February 2022 “Febrero loco, Marzo otro poco.” – Mexican Saying Diversity abounds throughout Mexico and Central America. Language, culture, weather, climate, food, and vegetation all change from one valley…
Montezuma Cypress, Safety as Women Internationally, & Sustaining Slow Travel
Ahuehuetes, or the Montezma baldcypress, are Mexico’s national tree. The name comes from the Nahuatl (a family of Uto-Aztec languages) meaning “upright water drum” or “old man of the water.”…
Birthday Month Policy and the Monte Albán Zapotec City
Birthdays are tough in my book. A lot of expectations, pressure, and often disappointing. Furthermore, I’ve found myself in a season when numbers don’t matter all that much. I quit…
Her Odyssey 2022 Maps & Plans
15,000 miles and counting! Since November 2015, the Her Odyssey explorers, Bethany ‘Fidgit’ Hughes and Lauren ‘Neon’ Reed, have traversed 15,000 of the 20,000 mile proposed human powered journey to…
Bikepacking Mexico and Central America
“We are good at what we do because we are good at making do.” Again we transition. So far on Her Odyssey we have hiked, kayaked, rafted, and even a…
CDT Dispatch 11: Northern New Mexico
In this Dispatch Fidgit crosses in to New Mexico, the final state of this trail, at the peak of Autumn. This state is about 700 trail miles and will see…
Pivoting in Bocas del Toro
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit When we began the kayaking portion of this journey, I did not anticipate that Bocas del Toro would be a…
Safety in Colombia
Written by Fidgit It can be difficult for travelers to get a judicious read on safety in Colombia. The rest of the world tells you it is incredibly dangerous, paramilitary…
Support Season Three
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Almost two weeks ago, we began the third year of Her Odyssey. Our goal by the end of 2018 is to travel 5000…
