This was my first time in South Korea so I wanted visit some touristy spots like Busan and off the beaten path locations like Jeju Island.
I spent 3 weeks backpacking around Sri Lanka in January 2024 because I found a cheap flight there after visiting Nepal. Sri Lanka was never really on my radar before then but this tiny teardrop shaped country SHOULD be on everyone’s radar! Sri Lanka is known for its beautiful beaches, tea plantations, and safaris.
If you’re looking to trek the Caucuses, this is the ultimate guide to Georgia and trekking.
I visited the Azores for the first time this April from Madrid and fell in love with the island of Sao Miguel. People from the U.S. love to describe the Azores or Madeira as the “Hawai’i of Europe” but the island is truly stunning and unlike anywhere I’ve been before. It doesn’t hurt that this island is fairly “undiscovered” (not to sound like Christopher Columbus) but I was impressed by how small the crowds were! There are so many reasons to visit the Azores right now and that’s just one of them.
Colombia was one of my favorite countries to figure out while backpacking. I spent a month and a half there in January – February 2022 for a total of 44 days. There are an endless amount of things to do in Colombia from beautiful beaches to hikes and deserts and islands. I started in Medellin and bused down to the Coffee Triangle and visited Salento (which is the town that inspired Encanto!) and Jardin, and then back to Guatape, and flew to Cartagena, and explored all along the northern coast such as Isla Rosario, Taganga, Santa Marta, into the La Guajira desert and back.
This post contains affiliate links. Visiting Machu Picchu is a dream for most people as it’s 1 of the 7 World Wonders. Trekking Machu Picchu was one of the hardest and most rewarding things I’ve ever done through the Salkantay Trek. The Inca Trail used to be the most popular trek to get to Machu…
If you haven’t heard of Salento, you will now. I went as a solo female traveler and made amazing friends and loved my experience. It’s a beautiful town in the coffee triangle in Colombia and very close to Cocora Valley where the world’s tallest palm trees are. It is also the place that the Disney…
