Paul Salopek Walk Around The World: American Journalist Begins Epic Trek

NAIROBI, Kenya -- On the eve of an unimaginably long walk – one that starts in Africa, winds through the Middle East, across Asia, hops over to Alaska, goes down the western United States, then Central and South America and ends in Chile – one question nagged journalist Paul Salopek: Should he take his house keys?

 He hopes to walk with local people throughout his journey, learning new languages or finding English speakers along the way. He says the journey will slow down his own process of writing, and he hopes he can also slow down readers who live in a world flooded with information. "I love long form writing, and I'm hoping that there will be an audience for this, and that people will be willing to wait for stories to come episodically,"

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