25 years of (my) travel and photography
Part one: 2015-2019
2015-2019 was another good stretch of travel for me. It would prove to be the last good stretch for awhile, but that story can wait for the next installment. This period was marked largely by return visits to countries I’d been to before. I did add Czechia and Japan to the list, but Spain and China, in particular, got more deep-dive coverage.
2015
2015 saw my return to China with an invitation to attend a tourism festival in Sichuan Province. One of my best experiences in China and one that really fueled my interest in this particular region of the country.
Countries visited in 2015:
China
Gear at that time:
Nikon D700
Nikon D7000
2016
2016 began with two back-to-back tours in Spain. The first was based in and around Valencia and the second focussed on the FIO birding fair in Extremadura. There were also two trips to China, spanning several areas: Wenzhou, back to Sichuan, and finally Shandong. And one more trip back to Spain to explore the western stretch of the Camino de Santiago. Lots of trips to cover just two countries, but the diversity of both did not disappoint.
The Mediterranean seen from the Parador El Saler near Valencia.
An Extremaduran landscape in Spain.
Reflections in Wenzhou, China.
Pontevedra, Spain.
Baotu Spring Park in Jinan, Shandong province, China.
Countries visited in 2016:
Spain
China
Gear at that time:
Nikon D700
Nikon D7000
2017
I must have needed a break after the busy previous year and I didn’t seem to leave the country in 2017. I did, however, shoot some tourism projects in Irvine, California and a convention in San Diego. Back home I did some local shooting including documenting the soon-to-be-opened newest State Park in Kansas, Little Jerusalem Badlands.
Irvine, California.
Little Jerusalem State Park, western Kansas.
Countries visited in 2017:
Domestic travel only
Gear at that time:
Nikon D700
Nikon D7000
2018
The Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China, was another highly anticipated visit for me. As was Prague. I’d seen so many images of Prague that I was anxious to explore the place for myself and to see what I could capture. At the end of the Czechia trip, we tagged on a quick stop in Germany and then took a road trip to explore more Paradores in Spain. The year ended with one more visit to Spain — this time to Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China.
Charles Bridge in Prague, Czechia.
Bamberg, Germany.
Torcal de Antequera, Andalusia, Spain.
Garachico on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Countries visited in 2018:
China
Czechia
Germany
Spain
Gear at that time:
Nikon D700
Nikon D7000
Nikon D810
2019
2019 was another good year with back-to-back Spain travel. First was the Saffron Festival in La Mancha, then some solo time exploring Cuenca and finally a tour of smoked paprika and olive oil production in Extremadura. The year finished off with a trip to Japan to explore Tokyo and the Tohoku region including a visit to the famed snow monkeys. Little did I know that everything was about to change. 2020 would not be a good year for travel.
Windmills at Consuegra, Spain.
Cuenca, Spain.
Olive processing in the Extremadura region of Spain.
Tokyo, Japan.
Countries visited in 2004:
Spain
Japan
Gear at that time:
Nikon D810
Nikon D850
Up next: 2020-2024
Once all of this series of posts is on the site I’ll add links here to the other years for easy navigation.
