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Everything I’ve learned about travel, hotels, and filmmaking. Worth saving, easy to find.
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Hotels
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Park Hyatt Tokyo: Restored, Not Reinvented
Park Hyatt Tokyo: Restored, Not Reinvented
Park Hyatt Tokyo just finished a 19-month renovation. I stayed after it reopened to see how much of the original, Lost in Translation-era hotel survived the restoration.
Park Hyatt Tokyo just finished a 19-month renovation. I stayed after it reopened to see how much of the original, Lost in Translation-era hotel survived the restoration.

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Filmmaking
Filmmaking
Freewell 3–5 Stop Magnetic Variable ND Filter Review
Freewell 3–5 Stop Magnetic Variable ND Filter Review
Freewell sent me their 3–5 stop magnetic variable ND filter to test. After taking it across Europe, here is why it earned a permanent spot in my camera bag.
Freewell sent me their 3–5 stop magnetic variable ND filter to test. After taking it across Europe, here is why it earned a permanent spot in my camera bag.

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Hotels
Hotels
I Found One of the Most Beautiful Airbnbs in Milos
I Found One of the Most Beautiful Airbnbs in Milos
A tiny beachfront Airbnb on Milos where the front door opens straight onto the sand. The exact property from my video.
A tiny beachfront Airbnb on Milos where the front door opens straight onto the sand. The exact property from my video.

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Life
Life
I Ran a Marathon Even Though I Hated Running
I Ran a Marathon Even Though I Hated Running
An old story from Ki’s Archive about how a challenge from a friend somehow turned into running 26.2 miles through Los Angeles.
An old story from Ki’s Archive about how a challenge from a friend somehow turned into running 26.2 miles through Los Angeles.

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Travel
Travel
Photographing Holi in India
Photographing Holi in India
Three days inside Holi in Barsana and Nandgaon: what happened, how I photographed it, and what I'd want to know before going back.
Three days inside Holi in Barsana and Nandgaon: what happened, how I photographed it, and what I'd want to know before going back.

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Travel
Travel
China: Dunhuang
China: Dunhuang
Ten days deep in the Gobi Desert, chasing the Silk Road through Dunhuang's caves and dunes.
Ten days deep in the Gobi Desert, chasing the Silk Road through Dunhuang's caves and dunes.

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Travel
Travel
I Took a 14-Hour Soviet Sleeper Train From Romania to Moldova
I Took a 14-Hour Soviet Sleeper Train From Romania to Moldova
A 45-minute flight would have been easier. I chose the 14-hour overnight train instead. The one where they lift the entire train off its wheels at the border.
A 45-minute flight would have been easier. I chose the 14-hour overnight train instead. The one where they lift the entire train off its wheels at the border.

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Travel
Travel
The Blue Caves of Albania
The Blue Caves of Albania
A boat-access-only stretch of Albania's coastline with hidden beaches, sea caves, and some of the bluest water I've ever seen.
A boat-access-only stretch of Albania's coastline with hidden beaches, sea caves, and some of the bluest water I've ever seen.
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