"The word adventure has gotten overused. For me, when everything goes wrong, that's when adventure starts." -Yvon Chouinard Quick, think of your most memorable travel experience. Judging by the stories I hear from other travelers and the ones I tell, what sticks out for most are the moments when things went wrong, when for a...

VANISHING TALES FROM ANCIENT TRAILS by James Dorsey, 2014, Vagabundo Magazine Publishing. Buy on Amazon . When I first found his writing on celebrated travel webzine Perceptive Travel, there was one thing that made me an instant James Dorsey’s fan . It was the amount of literary adrenaline he was able to inject straight into...

I had looked out over Rio de Janeiro standing next to the statue of Cristo Redentor, I had snorkeled, kitesurfed and strolled the palm-lined beaches of northeast Brazil, ambled through colonial towns like Salvador da Bahia and admired modern architecture in Brasília. These places and activities were all highlights of Brazil and I felt I...

Well, I did it! Just barely, but I managed to "conquer" around 60 kilometers (37 miles) on one of the most challenging treks I've ever done. Four days and three nights of difficult uphill, painful downhill, sunburns, rain, aching muscles, and freezing nights in a tent was rewarded with some of the most beautiful scenery...

I am writing from my sleeping bag in the Lima airport, getting ready to go to “bed” for the night on the food court floor. Today starts my two week trip to Peru, and I have an early flight to Cusco in the morning. In some ways I feel prepared (for instance right now I...

I admit it, I have been lacking a few posts and overall been bogged down with work ( yes, work, because even to sustain a life abroad we need some, in a form or the other ), and I beg your pardon. To start off the New Year right, I believe you might love reading...

Cost/day (for a family of five): Rent in the indigenous village- $3.50/day Food- $15/day (we bought and cooked our own food or picked whatever the land provided) School- kids attended for free, in exchange for us teaching English Hospitalization and medications- free Strangest thing we've seen lately: Before his wish to die, but well after...

Cost/day: $15 What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen lately? Visiting the Huaca del Sol ruins near Trujillo was fascinating and is a great reminder that there is a lot more to Peru than just Inca ruins. Indeed, the Huaca del Sol is around 1500 years old and well predates the Inca ruins which are, relatively,...

Cost: $130/day! What's the strangest thing you've seen lately? Diminutive, lean, weather-worn, mountain men carry immense packs stuffed with tents, cooking implements, sleeping bags and the like for tourists making the three and a half day trek along the official Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. These are the Chaski's . They charge up and down...

Cost/day: $15 What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen lately? If I could have seen myself, it would have been me as I climbed over a fense into a field with a bunch of cows to go around a pack of angry dogs that were on our hiking trail and scared the stuffing out of me...

Cost: $20 a day What's the strangest thing you've seen recently? In and around Huaraz it's common to see elderly Quechua woman ambling along paths, bent backed, hauling heavy loads in carrying cloths called K'eperina. Garbed in colourful attire, bowler hats perched upon their heads, they doggedly trek along steep, high altitude slopes that would...

Cost/day: $100 to $150 - There aren't many cheap ways to see the Galapagos What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen lately? The Galapagos islands are full of some fascinating and beautiful animals. The most striking part of any trip to the Galapagos however, is how absolutely unafraid the animals are of humans. We walked around...

Cost/day: $15 What ’ s the strangest thing you ’ ve seen lately? Hundreds of llama foetuses at the witches market in the centre of La Paz. People buy them and bury them under their porches to bring luck and prosperity to their families. It wasn't the most pleasing sight for a vegetarian, although I'm...

Recently I’ve been reading, “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed . When the author was in her mid-twenties she solo hiked the Pacific Crest Trail . Her book unfolds as she treks north, nursing her blistered feet and cumbersome heavy pack along a majority of the 2,663mi (4,286km) trail. It initially begins at the Mexican border, passes...

Cost/day: The three-day trip cost £100 including meals and accommodation . What ’ s the strangest thing you ’ ve seen lately? Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni. The salt flats are over 10,500 square kilometers and stretch as far as the horizon. It's a dazzling, brilliant white landscape, made more spectacular by being the remains of...

Cost/day: £20 What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen lately? Cowboys, everywhere – or gauchos as they are called here. It isn't a daily occurrence, but every now and then a whole bunch will sweep into town and ride around, dressed up to the nines complete with fancy hats and tassels. They look spectacular. Describe a...

Cost/day: £35 What ’ s the strangest thing you ’ ve seen lately? El Chalt e n is full of the tiniest houses we have ever seen – no bigger than a single room. We puzzled over why this might be for days – perhaps to conserve heating costs or serve as teeny holiday homes...

Cost: £20 per day. It's not cheap here and a bad case of inflation means that prices can change weekly, but it's defiitely possible to live on a budget. I'm renting a room in an apartment shared with an Argentinian girl in Palermo for £250 a month. You can find cheaper options further out of...

Cost/day: $0.8/day Guyana isn’t really that cheap. However, if you’re creative and have some skills, anything is possible. I worked at Dadanawa Cattle Ranch for two and a half months in exchange for food and board. Most of my money went towards toiletries, insect repellant and beer. Being frugal was easy because the nearest town...

When traveling, I usually consider the actual form of transportation just a means to get where I’m going. Certainly, there have been experiences that stand out, but for airplanes, buses and cars—it’s usually snooze city. Hours spent on planes or most wheeled vehicles are like pressing the pause button on my trip. I’m not here,...