Seven Authentic Places not in the Guidebook

The longest I’ve went without passing through a town was five days.  It was while crossing the Andes dividing Chile and Argentina.  Though doable in the moment, coming to a town only once a week isn’t sustainable. While walking I’m performing a continuous balancing act of consumption and resupply.  I must have enough water, enough […]

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Ticket Home

In early October while a breeze rolled over the desert coast of Perú I sat on the steps of a stone shrine atop a hill.  I’d been out of cell service for a few days, but I could now see a red and white cell tower standing in the distance like an upright needle.  I […]

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