The air changes before the town even comes into view. Driving from the profound, sun-baked stillness of Barichara, you feel a shift in the atmosphere. The energy becomes kinetic. You start to see them: pickup…
View Post
The claim hangs in the air, heavy with expectation. “The most beautiful town in Colombia.” It’s a title you hear whispered among seasoned travellers, a phrase stamped onto blog posts with an air of finality.…
View Post
For sixteen months, it was my secret. When other travellers and digital nomads would ask where I was living in Colombia, their faces would register a polite confusion when I answered. “Bucaramanga? Why there?” They…
View Post
Some moments cleave time in two: the before, and the after. For Jamaica, that moment arrived on October 28, 2025. A Story of Jamaica After Hurricane Melissa. Before, there was the Jamaica the world knows…
View Post
The first time I told someone I was planning a long-term solo trip, their eyes widened. “But… is that safe?” The question hung in the air, a cocktail of genuine concern and conditioned fear. It’s a…
View Post
The world went sideways on a tiled floor in a small, humid apartment thousands of miles from home. One minute, I was celebrating a successful week of exploration with a delicious-looking plate of street food.…
View Post
The first time I came to Medellín, I did what almost everyone does: I booked a sleek, modern Airbnb in the heart of El Poblado. It was easy. It was convenient. From my balcony, I…
View Post
The first time I flew into Medellín, I saw it as it’s meant to be seen: at night. As the plane descended through the clouds, the Aburrá Valley opened up below, a breathtaking bowl of…
View Post
Travel is a promise. It’s a whispered agreement we make with ourselves to step out of the familiar and into the unknown. But in our hyper-documented, checklist-driven world, it’s easy to mistake the act of going somewhere…
View Post
The other day, I was digging through a box of old notebooks, looking for something I could no longer remember. My fingers brushed against the worn, faux-leather cover of a journal I hadn’t seen in…
View Post
There’s a feeling you get in the Nordic countries that you don’t find anywhere else on Earth. It’s in the particular silence of a snow-covered Finnish forest, the impossibly long summer twilight that paints the…
View Post
