2015 Wanderings
From stepping abroad overseas for the first time to camping expeditions and my first experience solo-traveling, 2015 was a great year of traveling.
Looking back, I could write tomes about the wonderful people, lessons and experiences from my travels but, this being a photography website, pictures seem more appropriate. These are some of my wanderings of 2015.
Some fun travel stats
- Countries Visited: Thailand, Laos, Qatar, Iceland, and Ireland
- Flights taken: 14
- Steps taken: ~3,410,404
- Miles walked: ~1,763
Favorite gear
![Clark's Bushacre II](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/photography_gear_web-3.jpg)
These shoes have traversed over it all: dirt, mud, snow, ice, stone, volcanic rocks, grass, pavement, sand, various animal droppings, and more. I’ll be sad to see them retired in 2016.
![iPhone 5s](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/photography_gear_web-1.jpg)
The best camera is the one you’ve got on you, and the iPhone 5s did the job just fine throughout Thailand and Ireland.
![Canon 6d](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/photography_gear_web-4.jpg)
Love this camera. It performs superbly in low light, and the 24-105mm lens is a great do-it-all travel lens.
Now, without further ado, a (very non-comprehensive) compilation of shots from my travels in 2015:
Thailand
![Thailand Gear](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-2.jpg)
The gear that took me to Thailand for 23 days, all inside a 40L pack.
![Bangkok](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-3.jpg)
The streets of Bangkok
![Longtail boat](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-8.jpg)
One of the locals enjoying the ride between Ao Nang and Railay perched on the tip of a longtail boat
![Railay](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-6.jpg)
Railay Beach. What a beaut
![Kayaking around Railay](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-1.jpg)
Kayaking around Railay
![Ao Nang](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-4.jpg)
Ao Nang Sunset
![Ao Nang](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-5.jpg)
Pretty neat hotel in Ao Nang
![Elephant Nature Park](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-10.jpg)
Getting up close and person with the elephants at Elephant Nature Park
![Jungle Trekking in Northern Thailand](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-9.jpg)
Jungle trekking in Northern Thailand
![Wat Rong Khun](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-12.jpg)
Wat Rong Khun
Laos
![Laos](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-13.jpg)
Hanging out in Laos
Qatar
![Qatar](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/thailand_2015-14.jpg)
I didn’t take too many photos in my short stay at Qatar, but here’s a park
Nevada
![Red Rock Canyon](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/red-rock-canyon-2.jpg)
On the road in Red Rock Canyon
![Red Rock Canyon](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/red-rock-canyon-1.jpg)
Red Rock Canyon
![Red Rock Canyon](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/red-rock-canyon-3.jpg)
Looks like a fine spot for some horseback riding
Utah
![Zion National Park](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/zion-national-park-1.jpg)
The Narrows, Zion National Park
![Zion National Park](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/zion-national-park-2.jpg)
Zion National Park, with some neat water droplets courtesy of the weeping rock.
Spruce Knob, WV
![Spruce Knob Lake](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/spruce-knob-4.jpg)
Spruce Knob lake, casually situated on top of a 3,840 elevation mountain – the highest peak in West Virgina
![Campfire burritos](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/spruce-knob-1.jpg)
Delicious campfire burritos
![Spruce Knob](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/spruce-knob-3.jpg)
Somewhere in the forests of Spruce Knob
![Campsite](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/spruce-knob-2.jpg)
Our rad campsite at Spruce Knob
![Stargazing at Spruce Knob](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/spruce-knob-5.jpg)
We’re all made of star stuff
Iceland
![The Open Road, Iceland](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-17.jpg)
The Open Road, Iceland
![Kerid Lake, Iceland](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-1.jpg)
Kerið, a volcanic crater lake
![Seljalandsfoss](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-2.jpg)
Seljalandsfoss
![Black Sand Beach, Vik](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-6.jpg)
Black Sand Beach, Vik
![Dyrhólaey](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-18.jpg)
Dyrhólaey
![Icelandic Sheep](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-8.jpg)
Lil Icelandic sheep
![Sólheimasandur Plane Crash](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-14.jpg)
Hanging out on top of the Sólheimasandur Plane Crash. PC: @keera_ana
![Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-9.jpg)
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
![Icelandic horses](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-10.jpg)
Icelandic horses, pure-bred through a thousand years of isolation and an Icelandic law banning the import of horses into the country.
![Svartifoss](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-16.jpg)
Svartifoss, Skaftafell National Park
![Grjótagjá](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-7.jpg)
Grjótagjá, a lava cave and natural hotspring near Lake Mývatn
![Þingvellir road](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/iceland-web-15.jpg)
Hitting the open road in Þingvellir Park
Ireland
![Cliffs of Moher](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ireland-web-7.jpg)
The Cliffs of Moher
![Cliffs of Moher](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ireland-web-1.jpg)
Couldn’t help posting another photo from the Cliffs of Moher. They were breathtaking
![Inishmore](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ireland-web-8.jpg)
A great road for some cycling on Inishmore
![Connemara pony](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ireland-web-3.jpg)
Petting some Connemara ponies
![The road](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ireland-web-4.jpg)
Hitch-hiking from Clifden to Galway with nothing but road for miles and my own 2 feet and the kindness of strangers to get me there
![Dun Laoghaire beach](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ireland-web-5.jpg)
A secluded beach nestled among the cliffs near Dun Laoghaire
Colorado
![Garden of the Gods](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/colorado-web-1.jpg)
Garden of the Gods
![Mountains](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/colorado-web-3.jpg)
Untitled. Colorado has over 55 mountains that rise above 14,000 feet. This was taken on the drive up one of those mountains
![Lake](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/colorado-web-4.jpg)
Somewhere along the way to a 14,000 foot summit
![Cadet Chapel](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/colorado-web-2.jpg)
Cadet Chapel, U.S. Air Force Academy
![Flatirons](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/colorado-web-5.jpg)
Flatirons
Dolly Sods, WV
![Dolly Sods](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dolly-sods-web-1.jpg)
Mile 2 of 22
![Dolly Sods Wilderness](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dolly-sods-web-2.jpg)
Traces of Fall in a forest of green
![Ramen over a campfire](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dolly-sods-web-3.jpg)
It’s the little things. After hiking for 12 miles, nothing makes me happier than a warm fire and two packets of Ramen
![Dolly Sods Wilderness](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dolly-sods-web-4.jpg)
River crossing
Washington, DC
![Smithsonian Institute](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/smithsonian_institute-1.jpg)
Smithsonian Institute
![Roosevelt Island](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/roosevelt-island-web-1.jpg)
Roosevelt Island
![Roosevelt Island](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/roosevelt-island-web-2.jpg)
Nature showing off her Fall colors
![Roosevelt Island](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/roosevelt-island-web-3.jpg)
The sun setting over the Potomac River
College Park, MD
![Portrait](http://wolnicat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/portrait_cp-1.jpg)
So long 2015, I’m looking forward to another great year of travel and photography in 2016. PC: Dan Evans
Cool collection, mate! Glad I could be part of some of your adventures. Here’s to many more.
Thanks dude! A lot of good times along the way, and looking forward to more.