Travelling Chris

7 October 2006 — 29 October 2007

A year on the road

In November 2006 Chris packed up a flat in London, had a great many injections, and flew to Guatemala. He came back thirteen months later, having crossed 14 countries between Antigua and Tierra del Fuego.

He wrote it all down as it happened — 182 posts from internet cafés, hostel lobbies and the occasional boat — and photographed 3,076 frames along the way. This is that archive, rebuilt and put back together.

Start at the beginningSee the route

388
Days away
14
Countries
182
Posts
3,076
Photographs
70
Stops

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.

CanadaUnited States of AmericaArgentinaChileHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasFalkland Is.GreenlandMexicoUruguayBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaParaguayAntarcticaTrinidad and TobagoAntigua, Guatemala — 26 days, 32 photosVolcán Pacaya, Guatemala — 1 days, 5 photosChichicastenango, Guatemala — 2 days, 6 photosLake Atitlán, Guatemala — 3 days, 12 photosTikal, Guatemala — 5 days, 25 photosGuatemala City, Guatemala — 3 days, 5 photosUtila, Honduras — 33 days, 47 photosMachu Picchu, Peru — 14 days, 909 photosLa Ceiba, Honduras — 4 days, 7 photosTela, Honduras — 2 days, 18 photosLa Moskitia, Honduras — 6 days, 42 photosCopán, Honduras — 5 days, 8 photosCaye Caulker, Belize — 6 days, 5 photosPlacencia, Belize — 3 days, 18 photosOrange Walk, Belize — 3 days, 14 photosSan Cristóbal, Galápagos, Ecuador — 3 days, 5 photosPalenque, Mexico — 2 days, 22 photosTulum, Mexico — 9 days, 8 photosMérida, Mexico — 4 days, 7 photosUxmal, Mexico — 2 days, 9 photosCelestún, Mexico — 2 days, 5 photosChichén Itzá, Mexico — 2 days, 5 photosCancún, Mexico — 3 days, 4 photosQuito, Ecuador — 4 days, 9 photosBaños, Ecuador — 7 days, 14 photosRiobamba, Ecuador — 1 days, 13 photosCuenca, Ecuador — 2 days, 7 photosThe Galápagos Islands, Ecuador — 7 days, 125 photosIsabela, Galápagos, Ecuador — 6 days, 63 photosSanta Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador — 3 days, 16 photosLima, Peru — 5 days, 82 photosCusco, Peru — 18 days, 78 photosManú jungle, Peru — 2 days, 55 photosMoray and Maras, Peru — 3 days, 35 photosPuno and Lake Titicaca, Peru — 2 days, 101 photosIsla del Sol, Bolivia — 2 days, 58 photosCopacabana, Bolivia — 2 days, 7 photosTiahuanaco, Bolivia — 6 days, 57 photosRurrenabaque, Bolivia — 6 days, 135 photosThe Death Road, Bolivia — 3 days, 0 photosSucre, Bolivia — 5 days, 8 photosPotosí, Bolivia — 1 days, 17 photosUyuni, Bolivia — 1 days, 0 photosSalar de Uyuni, Bolivia — 4 days, 99 photosIquique, Chile — 4 days, 33 photosArequipa, Peru — 1 days, 62 photosColca Canyon, Peru — 4 days, 158 photosNasca, Peru — 2 days, 68 photosHuacachina, Peru — 4 days, 62 photosBogotá, Colombia — 2 days, 1 photosTaganga, Colombia — 3 days, 3 photosCiudad Perdida, Colombia — 6 days, 95 photosTayrona National Park, Colombia — 3 days, 25 photosCartagena, Colombia — 3 days, 23 photosCayenne, French Guiana — 7 days, 7 photosMendoza, Argentina — 7 days, 11 photosBariloche, Argentina — 2 days, 8 photosTronador Glacier, Argentina — 2 days, 16 photosVilla La Angostura, Argentina — 3 days, 14 photosPuerto Madryn, Argentina — 4 days, 44 photosTorres del Paine, Chile — 4 days, 42 photosUshuaia, Argentina — 4 days, 21 photosLaguna Esmeralda, Argentina — 3 days, 23 photosLos Glaciares National Park, Argentina — 3 days, 95 photosIguazú Falls, Argentina — 6 days, 34 photosMaceió, Brazil — 1 days, 3 photosPorto Seguro, Brazil — 10 days, 17 photos

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Where he went

  1. United KingdomOctober 2006 · 55 days · 2 photos
  2. GuatemalaNovember 2006 · 40 days · 85 photos
  3. HondurasDecember 2006 · 50 days · 122 photos
  4. PeruDecember 2006 · 55 days · 1,610 photos
  5. BelizeFebruary 2007 · 12 days · 37 photos
  6. EcuadorMarch 2007 · 33 days · 252 photos
  7. MexicoMarch 2007 · 24 days · 60 photos
  8. United StatesMarch 2007 · 12 days · 1 photos
  9. BoliviaJune 2007 · 30 days · 381 photos
  10. ChileJuly 2007 · 8 days · 75 photos
  11. ColombiaJuly 2007 · 17 days · 147 photos
  12. French GuianaAugust 2007 · 7 days · 7 photos
  13. ArgentinaSeptember 2007 · 34 days · 266 photos
  14. BrazilOctober 2007 · 11 days · 20 photos

How it started

All 182 posts