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a home for wanderers, risk takers and trailblazers

No Maps or Foot Tracks is not your typical travel blog. On these pages, it’s all about embracing the destination-less journey, tuning inward as you go outward, and leaving room for chance encounters, unexpected detours, and adventure to find you. You know, the stuff of the best travel tales.

You’ll find curated travel guides and personal narratives from my own open-ended wanderings. Consider all of it a launchpad, a “start here” so to speak, for your own heart wide open, intuition-led trust fall of a journey through the places and spaces I’ve been wandering just a few steps ahead of you.

Here, we leave the maps at home and forge our own footsteps.

New Surf Series

Since early 2023, I’ve been learning to surf around the world. In this new series, I’m sharing that story, destination by destination, alongside the full rundown of the surf camps, surf coaches, surf lodging, and board rental shops that have played a part in the story.

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Amber Dunlap

No Maps or Foot Tracks is written by me - Amber Dunlap. I’m a travel writer & blogger originally from the United States. Currently taking a breather from travel at home. Next Trip: February 2025.

Follow the adventure in real time. I’m @nomapsamber on Instagram.

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Travel Guides

  • Oaxaca, Mexico

    A crossroads of ancient culture, mouthwatering cuisine, the great outdoors, and deeply rooted spiritual undertones, Oaxaca will enchant you.

  • Cartagena, Colombia

    A feast for the senses under the sweltering Caribbean sun, Cartagena is an unforgettable destination if you but look past its made-for-tourism facade.

  • Costa Rica

    Known for its nature and pura vida lifestyle, Costa Rica’s people and places will reframe your lens on life and leave you appreciating even the little things.

  • Nicaragua

    With a tropical disposition and refreshing authenticity, Nicaragua’s the sort of place that makes you feel part of it just because you’re there.

Find me on Instagram

@nomapsamber