Juan Pablo Villarinowas born in Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1978. He studied psychology at the National Universityof Mar del Plata. He is a writer, journalistand photographer.Since 2005, he has thumbed his way aroundthe world in order to portray the everydaylife and hospitality of the communities hevisits. For twenty-seven months, beginningin Ireland and ending in Thailand, he took onthe challenge of travelling through the countriesknown as “The Axis of Evil” with the aimof bringing back a more human image of anarea which has been demonised in Westerneyes. Juan is a correspondent of Spanish National Geographic and writes for news papers and magazines all over the world. Histravel blog shows a marked tendency towardsthe positioning of non-traditional destinations,to which end he is invited by tourismauthorities from a variety of countries.He is a founder of the Nomad Educational Project which organises educative talks in schools, universities and neighbourhoods toengender intercultural understanding.