. Lounges

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The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak

The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak

The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak is a highlight of the tourist trail through Thailand and one of the main reasons we booked one final week in the country. Boats line up to take visitors on a tour of the canals that weave their way behind and through a large …
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The Iconic Halong Bay

The Iconic Halong Bay

“No way,” was all we heard as a familiar face came running up to us at the bus stop in Hanoi where we were waiting for our tour bus to pick us up and take us to Halong Bay. It was Tony, who we had met five months earlier at …
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A Motorcycle Ride Through Shin Deep Mud to the Flooded Forest of Kompong Pluk

A Motorcycle Ride Through Shin Deep Mud to the Flooded Forest of Kompong Pluk

By the time we passed the pool puddle the road was entirely mud. Still, our drivers pressed on: slipping and sliding the whole time. The bikes were all over the road and, despite his best efforts, my bike slid out and fell four times. Fortunately, falling off a bike in a mud pit is more funny than painful so it really wasn’t bad.
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The Slow Boat Down the Mekong

The Slow Boat Down the Mekong

The Mekong River is the lifeblood of Laos, running through most of the country and providing resources for more than 50 million people. The shores are filled with villages, farms, boats and locals going about their daily lives. A glance into the horizon reveals beautiful mountain ranges, rock formations, blue …
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Boat Tours, Limestone Crags and James Bond Island

Boat Tours, Limestone Crags and James Bond Island

As I mentioned earlier, Carrie and my main goals for tours in Phuket were to see the limestone rock crags that jut out of the waters nearby…and for me to see James Bond Island. Since I was a young boy, James Bond has had an important role in my life. …
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Cochin: Backwater Tours, Traditional Dance, Chinese Fishing Nets and Jew Town

Cochin: Backwater Tours, Traditional Dance, Chinese Fishing Nets and Jew Town

Our march south continued with a stop in Cochin in the state of Kerala, which is one of the most romanticized cities in India. Occupied by the Portuguese and Dutch for hundreds of years before moving to British control, the city has a European feel: especially in the architecture and …
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