7 October 2006 — 29 October 2007
A year on the road In November 2006 I packed up a flat in London, had a great many injections, and flew to Guatemala. I came back thirteen months later, having crossed 14 countries between Antigua and Tierra del Fuego.
I wrote it all down as it happened — 182 posts from internet cafés, hostel lobbies and the occasional boat — and photographed 3,107 frames along the way. This is that archive, rebuilt and put back together.
Start at the beginning See the route
The route Guatemala south to Tierra del Fuego, with detours: a month diving on a Honduran island, the Galápagos, the Inca Trail, and a bewildering three-day hop to French Guiana.
Canada United States of America Argentina Chile Haiti Dominican Rep. Bahamas Falkland Is. Greenland Mexico Uruguay Brazil Bolivia Peru Colombia Panama Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador Guatemala Belize Venezuela Guyana Suriname France Ecuador Puerto Rico Jamaica Cuba Paraguay Antarctica Trinidad and Tobago Machu Picchu, Peru — 14 days, 907 photos Colca Canyon, Peru — 4 days, 158 photos Rurrenabaque, Bolivia — 6 days, 134 photos The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador — 7 days, 124 photos Puno and Lake Titicaca, Peru — 2 days, 100 photos Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia — 4 days, 99 photos Ciudad Perdida, Colombia — 6 days, 95 photos Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina — 3 days, 95 photos Lima, Peru — 5 days, 81 photos Cusco, Peru — 16 days, 80 photos Nasca, Peru — 2 days, 68 photos Isabela, Galápagos, Ecuador — 6 days, 63 photos Arequipa, Peru — 1 days, 62 photos Huacachina, Peru — 4 days, 62 photos Manú jungle, Peru — 4 days, 59 photos Isla del Sol, Bolivia — 2 days, 59 photos Tiahuanaco, Bolivia — 5 days, 57 photos Utila, Honduras — 33 days, 44 photos Puerto Madryn, Argentina — 4 days, 44 photos Torres del Paine, Chile — 5 days, 43 photos La Moskitia, Honduras — 6 days, 40 photos Moray and Maras, Peru — 3 days, 35 photos Iguazú Falls, Argentina — 6 days, 34 photos Iquique, Chile — 4 days, 33 photos Antigua, Guatemala — 24 days, 29 photos Tikal, Guatemala — 5 days, 26 photos Tayrona National Park, Colombia — 3 days, 25 photos Palenque, Mexico — 2 days, 23 photos Cartagena, Colombia — 3 days, 23 photos Laguna Esmeralda, Argentina — 3 days, 23 photos Ushuaia, Argentina — 4 days, 21 photos Riobamba, Ecuador — 1 days, 19 photos Placencia, Belize — 3 days, 18 photos The Death Road, Bolivia — 3 days, 18 photos Tela, Honduras — 2 days, 17 photos Baños, Ecuador — 8 days, 17 photos Potosí, Bolivia — 1 days, 17 photos Porto Seguro, Brazil — 10 days, 17 photos Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador — 3 days, 16 photos Tronador Glacier, Argentina — 2 days, 16 photos Orange Walk, Belize — 3 days, 14 photos Quito, Ecuador — 4 days, 14 photos Villa La Angostura, Argentina — 3 days, 14 photos Lake Atitlán, Guatemala — 5 days, 12 photos Cuenca, Ecuador — 2 days, 12 photos Mendoza, Argentina — 7 days, 11 photos Tulum, Mexico — 9 days, 10 photos Mérida, Mexico — 4 days, 9 photos Uxmal, Mexico — 2 days, 9 photos Copacabana, Bolivia — 2 days, 9 photos Copán, Honduras — 5 days, 8 photos Sucre, Bolivia — 5 days, 8 photos Bariloche, Argentina — 2 days, 8 photos Celestún, Mexico — 2 days, 7 photos Cayenne, French Guiana — 7 days, 7 photos Chichicastenango, Guatemala — 2 days, 6 photos La Ceiba, Honduras — 4 days, 6 photos Volcán Pacaya, Guatemala — 1 days, 5 photos Guatemala City, Guatemala — 3 days, 5 photos Caye Caulker, Belize — 6 days, 5 photos San Cristóbal, Galápagos, Ecuador — 2 days, 5 photos Chichén Itzá, Mexico — 2 days, 5 photos Cancún, Mexico — 3 days, 4 photos Taganga, Colombia — 3 days, 3 photos Maceió, Brazil — 1 days, 3 photos Bogotá, Colombia — 2 days, 1 photos Uyuni, Bolivia — 1 days, 0 photos
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