The GOGO Journal
Field notes, photographs, and reports from our ongoing exploration of Brazil’s Serra do Espinhaço
Field Trip no. 13
July 2026
Field notes and photographs from five weeks on the road and trail, including an 11-day trek with a pair of intrepid teenagers (our sons).
Coming soon →
The Great 2026
Winter Festa Tour
June 2026
Field notes and photographs from a season of non-stop celebration in the Espinhaço backcountry.
Travels
with Ade
April 2026
15 wildly fun and unpredictable days across the Espinhaço with Valencian free spirit Adelaida.
An Expedition
with Greg
March 2026
13 days of medicinal plants, neon green landscapes, and (very) bad roads with American ecologist Greg Hocutt.
Field Trip
No. 12
December 2025
20 days of new trails, old friends, and epic campsites with the Espinhaço’s most renown teen explorer—our son, Tiago.
The Audacity of Stories
May 2025
Part 1 of an ongoing meditation about travel, the gift of go, and Gift of Go.
Adventures w Adriano
December 2024
10 lush mid-October days of trekking, healing, and “aventura total” in the range with Brazilian adventurer Adriano Rizzardo.
Interview with Márcio
November 2024
Explorer & journalist Márcio Bortolusso looks back on his trip with GOGO in 2022. “It was one of the most magical trips of my life.”
GOGO + C&TH
June 2024
Excerpts from GOGO Co-Founder Eddie Lott’s recent Q&A with British luxury publication Country & Town House.
The FT Expedition
April 2024
Field notes, photographs & musings from our exclusive 14-day crossing of the Espinhaço with Paul Richardson of Financial Times.
Field Trip No. 10
March 2024
Captures & musings from ten (very) wet & wild days in, around, and across enigmatic, glorious Sempre Vivas National Park.
Field Trip No. 8
January 2024
Field notes & photographs from a recent 15-day exploration in preparation for a pair of crossings with journalists.
Giving by Going
November 2023
A Thanksgiving reflection on the power of community, and on the process of becoming something greater.
The Back Nine
July 2023
Light-hearted captures from a life-affirming 12-day walkabout along some of the lesser known paths of the Serra do Espinhaço.
TVSAO
October 2022
Excerpts & deep cuts from GOGO Co-Founder Eddie Lott’s photo journal chronicling the Serra do Espinhaço & its inhabitants.
Field Trip No. 2
July 2022
Photographs & musings from our second multi-week crossing of the Espinhaço: a 31-day trek in with Brazilian explorer Márcio Bortolusso.
The Book of Go
April 2022
A meditation on authenticity, adventure, immersion, luxury, community, and the transformational power of travel.
Coming Soon
Field Trip No. 1
December 2021
An illustrated retrospective by GOGO Co-Founder Elisa Oliveira about the 28-day trek that changed it all.
Ilha Grande
September 2021
Photographs & deep thoughts from a pair of expeditions to Ilha Grande & the surrounding coastline in 2020-21.
Neil’s Journey
July 2020
A traveler looks back on his 35-day Journey across São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Bahia with Eddie in 2018.
Cam’s Journey
February 2020
An American photographer recounts his 29-day Journey across southeastern Brazil with Eddie in 2018.