Exploring Ladakh’s Nubra Valley: Sand, Water, and Rock
From the treacherous Khardung La Pass to the idyllic Pangong Tso, Dave Stamboulis explores the many worlds of the Nubra Valley in Ladakh....
Dave Stamboulis
Central Asia’s Switzerland: Paradise in Kyrgyzstan
Dave Stamboulis travels through the wildly verdant Jyrgalan Valley and over the Sary Mogul River to discover a Kyrgyzstan that is quite different than one might expect. ...
Getting Holy in Gansu
Dave Stamboulis gets off the beaten track in China's Gansu for spectacular mountains, high grasslands, and Buddhist reflection. ...
Dave Stamboulis
Dave Stamboulis is an American travel writer and photographer based in Bangkok, Thailand. His photos have appeared in Lonely Planet, The Rough Guides, Conde Nast Traveller, Travel & Leisure, National Geographic Traveller, and other publications around the world. He is the author of Odysseus’ Last Stand, which received the Silver Medal for Travel Book of the Year from the Society of American Travel Writers. In addition to working as the updating writer for Fodor’s Guidebook to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, Dave is the "Bangkok expert" for USA Today's 10Best, and the Bangkok city guide editor for Portier Technologies, along with being a regular contributor to the BBC, Silver Kris (Singapore Airlines), Sawasdee Thai Air, and countless other publications across the Asia region. He spends all his free time travelling and trekking to remote mountain regions around the planet.