Storyteller.

Travel Writer.

Documenting reality with mild disbelief.

After five years spent travelling in roughly the correct direction, accompanied by a series of enthusiastic miscalculations and a staggering number of bad decisions, my debut book On & Off the Gringo Trail: Part One is nearly here—a wild collection of true short stories pulled directly from my own diaries through every country in South America.

I AM PROUD (AND QUIETLY CONCERNED) TO ANNOUNCE:

These pages document events that were, at the time, funny, chaotic, and occasionally—much to everyone’s surprise—moving in ways no one had planned for. Readers in search of sensible packing advice or earnest hostel recommendations will be pleased to learn that none are provided.

Along the way, there are jungle shamans, ill-advised border crossings, cult ceremonies, and the occasional hallucination that demands to be taken seriously.

These are not the stories I set out to collect. But they are, against all odds, the ones I survived long enough to write down. Perfect for travellers, armchair adventurers, the terminally curious, and anyone who has ever looked at a bus in Bolivia and thought, I can survive that.