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My most popular article (with half a million views) is: 10 Reasons Why El Camino Santiago Sucks. (And 10 reasons to like it)

Best trip: Traveling overland for 5 years through all 54 African countries

The Best Photos from Eastern Europe: Francis spent 3 years traveling Eastern Europe to write his upcoming 2nd book, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us. These are the best photos from that journey.

The Best Trail: The world's most extreme and dangerous trail! Includes 7-minute video + dozen photos!

The Best Freebie: The audiobook of Hike Your Own HikeDownload half of it for free!

The Best Tip: How you can afford to travel the world for months (or years)! Even in Norway!

The Best (and Longest) Backpacking Adventure: the Continental Divide Trail Yo-Yo! That's 7-months of backpacking 9,000 km (5,600 miles) from Mexico to Canada and back, along the Rocky Mountains.

The Best Climb: Solo hike up Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in Western Europe, in trail runners.

The Best Debate: A Tyrannosaurus Rex debates Francis on climate change and then Francis writes about what to do. The intense debate has spilled over into the WanderLearn Forum!

The 2nd best book

The Best Podcast: The WanderLearn podcast's most popular podcast, which is about living a meaningful life.

The Best Jump: Skydiving in Europe's Skydiving Capital.

The Best Photo Blog: 58 photos from the hike across the Pyrenees (the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean).

The Best Gear List: Less than 6 pounds (under 3 kg), the CDT Yo-Yo Gear List was enough to let Francis backpack from Mexico to Canada and back along the Rocky Mountains for 7 months! That's 9,000 km (5,600 miles) of wilderness backpacking with an ultra-light load!

The Best Travel Article: Exploring the stereotypes of Albania.

The Best Job at Defending America: Part 4 of the 5-part Defending America Series is the most popular because it defends American Ignorance.

The Best Deal: 8 products for 1 low price: $39.99. Two hardcover books, 1 audiobook, 2 ebooks, and 3 videos!

The Best Travel Video: An overview of my African adventure.

The best speech: Watch my 3 TEDx speeches and then decide. My favorite is my "Black Sheep" talk. 

The Best Summary of Francis: Amazon.com and Lincoln-Mercury considered thousands of travelers to find the one person who best represented the dream of traveling the world. They picked Francis and profiled him in the 2-minute video below...