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Out of Eden Walk: Walking through COVID

March 21, 2025Out of Eden Walk

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek was thousands of miles into his Out of Eden Walk when he had to pause his journey in Myanmar to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic. Host Marco Werman speaks with him about the experience of walking and reporting through Asian regions made inaccessible by quarantines and lockdowns.

Move over Orlando, Brazil’s Balneário Camboriú is on the rise

September 6, 2024Development

Out of Eden Walk: Trekking through Uzbekistan

May 31, 2024Out of Eden Walk

Out of Eden Walk: Walking Across Anatolia

April 18, 2024Out of Eden Walk

Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.

Nigerian-American author Teju Cole wants us to rethink what it means to travel

June 15, 2017Books

A photographer trades his pictures for a place to sleep — and travels the world

November 9, 2014Arts

Shantanu Starick wanted to see the world, and he has. Trading his photography for a roof over his head and a ticket to his next destination, he’s been to multiple continents and many US states.

If you follow US travel warnings, ‘Out of Africa’ is more a strategy than a summer read

July 7, 2014Lifestyle & Belief

US citizens should “strongly consider not going” to more than one third of Africa, according to current travel warnings issued by the US State Department. So should you take those warnings seriously?

Geo answer

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Colombia — fourth largest country in South America, after Brazil, Argentina and Peru. A writer for Lonely Planet recently claimed he didn’t visit Colombia to research Lonely Planet’s guide to the country. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with travel writer Ginger Otis about the revelation.