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.

 

 

Carrie, Katie, Lauren, Daniel, Travis, and me at 12:37am on January 1, 2013
Carrie, Katie, Lauren, Daniel, Travis, and me at 12:37am on January 1, 2013

Our home in Thailand

 

My wife, Carrie, and I rang in 2013

with dear friends in Chaing Mai, Thailand.

 

We took our parents to the Elephant Nature Park during their visits to Chiang Mai
We took our parents to the Elephant Nature Park during their visits to Chiang Mai

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.

 

The Bay-Yo Rice Terraces in Bontoc, Mountain Province, Cordilleras, Philippines
Bay-Yo Rice Terraces. Philippines

Solo travel in Taiwan

 

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

Meanwhile, Carrie studied yoga in India.

 

Taipei 101. Taiwan
Taipei 101. Taiwan

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.

 

The Dubai Financial District, as seen from the Burj Khalifa observation deck ... 555 meters above the ground
The Dubai Financial District, as seen from the Burj Khalifa observation deck … 555 meters above the ground

Love is reunited in Turkey

 

Realizing we might be apart for another three months,

Carrie and I changed plans and met up in Istanbul.

 

Blue Mosque. Istanbul, Turkey
Blue Mosque. Istanbul, Turkey

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.

 

The American Flag is unfurled in centerfield during the 2013 MLB All Star Game pregame ceremony at Citi Field in Queens, NYC
Citi Field. Queens, NYC

My Korean TV show

 

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

 

You can watch it here

 

The Nakji Terminator - an octopus farmer on Aphae Island, South Korea
The Nakji Terminator – an octopus farmer on Aphae Island, South Korea

America’s Pacific Coast

 

En-route to visit Carrie’s family,

we drove Highway 101 from Seattle to San Francisco.

 

Sunset yoga with my darling wife.
Sunset yoga with my darling wife.

Monsoon season in Chiang Mai

 

In September, Carrie and I returned home to Thailand.

 

Driving through monsoon floods in Chiang Mai, Thailand
It was like this until November

Burma. the land that time forgot

 

With it’s ancient temples and uninfluenced culture,

Myanmar was on my “must-explore” list.

 

A monk reading at sunrise in Bagan: the Land of a Thousand Temples

Unfinished business in Cambodia

 

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

Angkor was the place I most wanted to revisit.

 

An 11 minute star trail exposure of Angkor Wat. Taken at 4:32am with a Nikon D800 at 17mm, f/5.6, ISO 200.
An 11 minute star trail exposure of Angkor Wat. Taken at 4:32am with a Nikon D800 at 17mm, f/5.6, ISO 200.

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

 

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.

 

 

Carrie and Greg at an Indian wedding

next up: South America

 

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