The Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia are seriously something you need to check out at least once in your life, if only for the awesome photos you can take there!
The Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia are seriously something you need to check out at least once in your life, if only for the awesome photos you can take there!
While planning my trip to Peru to hike the Inca Tail to Machu Picchu, I got sidetracked by these beautiful pictures of hexagon-shaped white plates that covered the ground for miles nearby in Bolivia. Maybe you’ve heard of this intriguing place, it’s called the Uyuni Salt Flats, or for some, the Bolivia Salt Flats. Excited that I’d be nearby (or so...
In 2014 I traveled solo for the first time, and decided that traveling the world was all I wanted to do. In 2015 I cut ties with anything holding me back, said f*ck it, worked my ass off, and made it to 10 countries in just one year. But counting countries was definitely not what my goal was. My goal was to really experience new things, and push myself to conquer...
Getting a good airline is a huge hit or miss, But right now it’s JetBlue that I could metaphorically kiss. My red-eye was cancelled and most people were mad, But since I didn’t want to leave Peru yet, I was far from sad. Sure, it was Christmas, in just five short days, But after how long it took me to get there, I wasn’t ready to part ways. So...
One major fail I always have when booking last minute adventures, is forgetting to look up if the place I want to go to has any restrictions or requirements for entry. That being said, I found myself extremely unprepared for my little random adventure to Bolivia after hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. I had planned on taking the overnight Bolivia Hop bus...
I’ll admit, I look like I belong at the beach in Malibu rather than in a tent on a mountain in Peru. But crushing challenges and stereotypes just so happens to be one of my favorite things to do, so guess what my brain thought when I heard about the Inca Trail hike? Oh, there’s a more difficult way to get to Machu Picchu than taking a bus and a train? Sign me up...
I’ll be honest. I never did well in history class (AKA failed) which is why I didn’t know much about the Inca Trail when I was planning my trip to Peru to finally see Machu Picchu. Initially I was going to just take the bus from Cusco to Aguas Calientes and then the train that goes up to the ticketing area of Machu Picchu, because I thought that’s just how you do it...
Machu Picchu usually tops EVERYONE’s bucketlist, but trust me when I say, the BEST way to experience it is by doing the 4 day Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu! Ancient ruins always frustrate me. I like to know everything, so when I see something so mind-boggling that people think aliens helped build it, my brain goes into a frenzy trying to figure out how...
Flying over the beginning flecks of islands amongst the clear blue ocean, darkened and lightened with depth, I was reminded of images I’ve seen in my undergrad ecology class textbooks. Darwin’s famed Galapagos Islands, whose contribution to evolutionary advances seemed almost mythical when studied in college, was now about to be a real experience. Getting to...
Winter usually means cold weather for many people, but don’t forget that half of the world is in the opposite season! Well, technically even for some people in the U.S. like me, who live in year-round sunshine and warmth! But while many people flock away from the cold to warmer destination in the winter, I like to flock to the snow since I never get to have a...
