Travel Stories

by Scrambled Gregs

Wanna Read Some Wild Travel Stories?

Look, I don’t write about goddam travel tips and how to cheat airlines outa miles by signing up for shitty credit cards (which are always affiliate links btw). I write about wild tales and grandiose adventures and the people I met along the way… Like the older dude dying of cancer at the hostel in Fairbanks who changed my life… Or the musician I met in Moab who started a forest fire, or my life hitchhiking during 9/11, or circumnavigating South America, having sex with Latinas in hostel bathrooms, or my Guinness World Record road trip that I broke with my ex-girlfriend.

Point is, if you’re looking for the best destinations in the United States to travel to, this is not your blog… Though I have roadtripped to every single city in the entire country and have plenty of suggestions on where to go. I won’t actually tell you them unless you email me directly.

No, this blog contains rancid sex stories in foreign countries, illegal drug trafficking tales, getting robbed in Santiago (and in Montreal), AA meetings in Colombia, and forming relationships with gangsters from Lima.

Want to see my 36,123 mile road trip?

If you think you can beat me, by all means... take a stab at it. I've held the record for over 5 years now, so it's time for me to pass the baton...

Travel Hacks for Aspiring Nomads

When I was fourteen in my first rehab in Minnesota with nothing other than a piece of paper and my imagination, I began dreaming of freedom. By the time I reached my second rehab in Louisiana when I was fifteen, I had immaculate plans to run away and be liberated once...

What’s a Hostel? Let’s Find Out…

My First Time Staying in a Hostel I had always wanted to experience a hostel. What's a hostel really like? Are they grimy? Creepy? Normal? Dirty? Clean? Amazing? I had no idea, but I had to find out. And afterwards, staying in hostels became a way of life for me. But...

My Guinness World Record Road Trip

The Road Trip: Los Angeles, California June something, 2016 The road trip all started with Tony Robbins. I downloaded his book Awaken the Giant Within on Audible and listened to it in two hours while my then-girlfriend was finishing her last shift at the café she used...

Skinny Dipping With Shrinkage

Skinny Dipping Stories in Argentina It all started when Tan (some Canadian chick I met in the bunk above me in Buenos Aires at some hostel) and I met up again in the city of Mendoza and decided to look for some adventure. Building a repertoire of skinny dipping...

Traveling Patagonia in Search of Mandy

If you're thinking about traveling Patagonia, it's worth it to know Mandy... Cause she's everywhere. Read PART THREE here before you proceed... TIME: I don't know PLACE: Chalten, Argentina [WHATSAPP]: Eyo, whattayou doin today? Nada, told Mandy I'd paint her a sign....

Travel Stories: Traveling Patagonia in Search of Mandy

If you’re thinking about traveling to Patagonia, it’s worth it to know how to get here… Read PART TWO here before you proceed… TIME: I don't know PLACE: Chalten, Argentina I see some girl writing in her journal sitting on the cracked concrete of the bus terminal in El...

PART TWO: Here’s What Happened When I Went From Montevideo to Buenos Aires By Boat

If you’re thinking about traveling to Buenos Aires from Montevideo, it’s worth it to know about this chick in Uruguay real quick. Read PART ONE here before you proceed… TIME: I don't know PLACE: Buenos Aires, Argentina So I woke up at 5am and cleaned the Airbnb I was...

Epic Journey in South America, Part 1: Where’s The MAC-doh-NALDS?

The Epic Journey To South America Begins With Mac-Dohnalds. TIME: I don't know PLACE: Montevideo, Uruguay So I knew I had to catch the bus from the airport in Montevideo to where I was gonna meet Sofi, the girl I had a small love affair with in Madrid. We were gonna...

Traveling in Spain

DAY ONE I got off the plane at midnight and told the customs dude that I’d be in Spain for two weeks, but that was a lie. I’d be there for ten days, two weeks just sounded more official and I was terrified that he was gonna ask me if I’d ever been arrested or what...

Revenge Is A Dish Of Carrots

So the Aussie who nearly killed me in my sleep from part one of this story, he tells me one day that if you eat twelve carrots you get a disease called Carotitus (or some shit) and you turn orange. I told him that was the dumbest thing I ever heard. He told me he knew...