Past Writers...

Carlos Esteban is a Spanish biochemist currently based in London. Carlos has helped Hosteltrail a great deal by translating much of the Venezuela section.

Brad Sedal is a well-travelled Kiwi who has visited many of the top sights in South America and kindly agreed to share his travels with HostelTrail.com

Roberto Ferraris is a Italian traveller with a particular love for Argentina. He helped us improve our Argentina section by contributing tips and photos.

Francisco Talavera was born in Mexico and raised in the United States. As he travelled through Central and South America, he was able to give us a unique insight into the continent!

Matthew & Nina Horn are a young married couple from Oregon who helped hosteltrail tremendously by adding to the Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia sections of the site.

Levi Bridges from the US state of Maine has been fascinated with Latin America since his first trip at age 18. Levi lent a hand with some of the Venezuela section as well as parts of Mexico too.

Gill Sassi is a personal trainer from London who passed through our doors in 2008 and offered his services in updating the Colombia section of the website.

James and Steph are a couple of Londoners with a passion for travel. During their 7 month trip they helped us add dozens of new hostels to the website.
Catherine Baker is a Londoner who has travelled extensively in Africa, Thailand and Australia and has helped us in our preparation for the new Central America section.

Nara Vidal is a native Brazilian currently living in London. Having travelled extensively in Brazil, Nara kindly offered her knowledge on travelling there.

Brett Moreton, a Manchester University graduate and passionate rugby fan helped us with our Brazil and Argentina section during his 3 month trip to South America.

John Wulkan was born in the US but spent a great deal of time in Ecuador. As such, he was able to assist us with translations as well as contributing miscellaneous information.

Richard McColl is a freelance writer from London who now owns a backpacker hostel in Mompox, Colombia. Richard has helped out with some of the more adventurous destinations.

Caston Richards is a young Canadian traveller who took his first steps in Latin America in 2007 and kindly helped out HostelTrail in the early days of our Central America section.

Sandra del Castillo is a Colombia lawyer who helped us a great deal in translating much of the Colombia section of HostelTrail.

Mark and Kim are two Dutch experts in budget travel who created the barebones of the Central America Section for HostelTrail.