the story

Vagabonding is a round-the- world travelogue created by Mike Pugh, an optimist from Chicago. Mike traveled on his own through Asia and East Africa from October 2002 – November 2003 and updated this site from the road.

The trip is over, but the site remains. Random entries appear on this front page, and all the travelogue, video, and photo entries are in their archives.

View a map of Mike's route.



Latest Video

An afternoon out at sea with a small boat, flimsy cage, and enormous predators. This dive was done off the coast of Hermanus, South Africa. Read more about the experience.
Check out the phone interview I did with WGN TV, Chicago while I was in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
"What's Your Trip?" on the Travel Channel recently ran my ostrich ride segment! But what I'm really excited about is that host Andrew Zimmern pronounced my name correctly.
"What's Your Trip?" also ran my mountain gorilla video, shot in Bwindi National Park, Uganda. Hoooooo!

 

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