In 2006, SATW award-winning freelance travel journalist Karen Catchpole left her job and apartment in New York City and embarked on the ongoing Trans-Americas Journey, a working road trip through North, Central, and South America. She freelances from the road for outlets including Travel + Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, Afar, Departures, American Way, Hemispheres, Delta Sky, the Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune, BBC Travel, CNN Travel, RoadsandKingdoms.com, and other outlets. Follow along on the Trans-Americas Journey travel blog http://trans-americas.com/blog/ as her little road trip continues through South America.