Flamingos on a salt flat lake in Bolivia

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.

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2026

Hot-air balloons rising over Cappadocia at sunrise

Turkey

Aegean islands, ancient ruins, hot-air balloons at dawn, and Istanbul’s beautiful chaos — thirteen days, five places, one trip that stole my heart.

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El Salvador coastline at sunset

El Salvador

Surf towns and volcano country, where “dangerous” turned out to mostly mean “unfamiliar.”

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Volcan de Fuego erupting behind Cerveceria 14, Antigua

Guatemala

Lake Atitlán at dawn, and markets that keep their own unhurried sense of time.

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View from the top of the Cathedral of Leon, Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Colonial Granada, then a ferry to Ometepe and its two volcanoes rising from the lake.

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Salar de Uyuni salt flats, Bolivia

Bolivia

The salt flats ran on until sky and ground stopped being separate things.

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Chile

Patagonian wind that pushes back, and the towers of Torres del Paine at first light.

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Argentina

Steak, tango, and a solo table in Buenos Aires that felt exactly right.

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Antarctica

The seventh continent — where the penguins outnumbered the people and the silence had weight.

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Sunset in Uruguay

Uruguay

Slow coastal towns and mate passed between strangers — the least hurried country I’ve walked.

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Brazil

Rio’s hills and beaches: a city that somehow holds both chaos and grace.

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2024

Greece

Ancient Athens, hidden coves in Milos, and the caldera of Santorini — a whirlwind Cyclades odyssey.

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2023

Ecuador

The equator and the Andes — my first real taste of high-altitude solo hiking.

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2022

Ireland

Green cliffs, warm pubs, and rain I stopped fighting and started to like.

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2019

Colombia

Cartagena’s color and Medellín’s reinvention — nothing like the headlines.

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2018

Peru

Cusco to Huaraz: a whirlwind of misty citadels, desert dunes, and glacial lakes across the Andes.

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Iceland

The Ring Road, end to end: waterfalls you can walk behind, geothermal fields, and icebergs drifting past the shore.

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