Photography

Even though visitors usually fall in love with my hometown, I was never a big fan of Erfurt, the city I grew up in. Sure, the town is pretty, with …

I finally made it to the dazzling Festival Of Lights in Berlin, a festival I’ve been wanting to visit for a while now. And it was just as stunning as I had imagined!

I’ve had a splendid time in Berlin (as usual!) last week, and exploring a neighborhood I didn’t know well yet plus the wonderful fall colors made my trip even better.

While we were staying at the beach house, we had many little geckos that were hanging out there with us – including this one, our personal favorite!

I returned to Chiang Mai last week, the city in Northern Thailand that I called home for nearly three months in 2011/12. My return involved elephants, vegetarian paradise, and lots of temples!

We ended our time in Costa Rica with an action-packed couple of days in La Fortuna where we hiked to a volcano and a waterfall and admired the countless hummingbirds!

This opportunity to witness the Thaipusam festival was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Click through for some incredibly shocking images and a video we put together documenting the festival.

We were greeted by ‘tropical depression’ Matthew within 12 hours of our arrival to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, a small island off the coast of Belize. This was our first severe storm since setting off on our trip.

Since we’ve started traveling full-time in 2010, we ran into a hurricane every year – first Matthew in Belize, then Irene in Washington last year, and this year Ernesto in Mexico…

What a year! Filled with loads of exciting ‘ups’ and a few bumpy ‘downs’ 2012 was filled with amazing journeys that took us from Asia to the U.S., and Latin America. Read on to see the story of this year in pictures!