Paul Salopek discusses his 7-year-long conversation with strangers
Paul Salopek has walked nearly six-thousand kilometres in a trek that is following the migration patterns of our earliest ancestors. It's a journalistic effort that reveals places and people others miss in their haste to meet a deadline. We've been following Paul's journey and check-in for an update.


"I am engaged, not just in a walk for the next seven, eight, nine years. I'm engaged in a seven, eight, nine year long conversation with total strangers."- Paul Salopek on epic walking journey


Out of Eden Walk: Dispatches from the field from Paul Salopek
It began three years ago in Ethiopia. It's set to end four years from now at the southern tip of South America. So far, Paul Salopek has walked nearly 6,000 kilometres.

We've been checking in with him each year around this time, as part of our occasional series Eye on the Media.
Today, Paul Salopek joined Anna Maria from Baku, Azerbaijan.

This segment was produced by The Current's Liz Hoath.