With over a decade and a half of experience, Erik Trinidad has traveled through the seven continents to seventy countries (and counting) with a passion for adventure and curiosity for peculiar foods. As a writer, blogger, video host and producer that integrates adventure travel, scientific experiments, and offbeat cuisine, he has been featured on Discovery.com, Saveur, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, and The Huffington Post — in addition to being a regular Contributing Writer to National Geographic's award-winning Intelligent Travel blog.

   His short story “Disbelief of Wonder” appears in the best-of-travel-humor anthology, Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why, while his tale of survival on the Everest Trail, “Along the Trail of Brotherhood,” was awarded the Adventure Travel Silver Certificate in the second annual Solas Awards (an yearly competition held by publisher Travelers' Tales to honor excellence in travel writing). His travel content, including his critically-acclaimed travel blog, has been consolidated on his travel website, TheGlobalTrip.com, while his entire writing and producing experience is cataloged at ErikTrinidad.com.