Catch up with the Trekking the Planet team as Darren and Sandy review their entire journey. In this video, you will hear about the team’s adventures as they sought to bring geography to life. The interview takes place just days after they arrive home, with questions from their daughter Kristen.
Located on the Central American isthmus, Costa Rica and Nicaragua are two countries that have a wealth of biodiversity within their borders. During our time here we river trekked and hiked around a volcano crater.
As we complete our travels in North America, Sandy provides some trip statistics, as well as country information, for the six nations that we visited.
Darren writes about the state of our clothing and gear now that we are nearing the end of our journey.
In the second part of this story we look back at our last six treks. In all, we hiked 470 miles (758 kilometers) over 60 days of trekking.
Catch up with the Trekking the Planet team as Darren and Sandy review their time in South America.
We boarded the Star Princess in Valparaiso, Chile, to begin our 2 ½ week journey home. It was only when we began to unpack our rolling duffels that it hit us that our expedition was actually coming to an end.
We are ending our time in South America and Sandy summarizes some trip statistics, as well as country information, for the six nations that we visited.
Here is the next series of panoramic pictures, covering our time in Argentina.
While on our around-the-world journey to promote geography awareness, we trekked in some of the most remote places on the planet. In Part 1 of this story we look back at our first six treks.
One of the most rewarding experiences of our 424-day journey has been meeting with students and visiting schools as we have traveled around the world.
Our journeys the past week has taken us over 1,500 miles (2,414 kilometers) as we traveled from Puerto Natales north to Santiago by land and sea.
