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Day 1032 - We're in Tunisia! Sav and I got into an Airbnb here Wednesday night and didn't do a thing all day yesterday. We took full advantage of a nasty hailstorm passing through and slept a solid sixteen hours. All those thirty mile days in Algeria caug

Day 1030 - It's been a long time since I've grown this much over the course of forty days. Algeria challenged me on every level. I was asked to walk fifty kilometer days. Withdrawing money was an ordeal. My usual unlimited freedom and solitude were smothe

Day 1029 - Long day today. Sav and I covered fifty-two kilometers from sunup to sundown, never taking more than a five minute break. Legs are throbbing. Time for bed. #Algeria #TeamPixel

Day 1027 - Walking Algeria been a strange experience here to say the least and so long as the rain holds off Savannah and I will have just two more days here. The people have been the most welcoming I've come across. Each day I've had warm conversations a

Day 1026 - This morning I ambled peacefully through the mountains thinking I only had to walk thirty kilometers to a youth hostel. But after six hours I arrived in town and was told there never was a youth hostel and I needed to walk another twenty kilome

Day 1025 - After a pair of fifty kilometer days my body was in need of a break. By mid-day yesterday I was walking in an exhausted delirium. Thankfully, the hotel Savannah and I arrived at offered us second night free of charge. So today we recovered. We

Day 1024 - A man is a police officer for thirty-two years. He works through the civil war. He retires. He moves to a house on the beach. In the afternoon he rows a kilometer over the ocean to catch his dinner. His friends catch dinner in their boats besid

Day 1022 - Today was by far the most peaceful walking I've had in Algeria. I followed a road through the mountains which was closed for repaving. I only passed one town. Most of the walking was through untouched forest. I listened to streams babbling and

Day 1021 - The land is turning more and more green as I head east and into the hills. There are pine forests and kilometers of open grass. The land reminds me of Ecuador. In Ecuador I had some of my best days of camping. There was always a lush forest to

Day 1021 - Physically rough day today after being awake until 3 a.m. watching The Eagles. I've never been one who could survive on just a few hours of sleep. I need eight or nine. Even with seven hours of sleep my joints ache like I have arthritis and I c

Day 1019 - I woke this morning to sunshine. The storm I was expecting never arrived. Savannah and I took advantage of the good weather with a long walk along the beach. Afterwards, I polished a blog post I'll release tomorrow. Tonight I'll read some more

Day 1017 - It continues to pour rain here in Jijel. I was able to explore a little the night I arrived but since then I've only been out for a few hours between the rain. It's slightly maddening to be inside all day, but better this than pushing through t

Day 1016 - A cold and rainy day has me and Savannah cooped up inside. Help keep me occupied, what questions do you have for me? #Algeria

Day 1016 - I got into an AirBnb in Jijel last night and plan on staying here for a few days. I have a month left on my visa but I'm only a ten day walk from Tunisia. I'm going to do my best to slow down and explore as much of Algeria as I can while I have

Day 1015 - Since first spotting these barbary macaques back in Béjaïa I've seen a few dozen of them hanging out on the side of the road. They aren't frightened of me, but when they see Savannah they screech and leap into the trees. #Algeria

Day 1014 - This has been an exceptional stretch of coastal walking. The blue shades of the Mediterranean are like great whirling paint spills. At times the water is so clear that silver schools of fish can be seen actively painting the surface. When I com

Day 1013 - Yesterday I took the day off to be a tourist and explore the Béjaïa. There's a lot to see; beaches, mountains, mosques and castles. The foreground of this photo is the Béjaïa Casbah, a government citadel from the twelfth century. While I stood

Day 1012 - Way back in Morocco I spent a day hiking the mountains opposite Gilbraltar looking for these Barbary macaques. Locals helped narrow my search throughout the day, but by sunset I had to turn back without having caught so much as a glimpse of a m

Day 1011 - I've had good luck with weather in Algeria. For weeks I had sun. But recently it appears the weather has turned for the worse. It rained yesterday and it rained today. It appears a week of rain is ahead. In the rain it's difficult to walk and d

Day 1010 - After my post yesterday just about everyone I've met here asked if there was anything they could do to get me some cash. And last night my friend here called a friend near where I was staying and had him bring me some cash this morning. Since t

Day 1008 - I carry a MasterCard debit card and a Visa credit card. For three years this debit card and credit card combo have been enough to see me through every country. But in Algeria they're essentially useless. Everything is cash based and ATMs spit o

Day 1008 - Because the police won't allow me to camp I have to get to a hotel each night. Today that meant walking fifty kilometers (30 miles). I actually don't mind these tough days every once in a while. I enjoy the challenge. What hurts is paying for a

Day 1007 - I met a man today with a masters degree in mathematics. He spoke English and was cutting bamboo for his roof. Talking to him made me think how fortunate I was to grow up in an idyllic American suburb. But after a moment the thought of my fortun

Day 1005 - With the winter solstice behind us the days are getting longer again. At their shortest I was getting about nine and a half hours of daylight. I can still manage some good mileage on those short days, but there's little time to relax. Now, each

Day 1004 - Le Palais Des Raïs was a highlight of my tour around Algiers. In Andalusia and Morocco I didn't pass through any major cities so I haven't had a chance to see a great display of Moorish architecture. The horseshoe arches and zellige tiles are s

Day 1003 - There are roadside vendors like this scattered across the Algerian coast. Fruits, vegetables, bread, even fish are for sale. This guy had the most beautiful setup I've seen. But there are other vendors, those who only sell one product, who's st

Day 1002 - Great day exploring Algiers. I was interviewed for national television, had a guide to show me around old city, and a police escort to zip through traffic. I felt like an ambassador. Tomorrow it's back to walking. My two day rest has been nice,

Day 1001 - Merry Christmas! No signs of it in Algeria. #Algeria #TeamPixel

Day 1000 - When I was out of college I had a frequent vision that just ahead of me was an opening in a wall. The opening was narrow but I could see light coming through. When others looked at the wall they couldn't see the opening. They came from differen

Day 999 - One of the greatest benefits of this walk is that it leaves me open to serendipity. Routine is great for working on certain projects, but removes chance encounters that make life interesting. I've spent the occasional night in a bug-ridden hotel

Day 998 - Eating sardines and climbing hills as I chip away along this gorgeous Algerian coast. In a few days I'll arrive in Algiers and have a decision to make - continue along the coast or walk inland. The major consideration is temperature. Below the c

Day 997 - This police escort has been a bizarre trade-off. Having the police with me through the day is amazing, they're guides and protection, however at dusk it's been a bit of a headache. The police won't let me camp unless it's somewhere known to them

Day 996 - It's strange how my relationship with this girl has developed. In Texas I thought I made a huge mistake adopting her. In Mexico I'd look at her and feel nothing. In Guatemala I'd see her sleeping and think, 'I love that little bugger.' Now, the

Day 995 - Ninety-seven percent of the Algerian population is Sunni Muslim. The call to prayer can be heard blasting from a mosque in every town five times a day. A wing of the government works to increase Islamic awareness. But Algeria is not remotely a c

Day 994 - Before entering Algeria I was worried that with the short days I'd only be able to walk eighteen or so miles a day. What I didn't consider is that because the sun is weak and it's only 65°, I can walk straight through midday. I've been doing my

Day 993 - I continue to be under the watchful eye of an escort at all times. Three police officers even stayed in their car twenty feet away while I camped last night. During the day, their presence allows me to let my guard down and interact with the peo

Day 992 - It feels like I've interacted with more people during my four days in Algeria than during my entire time in some other countries. Everyone wants to talk. My escort is a rotation of police officers who all have questions about my adventure. The p

Day 991 - First day of walking in Algeria has been an overwhelming success. Since leaving the hotel this morning I've had a police escort with me. Every town here has a department just to escort and protect VIPs. When I got off the boat six police officer

Day 990 - Savannah and I struck the Algerian shore yesterday morning. From here on out there are few new ways you'll be able to follow along. 1) Live Tracking! I'm carrying a GPS with me which pings my location to a shared map every ten minutes. If you su

Day 916 - Worn in the iron-rich earth from years of footfall, wonderfully stark paths like this are laced across the Moroccan hills. From the right vantage point you can see dozens of these walkways bursting outward from isolated hillside houses like gian

Day 912 - I had an idyllic childhood in an all-American suburb, but man, growing up in a landscape like this would have made for some epic 'build-up the army.' - #morocco #flyeaglesfly

Day 1036 - Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' is live! Click the link in my bio to ask me a question or see the answers! #Tunisia #TeamPixel

Day 1034 - Over the course of a normal day of walking I'll probably take a hundred and fifty photos. But during my last two weeks in Algeria I was taking just thirty photos a day. Whenever I stopped to take a photo my escort was out of their car and heade

Day 1033 - This evening I told Savannah to hang back while I stepped out onto a ridge to get some photos of the coast. After a few minutes I look back and see her like this. #Tunisia

Day 934 - Digging through my photos from cloudless Morocco during a rainy day in Valencia. Fingers crossed I'll have my Algerian visa in two weeks or so. - #morocco

Day 917 - At three months old Savannah was found mangy, small, and terrified on a highway in Austin, Texas. Since then she's walked 11,000 miles (17,700km) across twenty-four countries over four continents. To the best of my knowledge she's the only dog t

Day 915 - My camera was blowing these kids minds. When I first lifted it to take a photo of them they ran for their lives, but after a minute I was able to convince them to come back and show them what the camera was. I gave them both the chance to take s

Day 914 - Sav and I left Morocco last night and entered the Spanish port city of Melilla. Since the Algeria/Morocco land border is closed the easiest way to enter Algeria from Morocco is to ferry to Spain then ferry back to Algeria. But there's a hitch; u

Day 913 - I've loved Morocco; the red mountains are incredible, the people are warm and welcoming, and I haven't once worried about my safety. But something bizarre is how few women I've seen. There are schoolgirls out during certain hours, and occasional

Family Portrait - 9/28/18 - Ichniwen, Morocco - 11,000 miles walked together. - #morocco

Day 910 - Beneath the cart has always been her favorite place to sleep. When she was only months old she used to curl underneath it. She doesn't fit anymore, but she still tucks her head under there. #morocco #teampixel

Day 909 - The staple fruits in Morocco are more exotic to me than perhaps anywhere I've been. Rather than apples, bananas, and oranges, the easiest fruits to find have been prickly pears (pictured here), desert figs, and pomegranates. Roadside vendors sel

Day 908 - It's very easy to build up a foreign place in your mind as somewhere dangerous, unmanageable, and unfriendly. But I've always found there's an immense gulf between imagination and reality. In reality these foreign places are as mundane as your h

Day 907 - Red earth and green leaves give these Moroccan mountains some wonderful tones. #theworldwalk #travel #morocco

Day 906 - This photo I took two nights ago demonstrates a dilemma I've become very adept at solving over the past three years. It's dusk and I need somewhere to sleep. My choices are of heightened importance because wasted time may mean walking in the dar

Day 905 - Since entering Morocco it's been steady climbs and descents for me and Savannah. Sometimes I don't know which I prefer. Pushing my 100lb cart uphill is an unbelievable test of my legs and lower back, but going downhill puts loads of stress on my

Day 904 - It's a good thing I don't have a hard schedule right now. The humidity here is just insane. Even the 90°f (32°c) Atacama Desert in Chile was less difficult walking. If it weren't for the ocean breeze I doubt I'd be walking more than three or fou

Day 903 - Climbing mountains all day, too tired to think of anything to write. Here are some beautiful white and blue houses I encountered a few days ago. It's very pretty here. #theworldwalk #travel #morocco

Day 901 - We're on the move today, walking the mountains for a few hours then headed down to the coast. I've yet to swim in the Mediterranean, but I'm sure I'll find a secluded beach soon enough. #theworldwalk #travel #morocco

Day 900 - At its most narrow the Strait of Gibraltar is a mere fourteen kilometers wide. This makes it the shortest crossing for birds flying between Europe and Africa and means there's a seemingly endless stream of migrating birds. Birdwatching is a comm

Day 899 - Sav and I are bumming around Fnideq. Savannah has been gnawing away at bones from the butcher while I've been drinking far too much coffee and munching on bread and figs. We only have a few hundred kilometers to walk in Morocco before starting t

Day 898 - This is the type of morning coffee I dream of. #theworldwalk #travel #morocco

Day 897 - Sav and I are taking a few days off in the hills before starting this trek along the Moroccan coast (Mostly because I want to be in WiFi when the Eagles play) #theworldwalk #travel #morocco

Day 896 - Hold this thought close to your chest at all times: there was never a thing promised to me. When you were born you were handed no contract prescribing that life must be such and such a thing. Even that you should live a minute longer was not gua

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