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Category: TTP Around the World

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More of Our Top Destinations

In this follow-up story, Darren features more favorite destinations from places we visited during the second half of our trip.

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Trekking the Planet Panoramic Photos – Series 8

Here is the next series of panoramic pictures, covering our time in Chile, Nicaragua and Mexico.

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Our Journey is featured on Gadling.com!

Gadling.com has published a story about our entire expedition, detailing the purpose of our journey and some of its highlights.

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Trekking the Planet Wallpaper – Series 14

Our fourteenth series of wallpaper, covering our time in Chile, Costa Rica and Nicaragua is now available!

TTP Around the World

What’s Next for Trekking the Planet?

What’s next for Trekking the Planet, now that we are at end of our journey?

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Trekking the Planet: By the Numbers [Infographic]

Here’s a look at the Trekking the Planet expedition in a fun and new way -with an Infographic!

Destination Dispatch / North America / North America / TTP Around the World

Home at ‘Last’!

We arrived home, in Southern California, yesterday. In the final days of our journey we had many ‘lasts’: last bus trip, last hotel room, last time packing, last country visited, and finally, the last few miles home.

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Trekking the Planet: Epilogue [Video]

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.

Destination Dispatch / North America / North America / TTP Around the World

Trek on the Wild Side: Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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.

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North America by the Numbers

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.

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Worn Out

Darren writes about the state of our clothing and gear now that we are nearing the end of our journey.

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In Pictures: Our Treks – Part 2

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.

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Since their original 424-day journey around the world to raise K-12 geo-literacy, Darren and Sandy Van Soye have continued to focus on authentic adventures highlighting the cultural and natural significance of some of the most remote areas of the world.

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