Today’s story is meant to open your eyes a little bit about how awesome it is when 2 cultures come together. And we mean that in the most literal way possible… Here’s the story of a very multicultural family that we met in Chile. And why we think they’re awesome. Tom is from upstate New York. He’s […]
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Nov
Nov
Enter your email below and start restoring your faith in humanity Our goal is to embrace travel without fear of that which is foreign. Without fear of people who are different. Sign up for our newsletter to keep your sense of travel alive. As travelers, we are as alarmed as anyone by the recent order […]
25
Oct
Oct
Sometimes you think to yourself, “how could things get any damn worse!” You’re in a bind. No, you’re between a rock and a hard place. No – you’re just plain screwed. If you feel like you have an impossible project or goal ahead of you that you just can’t get done on your own, read on and you’ll […]
04
Jan
Jan
During our journey through Latin America from NYC to Argentina, street food was king. Not just because we were broke (although, yes, we were broke). Street food truly offers tourists the best and quickest way to enjoy a taste of local cuisine. Here’s a countdown of our top street food experiences on the road. […]
01
Jan
Jan
You need travel motivation for 2017. “I’ve always wanted to go to _____________. It’s just never been the right time.” You’ve all heard this line before. And you’ve always had a great travel plan in mind. One week navigating the cultural maze of Japan. A five-day hike to magical Machu Picchu. Two weeks gallivanting […]
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Dec
Dec
If you followed world news in 2016, you might have gotten the impression that the apocalypse is near. But we are here to tell you that all is not lost! In fact, the beauty of humanity and life blissfully abounds in all corners of our wonderful planet. We asked influential voices from around the travel […]
Argentina, Chile, Countries, End of the World 2015, Featured, Our Story
Chapter 52: On the Road to the End of the World
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May
May
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from April 13 – April 15: In the final days of our trip, as we tip-toed to Tierra del Fuego, the Land of Fire, we let all that we’d seen and done sink in. A couple of nights left sleeping in the car fazed us not […]
24
May
May
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from April 6 – April 12: Story Highlights: We took an accidental detour from Calafate to Puerto Natales en route to Torres del Paine National Park Day 1 – The winds fought us hard in our introductory day to the park Day 2 – The skys […]
24
May
May
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from April 3 – April 6: Back in Argentina, we sailed through a vast sea of nothingness. A beige blend of sun-scorched yellow shrubbery and wind-whacked green weeds dotted what was an otherwise dry, lifeless desert. Slight bumps saved the horizon from exposing the curvature of the […]
10
May
May
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from March 28 – April 2: The drive on Ruta 40 from El Bolson down to Esquel and then on our way back into Chile revealed and validated what we’d heard about the dry, pampas planes characteristic of the Argentine side of Patagonia. It explains why we […]
10
May
May
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from March 25 – March 27: We hustled back into Argentina, over the crumbles of mountains that lay between these two southernmost neighbors. Pulling into Bariloche by the time darkness had settled in, it happened to be Good Friday, which reigned in hordes of tourists seeking a […]
10
May
May
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from March 21 – March 24: As it turns out, the end of the Panamerican Highway is not the end of the world. The transcontinental pavement-laden path stretches from Alaska, through Canada and the United States, into Mexico, along the spine of Central and Pacific South […]
10
May
May
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from March 18 – March 20: Mid March meant the days down south at the end of the world were waning. Not literally, of course, but nearer the polls during the annual end of summer, daylight diminishes and the weather worsens. The Patagonian winter is something […]
10
May
May
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from March 14 – March 17: Our first passage into Argentina was a significant milestone. We’d encountered our final country, the last great frontier. We’d heard their Latino neighbors condemn this unique culture throughout our travels as far north as Mexico for being different, or at least thinking […]
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Mar
Mar
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from February 25 – March 13: Story Highlights: Antofagasta became our amazing oasis in the desert In the city of Valparaiso, we find that beauty isn’t everything Pilar and her family take us in Reflection Antofagasta We drove seaward to the hardly mentioned port city of Antofagasta. […]
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Mar
Mar
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from February 20 – 24: You know that sensation when you first wake up. Those fuzzy questions that fade into consciousness upon the first breaths of day. Where am I? What day of the week is it? What’s happening? On this day, the answers were dismaying. Where […]
11
Mar
Mar
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from February 20 – 24: It took us nearly an entire day to get out of Uyuni. We had to get Velita the most complicated car wash conceivable, load up on gas the sneaky way, and then finally find all food and supplies necessary for an indiscriminate […]
03
Mar
Mar
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from February 13 – 19: Story Highlights: The mines of Potosi take us to a dark place We play with the light of the salt flats of Uyuni The Darkness of Potosi Conflicted. That’s putting lightly how we thought about taking a tour of an active […]
Bolivia, Countries, End of the World 2015, Our Story, Peru
Chapter 40: Cuy Cuisine and a Titicaca Tour
02
Mar
Mar
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from February 8 – 12: A day of recuperation and preventative car repairs in Cusco extinguished our visual hangovers after bearing witness to that Incan world wonder. In our hostel, Ecopackers, we spoiled our beleaguered bodies with hot showers and then at a market at the edge of […]
Countries, End of the World 2015, Our Story, Peru, Uncategorized
Chapter 39: A Mystical Path to Machu Picchu
01
Mar
Mar
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from January 23 – February 7: Story Highlights: Inca magic grasps a hold on us A long road ahead to Machu Picchu begins The Salkantay Trek is unlike any other Making it to Machu Picchu Reflections Inca Magic Our expedition through the mountainous northern highlands […]
25
Feb
Feb
The following post details the Nowhere Men’s journey from January 16 – 22: Our road map is simply a joke. This navigational atlas is set to a scale of one to 4 million. What does this mean exactly? It means that for each stretch of several hundred miles, the map represents a fingernail’s length […]
25
Feb
Feb
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from January 7 – 15: Sometimes road trips take a little longer than anticipated. Usually it’s a few hours longer, at times even a full day. But by some inconceivable stretch of the imagination, our expedition from Quito, Ecuador to the mountainous ruins of Kuelap, Peru, […]
23
Jan
Jan
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from January 1 – 6: We wasted no time to start our new year. Well, actually, maybe we got our first day started off a bit sluggishly. With a slow wakeup and an even slower pack up of our car, followed by a detour on our way […]
23
Jan
Jan
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from December 26 to January 1: We woke up on the day after Christmas hungover. Not just from drinking (which we also did), but from the emotional high that lifted our spirits and egos to levels beyond what is socially appropriate. Front row access to the Cali Salsodromo […]
10
Jan
Jan
The following post details the Global Goulets’ journey from December 20 to December 25: From Bogotá, our story returns to life on the road, on our way to Cali. With our “new” 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser ready for adventure, there was just no reason to sit still. It was time to return to what we […]