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Travel · Chapter III

Route Maps

The paths of adventure

Before the photograph comes the line on the map. These are the actual routes of each journey: miles by road, hops by air and the coordinates that linked every destination.

10 documented routes

Follow the journey

Original maps retain Spanish labels and kilometre measurements.

ROUTE · 00

Atlantic Corridor

Argentina · Brazil

From Buenos Aires to Porto Alegre and São Paulo before the final 55-minute hop to Rio de Janeiro, following the southern Atlantic coast.

Map of the flight route from Buenos Aires to Porto Alegre, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 01

Sailing the Caribbean

Caribbean Sea

Island-hopping from Caracas to Puerto Rico: Aruba, Curaçao, Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, linked by cruise through turquoise waters.

Map of the Caribbean route linking Caracas, Aruba, Curaçao, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Martinique and Saint Vincent · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 02

Continental Europe

United Kingdom · Central Europe · Italy · France · Spain

A single route travelled entirely by rail, including the Channel crossing through the Channel Tunnel, and told in two expeditions: “Central Europe” (London, Calais, Bruges, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Strasbourg, Zürich, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna and Venice) and “Southern Europe” (Venice, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Marina di Pisa, Milan, Monaco, Cannes, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Madrid, Pamplona, San Sebastián and Paris).

Map of the rail route across Europe from London to Seville via Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Spain · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 03

From the Pacific to the Atlantic

Mexico · Florida · Panama · Bolivia

Mexico City, Taxco and Acapulco by road; the Yucatán Peninsula with Chichén Itzá, Valladolid, Cancún and Isla Mujeres; the Florida corridor between Orlando and Miami; and the flight of almost five hours from Panama to Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Map of the route through Mexico, Yucatán, Florida, Panama and Bolivia with road and air legs · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 04

Nigerian Journey

Nigeria · West Africa

Approximately 1,200 miles overland between Sokoto, Kano, Jos, Kaduna and Abuja, plus the flights to Lagos and Port Harcourt on the Gulf of Guinea.

Map of the route through Nigeria linking Sokoto, Kano, Jos, Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 05

Exploring the South of England

Buenos Aires · London · South of England

Fifteen hours’ flying from Buenos Aires to London, and from there a circuit through the south of England: Bath, Stonehenge, Oxford and the counties around the capital.

Map of the flight between Buenos Aires and London, with detail of the circuit through the south of England · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 06

North to Scotland

ENGLAND · SCOTLAND

North from London via Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Birmingham and Liverpool to Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Map of the overland route from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh via Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Birmingham and Liverpool · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 07

Northern and Eastern Europe

Scandinavia · Baltic · Central Europe

A single route in two expeditions: “Russia and the Baltic” (Amsterdam, Copenhagen with Christiania, Malmö, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Saint Petersburg and Moscow) and “Eastern Europe” (Moscow, Warsaw, Budapest, Prague and Paris).

Map of flights across northern and eastern Europe linking Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Malmö, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Budapest, Prague and Paris · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 08

Lakes and Alpine Passes

Central Switzerland

An expedition in Switzerland based in Vitznau: by air from London to Zürich, by car through Weggis, Altdorf and Andermatt, and a return boat trip between Vitznau and Lucerne on Lake Lucerne.

Map of the route through central Switzerland from Zürich to Andermatt via Weggis, Vitznau, Lucerne and Altdorf · click to enlarge
ROUTE · 09

Towards the Canaries

Paris · Barcelona · Madrid · Tenerife

South from Paris to Barcelona and Madrid before the three-hour hop over the Atlantic to Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Map of the route from Paris to Barcelona, Madrid and Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands · click to enlarge