What a Year! — 9 Countries in 14 Photos

2013 was an incredible year!

 

It was full of love, adventure, travel, personal growth and professional opportunities.

To celebrate, I proudly present 14 of my favorite photos and stories from the year’s journey.

 

 

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Our home in Thailand

 

My wife, Carrie, and I rang in 2013

with dear friends in Chaing Mai, Thailand.

 

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A private paradise in the Philippines

 

At the end of February, Carrie and I headed to the Philippines.

We immediately spent 2 weeks living on a small island.

 

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Solo travel in Taiwan

 

In April, I embarked on my first-ever solo backpacking adventure in Asia.

Meanwhile, Carrie studied yoga in India.

 

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On top of the world in Dubai

 

Next, I extended a flight’s layover to five days and explored Dubai.

It’s a marvel of modern Middle Eastern architecture.

 

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Love is reunited in Turkey

 

Realizing we might be apart for another three months,

Carrie and I changed plans and met up in Istanbul.

 

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New York City!

 

I am a huge New York Mets baseball fan.

It’s been a lifelong dream to attend an All Star Game at their home stadium.

In 2013, I finally realized that dream.

 

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My Korean TV show

 

Over the summer, I filmed a TV show with National Geographic.

 

You can watch it here

 

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America’s Pacific Coast

 

En-route to visit Carrie’s family,

we drove Highway 101 from Seattle to San Francisco.

 

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Monsoon season in Chiang Mai

 

In September, Carrie and I returned home to Thailand.

 

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Burma. the land that time forgot

 

With it’s ancient temples and uninfluenced culture,

Myanmar was on my “must-explore” list.

 

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Unfinished business in Cambodia

 

In 2009, Carrie and I spent seven months backpacking Southeast Asia.

Angkor was the place I most wanted to revisit.

 

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Goodbye Chiang Mai

 

After calling it home for nearly two years,

we finally bid adieu to Chiang Mai.

 

this film is my time-lapse love letter and goodbye

 

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and thus begins 2014

 

The year started with dear friends;

at a Bengali wedding in Florida.

 

Now we’re with my family in New York City;

and have a one way ticket to Peru on January 14.

 

 

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next up: South America

 

I can’t wait to see what the future holds.