Category Archives: Travel Stories

I spoke at my alma mater’s graduation and here’s my speech: you can be whoever you want to be

Last Friday (01 April), I spoke at my elementary school’s graduation and it was one...

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Defining “the one that got away” when traveling

We’re back to this crossroad. For the past 2 years, I haven’t really written anything...

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The truth about traveling that nobody talks about

I knew it would cost around $1,000 – $2,000 USD but I still opened my...

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The many times Latin America treated me differently because I am a woman

The more I stay here, the more I understand my feministic level of thinking. And...

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Before I ditched my job to travel the world, I was her

I was told by my writing mentors that, in order for your blog readers to...

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First week of teaching English in Argentina

Before arriving Cordoba, I’ve been told by the children’s mother that I should never speak...

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Experience

I grew up playing football and going to the World Cup has always been my dream....

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Hostel life: the good, the bad and the ugly

We usually call it “staff dorm” because even if you’re just a volunteer, you will...

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7 reflections from traveling South America by bus

For the first time in my life, while on the bus to Peru from Ecuador,...

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My family stay experience in Pouso Alegre, Brazil

At a very strange time in my life, I found myself in Brazil, low as...

The day I left home to travel the world

Shoot, this is it! I am leaving home to travel the world at 19 years old. But...

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