In the northeast Indian state of Manipur, Salopek has found the trails to be busy. As he has walked, he has met slash and burn farmers, plantation owners and wandering herbalists. The herbalist, Ahumei Pamei, showed off an impressive natural knowl...(more)

Marie and Nil have continued to wander along the Greek coastline of the Pelion region. Though they met very few people they, unfortunately, found a great deal of rubbish. The rubbish seems to have been left by fishermen and farmers working in the ...(more)

Casey posted a new blog with surprising reflections filling holes in the story we have so far. It covers the last few weeks when Casey had to find a way from Nauta, across two major rivers (the Maranon and the Ucayali) and the treacherous spit of ...(more)

Butter has been busy these last two weeks, completing seven marathons! He began on the island of Koror in the tiny archipelago of Palau. This marked the first marathon in some time that he could run freely without the threat of stray dogs. Though ...(more)

Lecomte's quest to become the first man to swim across the Pacific has come to an end. The team has been plagued by mechanical issues, bad weather and rough seas for much of the last two weeks. Low-pressure systems created strong winds with rough ...(more)