Andrew Sim

Along Dusty Roads

WE'RE ANDREW AND EMILY. Our story began late one night and early one morning around a kitchen table in our rented flat in East London, after too many gins and too long putting too many dreams on hold. The plan? To have an adventure. Twelve months later, after saving as much as we possibly could, we quit our jobs in the UK and arrived in Mexico with overstuffed backpacks, a couple of cameras, and the hope that our best days lay ahead of us. On the road. By the sea. Atop a mountain peak. In the serendipitous moments in between. We travelled Latin America together for two years in total (crazy right?). Our budget was strict and our itinerary loose; and that frugality shaped our journey, helping us to spend a long time going slowly to new places. And it allowed us to start and grow Along Dusty Roads. Travel is the thing that makes the two of us feel the most alive. It sets our senses on fire. It is responsible for changing our lives for the better. Without adventures or a curiosity to venture toward somewhere new and different to home, we would be rootless and lost. Travel is what makes us happy. We created Along Dusty Roads because we wanted to help people travel more + travel better. We felt that sharing our experiences, our perspectives, our mistakes, and our advice would contribute a little bit to making the travel experience better for some people, and better in the long run for some of the people and places we all visit along the way. We wanted travellers like you to use what we write and what we photograph as a handbook to craft your own memories + adventures out on the road. To write your own stories. Responsibly, slowly, sustainably, and beautifully.