In this interview, Ben Box, author of the South American Handbook, notes the growing trends of volunteerism and community tourism in South America. He also points out the destinations offering the best values and the places that travelers best avoid. Follow the directions below to receive a 25 percent discount on any Footprint guide about [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Adventure’
A Hilarious, Yet Scary Account of the Sierra Madre
Within the first sentences of God’s Middle Finger we find the nonfiction book’s author Richard Grant pressed up against the bark of a pine tree as a group of men hunt for him at night in a small town in Durango, Mexico. Besides the imminent threat to Grant’s life, what makes the scene so compelling is [...]
Spinning Southward: A Bike Trip Down the Pan American Highway, a Good Cause, and a Documentary
When he heard that brothers John and Mike Logsdon had set out to bike down the full-length of the Pan American Highway–from Alaska to southern Argentina–Nateon Ajello became obsessed with joining them. It wasn’t just the possibility of adventure that captured Ajello’s imagination, but the cause the Logsdon brothers were fighting for. Like John and [...]
