We’re 15 Years Old!

Hi folks! Phew! Another year – and another Security Analyst Summit wrapped. This time is was – ooh, let me see: yes, the 16th edition of the event, and it was held in the Thai resort village of Khao Lak (here) – about a hundred kilometers north of Phuket. In case you don’t know already, […]

Back in school, I think my favorite books were those hefty tomes all about geography, travel, and the world’s remotest corners. That early fascination really took root in my mind and has stayed with me ever since – as you can see in this blog! Over time, some of those geographical – on-paper – discoveries […]

Hi folks! I’ve said it many times before, but it bears repeating: to me, Kamchatka is the most beautiful place on Earth! It’s a truly magical world of volcanoes, hot springs, geysers, bears, and so much more. Aside from the region’s famously unpredictable (and rarely friendly) weather, every trip here is just awesome. Awesome – […]

And so, our Altai-Katun rafting adventure was coming to its inevitable end, and so is my Altai-Katun series of posts detailing it. All that’s left to do is share the most interesting photos that I don’t think I’ve shown here before. If I have – apologies for the repeats. So, in this final installment to […]

Continuing the tales of our Altai summer adventure – next up, we’re edging down the Katun with the final stretch fast approaching… Today’s rapids – the Teldekpen Rapids, aka “the Stumps” (here) – which, in high water, are probably the most difficult, unpredictable, and genuinely dangerous of the whole river. But let’s start from the […]

After a full day of downtime given the incessant rain, the following morning, finally, we were able to get back on the Katun. Which we were reeeaaally keen to do since, turns out, without a steady stream of outside stimuli to jolt the nervous system, modern big-city office types like us get rather down. Another […]