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WELCOME ERIK TRINIDAD’S OLD SCHOOL TRAVEL BLOG, chronicling his travels of over a decade, before the age of smartphones — that dark time in modern history when the Internet still ran on 56K modems that made staticky, phlegmy sounds, and social media addiction wasn’t a thing yet!
This travel blog is preserved here as a sort of time capsule, they way it was left in late 2014 when it retired, as it paved the way to further travel dispatches on Instagram, YouTube videos, and beyond. If you’re looking for Erik’s articles as a travel + food lifestyle journalist and video creator, check out ErikTrinidad.com.
If you’re looking to read the 2019 tale of Erik getting a tropical disease in the Arctic Circle, check out the unabridged version here.
BUT BEFORE ALL THAT, the acclaimed original Global Trip blog that started it all, “Sixteen Months Around the World (Or Until Money Runs Out, Whichever Comes First!)” included over 500 entries about Erik’s sixteen-and-a-half month journey around the world, which took him over 95,000 miles across thirty-seven countries on five continents between October 2003 and March 2005. Ultimately, his humorous yet informative travel narrative writing style garnered praised by RickSteves.com, Lonely Planet, and USA Today.
Each of Erik’s trip accounts below (including those that used to be hosted by other sites) have been archived here in chronological order for your desktop and armchair traveling pleasure. Ideally, each entry of each trip should be read in order, so that you can not only experience Erik’s insightful personal anecdotes from around the world, but get a feel for the evolution of his writing style and travel attitude over time.