North America
El Salvador
Surf towns and volcano country, where “dangerous” turned out to mostly mean “unfamiliar.”
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The lessons, the trails, the people — one country at a time.
More than an itinerary. Each entry holds the route I actually walked, the hikes that undid me, the strangers who turned into friends, and the way a place quietly left me changed. Newest first, working back to where it all began.
5Continents
2009–2026Years solo
2026
North America
North America
Guatemala
Lake Atitlán at dawn, and markets that keep their own unhurried sense of time.
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North America
Nicaragua
Colonial Granada, then a ferry to Ometepe and its two volcanoes rising from the lake.
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South America
South America
Chile
Patagonian wind that pushes back, and the towers of Torres del Paine at first light.
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South America
Antarctica
Antarctica
The seventh continent — where the penguins outnumbered the people and the silence had weight.
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South America
Uruguay
Slow coastal towns and mate passed between strangers — the least hurried country I’ve walked.
Read the piece →2025
2024
Greece
Ancient Athens, hidden coves in Milos, and the caldera of Santorini — a whirlwind Cyclades odyssey.
Read the piece →2023
Ecuador
The equator and the Andes — my first real taste of high-altitude solo hiking.
Read the piece →2022
2019
Colombia
Cartagena’s color and Medellín’s reinvention — nothing like the headlines.
Read the piece →2018
Peru
Cusco to Huaraz: a whirlwind of misty citadels, desert dunes, and glacial lakes across the Andes.
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The Ring Road, end to end: waterfalls you can walk behind, geothermal fields, and icebergs drifting past the shore.
Read the piece →2017