The True Story of Karl Bushby’s Walk Around the World

Much of Karl’s early walk took him through remote towns in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador, where few people spoke English and many had never met a solo foreign traveler. He relied on a battered phrasebook and his growing confidence in Spanish to ask for food, water, and directions.

Sometimes he’d share photos of his journey to bridge the language gap. People invited him into homes, fed him, laughed with him, and sent him on his way with hand-drawn maps.