"Some days I'm more wolf than woman, and I'm still learning not to apologize for my wild"
Have you heard of Chiang Mai? Although the beaches are usually the main attraction in Thailand, Chiang Mai is as lovely as the islands. Over there you find the best hostels, the best Thai food, and the best vegan food in Southeast Asia (ok, maybe tied with Balinese cafés). Because of that, Chiang Mai became […]
The decision of traveling the world and becoming vegan occurred to me almost at the same time. A stronger connection to nature and a study about the vegan diet made me decide to stop eating fish (I was a pescetarian) and become 100% vegan a couple months before hitting the road. However, planning the trip […]
Hong Kong wasn’t in my itinerary at all and I ended up there by accident (or fate). I had no idea this beautiful city would turn out to be one of my favorite destinations in the world. So, after it did, I decided to convince as many people as I could to visit and experience […]
It was a dream to visit the Philippines, so my expectations couldn’t be any higher. I knew traveling alone there wouldn’t be as easy as it was in Thailand, but that did not prevent a deep feeling of frustration after my first impressions. I even texted my family telling how scared I was and how […]
Aristotle once taught that our consciousness is born as a tabula rasa, which in Latin means something close to a “blank page”, in which we then write all of the things we will later assimilate as a part of us. This metaphor gives light to a very important question: which of our attributes are we born […]
My first experience traveling with friends was on a school excursion to an amusement park in São Paulo, when I was 11. The trip consisted of a bunch of kids in a bus eating Cheetos and singing songs. I had a similar experience 4 years later when I traveled with hundreds of kids to Disney […]
When you first think about why would someone just leave everything behind and go live in a completely different culture, the answer would probably involve an epiphany or just someone who is tired of their day to day life. However, living abroad is something that everyone should experience. Even the ones who are extremely content […]
Since I first imagined this project and blog, it was hard to figure how to begin. I only knew that more than a travel diary of a solo female traveler, I wanted to initiate a dialogue, with myself and with the world. Dialogues between strangers usually start in an uncomfortable way, when the involved still […]