Alyssa Ramos of @MyLifesATravelMovie is one of the original Solo Female Travel Blogger/influencers for 11+ years! She's been to 140+ Countries, all 7 Continents, 7 World Wonders, 7 Wonders of Nature, and has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and Everest Basecamp!
Alyssa is also the original creator of Influencer-Hosted Group Trips, and hosts 4-5 adventures per year to unique, remote, and stereotypical "dangerous" places. Tap the Group Trips tab to learn more!
After being fully nomadic for 8 years, she now owns an apartment in Tulum and lives part time in Italy with her fiance.
My mom and I are basically living proof that the wanderlust travel gene exists, except for one minor difference; I tend to travel and do things as dangerously as possible. I don’t do it on purpose, but I mean, if there’s a cliff to be climbed or waterfall to jump off of…it’s going to happen. To be fair, her travels in the pre-cell...
by Alyssa Ramos Wellp. Since soon pretty much anyone is going to be able to go to Cuba now that flights are open and talk of a ferry is happening, you might want to avoid the mobs of tourists in Havana, where most of the touristic activities take place. Havana is great and all to experience, but you’ll see what I mean when you get to Havana Vieja and there are...
by Alyssa Ramos Sometimes my head is so far in the wanderlust clouds that all I can think about is where I’m going to travel to next, and forget to appreciate all of the places I’ve already been to! There have been places (and moments) I’ve loved…and some serious travel fails that I’ve learned from. So in honor and in gratitude of the...
by Alyssa Ramos Even though I’m a compulsive travel researcher, there were definitely a few things I learned about traveling to Cuba when I got there that I couldn’t find on the web. Unfortunately, most of them were learned from my own travel fails, but luckily at least now you can avoid them! Traveling to Cuba is different than many places because...
by Alyssa Ramos If you don’t already know what “Hablo español, pero muy poco” means, we’re in some real trouble. Luckily this is a little cheat sheet for you to take to Cuba, where NO ONE speaks English, or any other Spanish speaking country! Here are the phrases I used the most while I was there: Greetings/Intros “Hablo español, pero...
No, you can't "just go" to Cuba now, you still need to apply for, qualify for, and pay for a specific visa/reason for traveling to Cuba. Here's sneaky ways how.
By Alyssa Ramos (Note: Sorry if these posts seem rushed or have any errors or missing links – I only get one hour of wifi per day in Cuba!) Sometimes doing your research really pays off. While brushing up on my extremely rusty history of the Revolucion, and gawking at photos of Che on the flight to Cuba, something stuck out to me that no one had mentioned while...
All of the younger locals I’ve talked to have all recommended two places to go to at night – Casa de la Musica, or Fabrica de Arte. Some people will also recommend the Malicón at night, but it’s mostly for locals who go there to sit, talk, make out, etc., and unless you have a romantic partner to sit there and smooch with sans cell phone…it...
It’s pretty incredible that I still have family living in Cuba, and even more incredible that I have the opportunity to not only visit them for the first time, but to see where my grandparents grew up as well. I found a journal written by my grandmother after she died about 4 years ago that she wrote in 1992, describing where she was born, grew up, and what...
Some more photos from scouting locations for the editorial shoot in Centro Habana. Lots of beautiful architecture and beautiful buildings and cars! Still feeling hostility from the people who don’t seem to like “tourists” taking photos of where they live (I don’t blame them) and being here in general. Most don’t warm up until I...