Suggestions to help your own adventures

It’s been nearly two years now since we began our Vagabond-Adventure. And even though we are only one third of the way through our journey, it’s been a helluva ride. We’ve been privileged to have visited five continents so far, dozens of countries, and innumerable cities, villages, and historical sites. We’ve eaten in thousands of restaurants, slept in countless beds and travelled by ship, horse, train, bus, camel, and whatever other form of transportation (except jets!) to meet the world, one person, one place at a time.

As a journalist, I’ve tried to reflect what we have seen and experienced. Our website has a growing collection of stories through our library and my Vagabond Dispatches: sometimes whimsical, other times sobering, always, we hope, intriguing and engaging. Recently I began recounting the tales of our exploits in our Vagabond Daily Journal: hundreds of brief stories, photos and videos as we travel all seven continents.

But Now Something New - Vagabond Recommendations

As Cyndy and I continue to travel, we’ve learned a lot, sometimes the hard way. So, we thought, why not share information we’ve stumbled upon to help provide you a useful resource for creating your own adventures? To do that we have begun to collate all of our favorite places, sites, restaurants, accommodations, books, transportation and much more into a sortable library that you can use to complement your own travel planning. At the site you’ll find basic information about these places, along with links, contact information, and additional notes from our own experiences. (Often you can also find additional details and context about these places in our Vagabond Daily Journal.)

Anything you read about in our Vagabond Recommendations comes out of our own experience. Sometimes the places we have stayed, the restaurants we have eaten in, the locations we’ve visited have been high-end and expensive, sometimes dirt cheap, but always worthwhile. We’ve ridden the Andean Explorer, one of the world’s more exotic and expensive trains, and hiked the Andes Mountains in tents with very little plumbing, but whatever you see on this ever growing list, Cyndy and I experienced and endorse.

As our Vagabond-Adventure expands, and we continue to dig into our earlier notes, these recommendations will continue to grow. Soon we will also add recommendations provided by the many fellow Vagabonds we have met during our pilgrimage—fascinating people who have often travelled far more than we have and whose experiences are extraordinarily deep and diverse, not to mention useful. 

Finally, one of the great things about our new Vagabond Recommendations page is that it is sortable by location and activity. So whether you’re looking for excursions to Patagonia, hikes in Peru, ships through Tierra del Fuego or across the Atlantic or places to stay from the tip of South America to Newfoundland’s northern nose, your search will help you find what you’re looking for.

We hope you all find this useful and fun! Please let us know what you think. If you have questions or suggestions, you can share them at the bottom of each recommendation, or send me a direct email and we will make sure those ideas or concerns are shared with fellow vagabonds.

Three Great Vagabond-Adventure Reads

Hot outside? Much of the world has been struggling through recent heatwaves. In solidarity, we’ve prepared a few items from our collection from some of the hottest, driest places around.

Ideas from our Vagabond Adventure Store

We continue to add great items to our collection, many of which include the amazing photography I’ve been able to capture throughout this adventure. If you haven’t visited the Vagabond adventure Store lately, please take a look and see our additions.