In
April of 2006 freelance travel journalist Karen Catchpole left her job and apartment
in New York City and embarked on the ongoing Trans-Americas Journey,
a 200,000 mile working road trip through North, Central and South America. She
freelances from the road for outlets including Travel + Leisure, National
Geographic Traveler, Afar, American Cowboy Magazine, Every
Day with Rachael Ray, Woman’s Day, the Sunday travel sections of the
Dallas Morning News and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune,
RoadsandKingdoms.com, Slate.com, CNN.com and other outlets. Her published work
can be seen in her online portfolio and you
can follow along on the Trans-Americas Journey travel blog as
her little road trip continues through South America.
Touring the Bolivian town where Ernesto “Che” Guevara met his end, I thought I knew a lot about the legendary Argentinean doctor turned Cuban revolutionary. On the 50th anniversary of Che Guevara’s death, I learned just how wrong I was.
Ring in the New Year on notorious gangster Al Capone's yacht, the Isla Morada.
I’ve been on a full time road trip through the Americas since 2006, but I’ve never read Jack Kerouac’s "On the Road," until now.
The recent passing of Colombia’s only Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez inspired us to explore the beauty, mystery, and sheer implausibility of his native country and its influence on his celebrated writings. Take a look at Marquez’s larger-than-life Colombia with travel tips to make a magical trip there yourself.
On April 19, 1956, Grace Kelly went from being one of the most glamorous and romantic actresses in the world to being one of the most glamorous and romantic princesses in the world. She made that transition onboard a yacht that now elegantly plies the waters around the Galapagos Islands.