Journal
Places, in photographs
Every photograph here was taken on the trip it describes. Nothing is stock, and nothing is a customer’s — those belong to the people who took them.
Denmark in ten photographs
Denmark is two trips: a short one in September 2017, and a proper week in Copenhagen the following June — well, five years later, in June 2022.
September 29, 2026
Mexico in ten photographs
Mexico is two different countries that happen to share a name, and we went to both of them.
September 28, 2026
Malaysia in ten photographs
Malaysia was one trip, five days, and it covered both halves of the country — Borneo first, then the peninsula.
September 28, 2026
France in ten photographs
France here is mostly Paris, twice, in two different seasons — plus the week we spent outside it.
September 27, 2026
Scratch map vs travel badges
### The quick answer Scratch maps are a great way to see your whole travel history on a wall.
September 27, 2026
Egypt in ten photographs
Egypt was five days and it felt like three weeks, in the good way.
September 24, 2026
Italy in ten photographs
Italy is the country I've been back to most, and this is three separate trips rather than one.
September 24, 2026
The best scratch map alternatives in 2026
### The quick answer A scratch map is a satisfying way to mark where you’ve been.
September 24, 2026
South Africa in ten photographs
South Africa was a week and a bit in January, moving roughly west to east: Cape Town first, then the coast road, then a few days of driving slowly and looking for animals, then Johannesburg at the end.
September 24, 2026
Argentina in ten photographs
Fitz Roy, walking on the Perito Moreno glacier, and then the long flight north to drink Malbec where it grows.
September 4, 2026
Madagascar in ten photographs
Lemurs that land on your head, chameleons the color of traffic lights, and the baobabs at Morondava at the end of the day.
September 4, 2026
Norway in ten photographs
Eight days from Oslo to Bergen with five friends — Preikestolen in the cloud, Trolltunga at the end of a ten-hour walk, and an ice bar to finish.
September 4, 2026
Greece in ten photographs
Two trips a year apart across Milos, Sifnos, Amorgos, Koufonisia and Athens — and what happened to the thousand pictures in between.
September 2, 2026