Soloterra Path began as a place to put the answers I kept sending to other travellers: which bus leaves at 17:40, what the border post actually charges, which hostel kitchen stays open after midnight. The messages were getting long, so they became pages instead - short, specific, and edited when something changes on the ground.
Three people write here. Nora Vasquez covers the slow overland legs: buses, ferries, walking routes and the cities where you can live for a month without a car. Milo Hartley handles the budgets and timetables, checking fares at the ticket window rather than from a booking screen. Priya Raman keeps the long stays, the neighbourhood notes and the cooking that happens in hostel kitchens. Between us we have spent the best part of fifteen years on one-way tickets, and we only publish what we have actually done.
How the routes are tested
Every route is walked, ridden or booked before it goes up. Prices come from the counter, walking times from a phone in a pocket, and border hours from the guard on the day. When a line stops running or a price moves, the page gets a dated correction rather than a silent edit.
Why the site stays independent
No paid placements inside the routes, no hotel that bought a mention, no affiliate link hidden in a paragraph of advice. If anything here ever earns money, it says so in the text, and the recommendation would read the same way either way.
Start with the shortest path
New here? The Start Here page sorts the guides by trip length, or write to the desk with a question about a route - we answer what we know and say plainly when we do not.