About the Author
Philip Mirkin (Felipe, Philippe, Flipje, etc.) began travelling at three months old when his parents placed him in a cardboard box in the in the back of a pink Rambler station wagon and drove him to California.

Medical doctors believed the child would not survive. After careers as a designer, cartographer, vagabond, expedition leader, photographer, international representative and adventure travel operator, Philip put this book together as a gift to his family and friends.

During the last fifteen years of travel Philip received amazing support and encouragement from hundreds of kind people. Having avoided death at the hands of a paramilitary group, falling asleep at the wheel, and many other near death experiences it became imperative to share these images, stories and poetry before it was too late.

The author divides his year between Central California, the Four Corners (where he continues to offer customized adventure travel as well as detailed trip design), Europe, and the remote locations overseas.