There’s just a few hours left of the year 2016 here on the East Coast of the United States and, before the clock strikes midnight, it’s time for a reflection. As I prepare to write this, 2016 doesn’t feel like it was a big year of travel for me. Perhaps no year will ever feel like … [Read more…]
A biting wind sweeps through the desert, kicking up clouds of sand that swarm around me. A single grain of earth may not hold much power, but, flung in unity, the course grains slash against my exposed skin, cutting with a force that I imagine mimics shards of glass. My legs sting. As the wind comes to … [Read more…]
The languid ripples of Laguna Cejar tiptoe to shore and gently retreat, leaving in their wake wisps of salty foam that rest on the sand like piles of cotton candy, frothy and white. Caramel waters ebb into turquoise and then a deeper blue, colors made more brilliant by the pearly strand of earth that circles the lake and … [Read more…]
After a week of 3:30 a.m. wake ups and late nights during a whirlwind trip to South America I couldn’t summon the energy to rise again at this hour to do what most people do when they visit San Pedro de Atacama – take a sunrise tour of the El Tatio Geysers. The dama who owns … [Read more…]
I was hired for my current job in Los Angeles at 1 p.m. on a Friday the day after I flew back to the states after finishing my 18-month contract in the rainforest of Costa Rica. At 9 p.m. that very night I flew to Santiago, Chile. Praying this position, my “dream job” in travel … [Read more…]
I returned to Los Angeles yesterday after a whirlwind business trip to South America (with a few adventures squeezed in of course) and my heart is aflutter with a renewed passion for the magic that is Latin America. Taking a trip to South or Central America can transport you to some of the loveliest natural beauty in … [Read more…]
Straddling Argentina and Chile, Patagonia is a picturesque land of mountain ranges and glacial fjords that sweeps across the southernmost portion of South America. Follow along Brittany from Boston on her adventures with solo travel in Patagonia in today’s Women Who Travel Solo.
Baby I would climb the Andes solely to count the freckles on your body Standing atop a narrow, concrete pylon, look out across the El Yeso Reservoir, Shakira’s lyrics blast through my mind, their invisible sound the only interruption to the unceasing panorama before me. The water is a brilliant shade of blue I’ve never … [Read more…]
On a sunny morning in Santiago, Chile, I walk through the tranquil streets of Providencia. Autumn has just started in South America but it still feels like a summer morning. Soft sunlight pours through the dense green leaves on the trees that line the neighborhood’s walks. I turn a corner and continue on down Condell … [Read more…]