Angkor Wat could quite possible be the hottest place I've been on this planet. The heat wraps around your existence like a damp blanket. Fortunately, The historic grounds host a number of coconut vendors

Cambodia is HOT. Cambodia is HUMID. My friends and I had a long vacation for Chinese New Year, and after much deliberation, we collectively decided that Cambodia would be our destination for the 10-day

I recently visited the city of Dali located in Yunnan Province. Yunnan is often regarded by Chinese locals as the most beautiful province, and after visiting, I couldn't agree more. I look forward to returning

My first venture was a failure, but that's not such a bad thing. (ISO 200 F/4.5 1/60 sec) I used to think macro photography was relatively simple. Find some bugs or flora, walk up close to your subject,

A Day at Ganden Sumtseling Monastery The day after exploring Tiger Leaping Gorge, we decided to head toward Shangri-la, our final destination in Yunnan. Shangri-la is approximately 3,160 meters above seas

Hello Steemians! (and before you even ask, YES, they were that damn good). If only I had spent the time to actually capture some decent images of these beauties. Alas, I was consumed by the ecstasy that

Hi there. I'm Kevin (A.K.A. Monkey Abroad on YouTube & Facebook) This is my first Steemit post, so I want to thank you for being one of my first readers! As a casual YouTuber with 100K followers and

Hello Steemians! I'm back with a follow-up post on Tiger Leaping Gorge. If you read the last post, you can just focus on the pictures this time around :) enjoy! Recently, I had the opportunity to travel

Hello Steemians! Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Yunnan which is China's southern most province and a famous travel destination both in China and abroad. Yunnan has an extremely diverse

Hello Steemians! While I would love to be in a place to go out every single day, take interesting photographs, and then share them with you all, this is not currently possible. So! I thought I would try

Full confession: I'm not a huge fan of street photography. This is especially the case here in Shanghai, because at the end of the day when you are reviewing the exposures you have captured, you often

Weekend Trip to Hong Kong I had about 6 hours before my return flight to Shanghai, so I decided to take a taxi to Victoria Peak to see the "best view" in Hong Kong. I would have liked to walk

Bokeh Bokeh Bokeh! You either love it, or you reaaaallllly love it. Bokeh/depth of field is produced when a subject (generally in the foreground) is in sharp focus, while the scene behind the subject is

A Stroll Through the Water-Town of Qibao A 40min metro ride from the center of Shanghai, Qibao is a great place for a quick day or evening trip. Canals criss-cross the town, providing picturesque water

Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz The California coast provides some of the most beautiful places on this earth as far as I am concerned. While this beach in Santa Cruz doesn't provide the same landscapes

XianJu, ZheJiang, China Following a path along the steep cliffs of the mountains, my friend and I rounded a corner to find a peak jutting up across the narrow valley below. It was late in the day, maybe

A Trip to the Lesser-Known Great Wall of Linhai Before my trip to Zhangjiajie, My friends and I stopped in Zhejiang to visit Linhai, a very old chinese city with a wall encircling its borders. Many parts

Hello fellow steemians! This is a follow-up post of my last photo series of the beautiful mountains of Zhangjiajie! I was not able to include all of them, as I was in a rush to leave my apartment at the

I had the opportunity recently to take a trip with some friends to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, a uniquely stunning mountain range located in the Chinese province of Hunan. These mountains, while

Greetings fellow shutter bugs! Today I want to share with you some pictures from my lovely day on the delta. You can take the metro east of Shanghai proper and reach the coast where the Yangtze River empties