About the Vagabond Adventure

Our Vagabond Adventure is a journey into the vast beauty, complexity and diversity of our planet, and the remarkable people and cultures that live there. It’s a personal pilgrimage. Two intensely curious souls traveling all seven continents — never by jet — one day, one culture, one experience at a time to see what surprises we can find, and share.  The planet we inhabit is rich with surprise. Diversity is woven into every aspect of the natural world — its biology, ecosystems, politics, economics, the cosmos itself. Too often those differences are the sources of pain and anger. The best way to bridge those gaps is to celebrate them at the same time we celebrate the common needs we all share for love, liberty, curiosity, safety, happiness and laughter.  We’ll hike into little-known and ancient cities, explore how geology and geography shape food, culture, language and music, and share the unexpected and unique people we stumble upon, whether it’s the engaging insights of a Navajo Shaman, a Texas cattleman's decision to raise zebras or an archivist at Mount Rushmore who knows secrets about the monument most of us don’t. We often see the world from afar, through the news or maybe a short vacation. This journey illuminates, in a personal level, how our planet’s long and startling history has shaped all of us, and reveals how listening and accepting one another can make us richer and stronger, rather than angrier and weaker. The world has much to give. Turn on your lightbulb, and learn with us on our Vagabond Journey.

The Vagabond Adventurers

Chip Walter is an author, journalist, National Geographic Explorer, filmmaker and former CNN bureau chief. He has an unusually broad background that spans both science and entertainment. His work reaches out to mainstream audiences to explore complex topics that relate to the human condition, human evolution, emotion, behavior and creativity. You can read more about Chip, his work and current projects, besides Vagabond, right here. He describes his wife and fellow Vagabond, Cyndy Mosites, like this:

“She’s an indestructible trooper, rarely cross, almost always smiling, more centered than the planetary core, willing to try almost anything including walking over log “bridges” above dangerous Andean rivers; a remarkable eye for detail and a knack for keeping me down to earth when I might start thinking dangerous thoughts. She loves learning and will try anything, a legacy, perhaps, of growing up with two roughneck brothers. And when the going gets tough, she just gets tougher and we get through it, because in the end, it’s all about the experience.”