TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wood,Levison
TI  - Walking the Americas: 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia 
SN  - 0802127495
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atlantic Monthly Press
KW  - Wood, Levison,
KW  - Hiking
KW  - Central America
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Travel writing
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company."--Title page verso; Map on lining papers; Hampton Court -- Mornings in Mexico -- The Americas -- Meeting an explorer -- Departure -- Yucatán -- Ruins -- Trouble in Paradise -- Boot camp -- Borderlands -- El Petén -- Barrios -- The ascent -- Escape to Nicaragua -- Land of fire -- Chirripó -- Paradise found -- Panama -- Crossing the Panama Canal -- The end of the road -- The last jungle -- The Darién Gap -- New Scotland -- Colombia
N2  - "Starting in the Yucatán, Wood sets out on an epic walking voyage, moving through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, traveling in the opposite direction along vital migrant routes. Journeying from sleepy barrios to glamorous cities to Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness, Wood forges new relationships along the way that stand at the heart of this book--and the personal histories, cultures, and popular legends he discovers paint a riveting history of Mexico and Central America. While contending with the region's natural obstacles, he partakes in family meals with local hosts, learns to build an emergency shelter, and witnesses the surreal beauty of the landscapes. Finally, Wood attempts to cross one of the world's most impenetrable borders: The Darién Gap from Panama into south America, a notorious smuggling passage and the wildest jungle he has ever navigated."--Jacket flap
ER  -