https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog daily 0.75 2022-12-13 https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/from-the-river-to-the-sea monthly 0.5 2023-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/db515495-ffee-4402-b01f-d060619b7b4d/IMG_2896+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Murals on the separation wall of Iyad Hallaq and Leila Khaled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/f50c000d-7f5a-4f39-9eb9-52c32ea5bf94/IMG_2853+Large.jpg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Bethlehem, West Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/6eeafc5f-c61b-431c-806b-ce0d31dd0d86/IMG_2825+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Israeli-owned app Waze alerts you of “danger” the moment you cross into the West Bank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/98cf7f3e-fd95-4ea3-8952-e5f0957dd15d/IMG_2873+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/2e33b7ac-e0a0-4439-8235-8b5bfbefe90d/IMG_2807+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out View of East Jerusalem from the sacred, 500-year-old Jewish Cemetery. From the viewpoint below, a sign describes the desecration of graves while East Jerusalem was under Jordanian rule. The sign does not say, “Meanwhile, we were bulldozing the sacred, 1400-year-old Muslim Mamilla Cemetery in West Jerusalem so we could turn it into a parking lot, public bathroom, and—hear us out—Museum of Tolerance.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/bc73d294-da0a-4208-9676-922f32f8245e/wall.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/3557c7e1-f474-4547-89e8-6633fda515c3/IMG_2792+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Separation Wall in Jerusalem, aka the Apartheid Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/99cf0293-b783-479c-937d-ec387329e2f2/gethsemane.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Garden of Gethsemane. No, I’m not religious, and yes, I ugly sobbed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/8136ad93-1367-4667-8da1-5cb32124a6a9/IMG_2810+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out The tax-paying Palestinian citizens of Israel in the walled-off Shu’fat neighborhood of Jerusalem do not receive, among countless other available amenities, any garbage removal service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/3f9ec968-c35a-4844-9a6e-1b54038fbf43/IMG_2881+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out More Apartheid Wall art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/88d689d9-5c70-4376-9c99-f6fc2ed88141/IMG_2823+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Another giant Banksy in the West Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/303c4e30-b631-4997-b524-2b298a47bb4d/IMG_2849+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out Banksy’s Armoured Dove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/bada6266-1625-4717-b618-378780573b96/IMG_2799+Large.jpeg Archive - From the River to the Sea - Make it stand out If you’re in East Jerusalem, you’re on camera. https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/pride-parasites-poison monthly 0.5 2021-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1625509995651-Q6DPRXF6IW58KNQ1MAUJ/parisrevolution2020 Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Paris, January 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602511945243-Y4YBXBCVAUTIKR3ZO831/Hostal+Del+Lago+San+Marcos+Guatemala Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Looks great, tastes like E. coli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605366409908-DH77A5BQM1VQH3XZGVFK/Scream+Oslo+Backpacking Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Not a splurge when they accept your faded, sketchy student ID. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1614535420141-9X4C9ASVYZS49GM1XHLC/Sign.jpg Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Volcan Poás, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602513379017-AR13XZM7XGJFW0CIAFO8/Backpacking+Copan+Ruinas Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison I spent only two days in Honduras, one of the most beautiful countries I’ve ever visited. 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Ego becomes irrelevant when your foreign language skills surpass the other person’s English. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602512739722-QL143UEVDPZ0Q6L84AQ3/Travel+Regrets+Expensive Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Thanks, Whole Foods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602364196666-UUIFHVGSZW45H8CG6H1B/Louvre.jpg Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Ah yes, the Louvre at night, where nice white boys go to roofie unsuspecting tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605196432912-Z2DOWRUHH7MQ9JPRIMWL/Backpacking+Travel+Regrets+Slovenia Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Slovenia’s Triglav Nation Park. Upon further reflection this wasn’t so bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605377953238-C9KFWBL993WOQNBVHFBX/Camino+de+Santiago+Regrets Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Me: tired, cute, and probably transporting a backpack full of bedbugs as I straddle the France/Spain border on El Camino de Santiago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602512197371-5UIR210RH0SL0USKQO1E/Backpacking+Ljubljana Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison Lovely view from the grass where I slept like a vagrant drunk in Ljubljana after our impromptu overnight bus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1625673716568-MVIJAA7TB768P0K2K4DM/Pride%2C+Parasites+%26+Poison Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602447856319-68GV0IB2WKRZASWT3VZR/Santa+Elena+Costa+Rica Archive - Pride, Parasites and Poison This perfectly marked trail in Santa Elena, Costa Rica inspired me to spend the next day hiking on an unmarked, unmaintained path in the middle of a jungle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1625511934993-BTZIH2X6Q5JXN7R1ZU4C/chemtrailsinparis Archive - 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How to Outrun a Black Hole My post-drug-induced psychosis (pre-COVID) office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1611791280858-P5CXN0MEPVDT5GKPQXJP/williamstown+kentucky Archive - How to Outrun a Black Hole Williamstown, Kentucky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602898924482-PRFTS8GLYYRL1FI7SE1M/Backpacking+Slovenia+Sober Archive - How to Outrun a Black Hole Rainy afternoon in Ljubljana brought to you by organic cigarette papers paired with cold brew in a wine glass. Because, you know. Harm Reduction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1612720272491-FT5P2QLLJOPUEEUH98DX/Guanajuato+Travel+Covid Archive - How to Outrun a Black Hole Guanajuato, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602791127511-PO3U9FQO9XISPHMEU8O6/Resilience Archive - How to Outrun a Black Hole Photo © 2019 Yarcenia Garcia https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/how-not-to-be-a-shitty-tourist-in-colombia monthly 0.5 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602872642049-NMZQGQG83AA188PV2G0J/Medellin+Comuna+13+Mural Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia Murals are regularly commissioned all over Medellín’s Comuna 13 as one of many rehabilitation projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605472895313-AOCSZ5PJ7ACIX80Q4Z61/Backpacking+Colombia+Gringo Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602515513374-IAQD2CDRUZRQF47STDT4/Backpacking+Medellin Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia View from the start of a free walking tour, moments after the tour guide cried about her family’s experience living through the drug-fueled violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602880036025-Z8PX9TUWXCIOV8LJVSOU/Medellin+Comuna+13+Real+City+Walking+Tour Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia Another mountain city perk? Modes of transportation: escalators, gondola lifts and slides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602881069884-1HBZUQ0OGV90Z9X9LZZG/Medellin+Bombing+Sculpture Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia Remnants of the deadly 1995 bombing of an iconic Boterismo sculpture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602966093748-1ISOMJX3OENO36GHMYDE/Metrocable+Medellin Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia Christmas lights view from the Medellín metrocable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602515636298-F2AY1W63E8LIHL8KRE23/Museo+Casa+de+las+Memorias Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia Museo Casa de la Memoria in Medellín. Some American dude obsessed with microdosing tried to turn our visit here into a date, but the museum has a Holocaust Memorial vibe so that didn’t work out too well for him. Probably the most impactful experience of my entire two weeks in the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602976328842-RW26QRGCLZEYPEEMI4XB/Medellin+Nature Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia One perk of a mountainous city like Medellín: the forest is only a quick metrocable ride away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602515337169-ZPZTQ8QQAROSW5Q05MOZ/Backpacking+Cartagena+Colombia Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia The maze of Cartagena’s Getsemaní neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602855923095-JCK7WPER931Z9W6HUWJI/Cartagena+Street+Art Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia Never once in Cartagena did I mind having to take ice cold showers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602966370897-FEVDS0N5XKI2GKY7S8ST/Cartagena+Food+Market Archive - How Not to Be a Shitty Tourist in Colombia Biggest highlight of Cartagena was the Mercado de Bazurto, a massive, nearly tourist-free market with the most delicious food I’d eaten in months of traveling. https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/solo-road-tripping-in-iceland monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139869665-YHEDKNW5VZNOU86U2WUQ/Eastern+Iceland+Solo+Road+Trip Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland An hour before driving into a snowstorm in eastern Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139692461-SO8LERWTLJRY9UE26QFS/Guide+to+Iceland+Road+Trip+October Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Picking up my rental car from the airport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139796177-GGKBZM4PEJMVCNCSTTZK/Iceland+Ominous Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Just constant beautiful ominousness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603140075935-66ZIKIB9GODV625A9JQ8/Iceland+Road+Trip+Safety+Tips Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Just one of many signs I recommend honoring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139565208-T1SERDVODKNNLN08YR02/Iceland+Solo+Road+Trip+Driving Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Taken from the inside of a moving vehicle. Bring a friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139750900-4O0BR0BBJHYYDS34O9O4/Iceland+Potholes+Road+Trip+Safety Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland A few days into the drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603138287965-XFWBZG4F2HGLDMVVIUO8/Diamond+Beach+Iceland+Dangerous Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland The famous and ever-changing Diamond Beach in southern Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605480078469-4J0SKCRC3MSM85TO02GT/What+to+know+before+solo+road+trip+Iceland Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603140110096-TTI7VEAUKDVGHLQ0KDRM/Iceland+Solo+Road+Trip+Autumn+Backpacking Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland A deceptive spring-like day…but without the sight of butterflies or the sounds of birds because hahaha what did you think fauna could survive here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139244188-TPDH4T6IM0LXHDWLJRLG/Iceland+Road+Trip+Dangerous Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland One of the many eerie sights I passed on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139413558-KYWZ37RRA7P066OIP5L9/Iceland+Road+Trip+October Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland 9:43 AM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603138383078-355MXPZGMHKZETO9NMOM/Diamond+Beach+Iceland+Windy Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Me, after ten minutes at Diamond Beach, having just sprinted back to the car while screaming, out of breath and wind-burnt. Note my wet hair. It wasn’t raining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139927331-H2W4UTZ9E1A01WC85E0S/Western+Iceland+Moss+Lava+Waterfall Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Expectation: Independent, one with nature, and utterly alone in the arctic tundra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139386415-EUR5G701I930KC1G8D6H/Iceland+Road+Trip+Autumn Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland 9:03 AM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139520063-UHO92BNC98EFVOD24GFR/Iceland+Road+Trip+Ice+Driving Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Results of an overnight frost at Dettifoss in northeast Iceland. Beautiful and menacing, much like the rest of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139988212-80MB0S4VO03OXFAU3VFG/Iceland+Road+Trip+Expectation+Reality Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Reality: Everyone else stopping on the side of the road with the same idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603140179984-ZL0NOIKBZPNA90VDVY4G/Iceland+Aliens Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Aliens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603138253370-68TCNNNFNVGED6GT9518/Iceland+Dangerous+Road+Trip Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139477221-LZ47M8F7B67U5QQIS1RH/Children%27s+Waterfall+Iceland+Dangerous Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland “Children’s Waterfall” in western Iceland, where—according to local legend— two children drowned Christmas morning in the early 1900s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139442900-JIYQQF39OV9WNPFN6ZS8/Ring+Road+Iceland+Road+Trip Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland A map of Iceland’s Ring Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603139619637-UUJY34G11EV1PKHECVZV/Secret+Lagoon+Road+Trip+Iceland+Safe Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland Splurged for the Secret Lagoon—like the Blue Lagoon but way less touristy and actually natural. But also don’t go in the waterhole pictured or you’ll boil to death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603140018303-T72RWFGR1G0NVQ6OR2JX/Dettifoss+Photography+Iceland+Overnight+Frost Archive - 13 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Solo Road Tripping in Iceland The icy beauty of Dettifoss. Not slipping became the primary concern for me and all the other tourists nearby. Oh, and getting here I nearly drove off a cliff. https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/travel-tips-for-first-time-backpackers monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603314208375-RGAIAXPCSU71T1ECW81P/Backpacking+Istanbul+First+Time+Tips Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers Istanbul’s Spice Bazaar: a pickpocket’s dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603314045041-FQBUC89TFE4OQ2HNRHVX/Backpacking+Guatemala+Myths+Travel+Tips Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers Le Petit Prince festival in Antigua, Guatemala: After seeing so many people get pickpocketed in Europe, I may have been overly cautious here by keeping my phone and wallet in my bra at this wholesome family event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603312138472-LRU2J339VN26ELRTSPIB/Iceland+Reykjavik+Backpacking+Tips Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers View from my first Icelandic nap after a brutal red-eye flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603314617263-VZJHFVEH0S7I62IYVN9H/Rookie+Mistakes+Backpacking+Barcelona Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers Sure, it looks beautiful, but keep your valuables close by while exploring Barcelona’s iconic cathedral, La Sagrada Família. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603313371343-67AKLAXC4B7AC43NVUZG/First+Time+Backpacking+Iceland+Tips Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers Oh, Iceland. Even your money is beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605479863300-LH7RQH3TJN2J1SZSP76C/Travel+tips+for+first+time+backpackers Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603313840767-1U2ZGENOQZUYTL8C3TB5/Rookie+Backpacking+Mistakes+Money+Belt Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers Leaving for the airport on my second solo backpacking trip: older, wiser, and without a visible money belt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603314337423-OYEOYBG8CGXFG6GBX2TN/Obvious+Tourist+Backpacker Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers Dressed like an obvious tourist in Versailles, made even worse by a Le Petit Prince tote. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603313506547-UZ16BITZ3HY49ADCSXVA/Rookie+Backpacking+Mistakes+Adventure+Confessions Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers My first solo adventure abroad…complete with money belt on the OUTSIDE OF MY SHIRT. (RIP Notre Dame) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603312878240-FB3X4QUCHUE2RTEOEUGK/Travel+tips+for+first-time+backpackers+adventure+confessions Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers On my way to pay an American hospital $2000 to let me pee in a cup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603314446283-E0JM359GAPWDQ2059782/First+Time+Backpacking+Tips+Haggle Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers I knew I’d come a long way from my baby backpacker days when I easily negotiated a lower price to climb the belfry of this cathedral in Granada, Nicaragua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603313118957-76G4VOUEJR3TG18DCW0Q/Backpacking+Sumpango+Guatemala Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers The famous kite festival in Sumpango, Guatemala for El Día de Todos los Santos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603312716619-NYP4EZ4P3HGNQ9KRKB2P/FaceAtitlan.jpg Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers Ah, Lake Atitlán: majestic, serene, and teeming with parasites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603312360294-8L1I1YOUCDU4VOT2RDH9/Acatenango+Summit+Backpacking+Tips Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers Unbeknownst to me, I took this photo from the summit of an active volcano. One of many reasons to read the fine print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603313700530-FO1N1O0JZ5HEFXCRNER3/First+Time+Backpacking+Costa+Rica+Tips Archive - Travel Tips for First-Time Backpackers My first few solo excursions often felt like standing on the edge of this bridge on the Río Tarcoles in Costa Rica. https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/vienna monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1597433999940-7J8NJ6AC5C86I91UWXHH/IMG_1338.jpeg Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me Obviously the spitting image of Adele Block-Bauer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603814124854-RACY59IJMDQR37GHJZZO/Backpacking+Vienna+The+Kiss Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me In the flesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603814282147-Q59BVVI1MJ0OGSPB0BVT/Klosterneuburg+Abbey+Backpacking+Outside+Vienna Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me Heading into the Klosterneuburg Abbey, a massive 12th century monastery a short train ride outside Vienna at the edge of the Vienna Woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603813223975-UF8SBIVTG1NC7FBU1U1F/Karlskirche+Backpacking+Vienna Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me The beautiful baroque Karlskirche, located in the center of the city and one of our cheapest excursion (4€ with sketchily-faded student ID) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603813026885-398WHBE1HB4XW1CZPQTW/Backpacking+Vienna+Pros+Cons Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me The Botanical Garden at the University of Vienna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603813056806-6F2M9TAVBGLT35ER573S/Backpacking+Vienna+Woods Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me Happily lost in the Vienna Woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603814314534-BBTD3GJPKPJY438JTMAK/Vienna+Hot+Chocolate+Backpacking Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me My second round https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603813853318-0ZW2CSQIS1RTVHNLCECW/Backpacking+Vienna+Broke Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me Clearly the education system failed me because I didn’t find it worth my time or money to go inside the HOFBURG PALACE ARE YOU KIDDING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603814245618-1QP178OAC9R5F83IPOY4/Vienna+Broke+Tourist Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me It’s hard not to get swept up in the romance of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603814470240-0LRHNHYJ9IF4T09YVDDY/Broke+Backpacking+Vienna+Food Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me Classic pairing: a warm cup of goulash and a mountain of spätzle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605721655685-TAEVTCPV052I5J2FU5PN/Vienna+not+worth+it Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603813138594-DTLFKRDAPKHOXRX4LBWN/Backpacking+Vienna+Cathedral Archive - Why Vienna Didn't Do It for Me St Stephen’s Cathedral—one of the few free sights in Vienna. https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/10-worst-things-about-backpacking-solo monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603817127874-M1RLNM5E54BBNQP4G55U/Worst+Things+About+Backpacking+Solo Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo Athens all to my lonely self https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603817743414-AVK9Y8ULWQRJA3Y5GT41/Solo+Road+Trip+Backpacking+Iceland Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo Just me, on a solo road trip, surrounded by people on their honeymoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603817610731-9C0811D2IN1KNQB9UBKD/Red+Eye+Backpacking+Solo Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo View from my makeshift bed in Reykjavík https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605478594956-CUCOYW88HOXN07I8DYWI/10+worst+things+about+backpacking+solo Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603817237563-631NONEZ1HKC6QMAJ36D/Worst+Things+About+Solo+Road+Trip Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo View from my solo road trip in Iceland. I took 2,549 photos that week, most of them while crying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603817547677-GVZHXFHJPKZ8N9DYUJRQ/Backpacking+Solo+Auschwitz Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo Took this while along the train tracks from Auschwitz to Birkenau outside Krakow, Poland. Spending an entire day wandering the concentration camps alone is definitely not something I’d recommend for anyone who isn’t a sociopath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1579043303440-VM4QFYGI5XXIOFQMU99T/IMG_5678.jpeg Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo A melt-in-your-mouth lunch all to myself among the chaos of Istanbul’s Spice Bazaar…for $2.50. Solo travel isn’t all bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603817467964-Y8CAMS7PRWAQYD7A1GRF/Volcano+Acatenango+Backpacking+Guatemala+Solo Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo No one to cuddle (re: claw in terror) while watching Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego on a freezing cold mountaintop. Such a hard life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603817676829-FDAF7I9I75Q11C1JHPRA/Lost+in+the+Costa+Rican+Jungle+Solo+Backpacking Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo Too bad I didn’t get to go down to the water on my beautiful solo hike because I got LOST IN THE COSTA RICAN JUNGLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603817640850-98P21MW5RI8GDBAL5WTO/Svartifoss+Solo+Backpacking+Iceland Archive - The 10 Worst Things About Backpacking Solo A sweet, old Italian man doing his best at Svartifoss in Iceland https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/one-month-in-montreal monthly 0.5 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897746060-PRJ6L7XO77WL7NJO1KIF/Leah+Sanginiti Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal One of a thousand pictures of me in this exact spot over the course of a month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603896866756-LPVZ0XRXH5WPDCNAZNY0/Backpacking+Montreal+Walkable+Bridge Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal View from the Jacque Cartier Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603902282011-IOWKX8U4MGWDFLH93KJB/Ola+Volo+Montreal Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal An iconic mural in the Mile End neighborhood by Kazakhstani/Canadian artist Ola Volo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603902332489-AXLA4VK4KIMLI3TL281J/Backpacking+Montreal+Hostel Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal Countries represented on a typical night at Auberge Bishop in downtown Montreal: Mexico, Chile, China, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603902304470-3BP2A2JVKENGKFLDLT1C/Stop+Sign+Montreal Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal I was unduly excited about this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605635767616-W43NFFJGOKHC2K09EHY8/Cheap+Montreal+Backpacking Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897501509-2EZIMO9TDHQFJJTBAK68/Backpacking+Montreal+Botanical+Garden Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal Not the kind of thing that’s usually on my radar but well worth the trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897573680-WFHX8PBLLGLNUE33IJUG/Le+Gros+Festival+Sucr%C3%A9 Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal Candy, donuts, cookie dough and more at Le Gros Festival Sucré https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897721215-ARVAN44O91GNW8R38QFU/Backpacking+Verdun Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal My favorite hideaway along the Fleuve St-Laurent in Verdun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897355245-EWQIFTQUFZTSCE2Z2HN4/Backpacking+Montreal+French Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal Tabarnak de câlisse! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897665968-888DF8L78DPZQBMRUZ5K/Montreal+Barbie+Expo+Backpacking+Free Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897330087-0DI747GL16QBIQMXW0U4/L%27%C3%89glise+Sainte-Cun%C3%A9gonde Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal L'Église Sainte-Cunégonde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897615349-XC2M8SST437X7JTV8E11/Montreal+Backpacking+Bagel Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897693700-PHHOF1SVXZDMK0RNFSZ0/Tsimshian+headdress Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal A Tsimshian headdress frontlet made of wood and abalone in the Canadian collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897394348-DP05RQI2BYGH68ZIZ6MQ/Backpacking+Montreal+One+Month Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal La Basilique Notre-Dame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603897459811-QX3OC03U7S84Q0J7CC2F/Montreal+Street+Food+Festival Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal Just one of the dozens of festivals I impulsively funded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603902207869-VFA6QIO1UI29Y2ESA59K/Mont+Royal+View+Backpacking+Montreal Archive - One Miraculously-Cheap Month in Montréal One of a thousand pictures I took from this exact spot over the course of a month. And a great mini-day hike from any point in the city. https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/backpacking-slovenia monthly 0.5 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603907384261-O2JQMAWRKVHQ9JIB91JQ/Ljubljana+Backpacking+Spring Archive - Backpacking Slovenia Tons of greenery, very few cars in the center of town, and a lively but relaxed vibe reminiscent of Portland, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603906987702-P5EM39UKBEAMKRR2UUEF/Black+Lake+Bohinj+Slovenia+Hiking Archive - Backpacking Slovenia Our two-hour hike straight up the mountain to get to Black Lake was worth all the soreness the next day. Fair warning, though: the water was ice cold in late April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603907156121-9E5368KAC9YJN2CZ2QCF/Lake+Bohinj+Canoe+Rental Archive - Backpacking Slovenia You’re damn right we belted Just Around the River Bend in our respective languages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603907028342-NYZAXOMXVPVZH7GDCE4B/Triglav+National+Park+Waterfall Archive - Backpacking Slovenia As you can see the water was quite cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603907242087-652NP8T8BZV4CR2MYQ4O/Triglav+National+Park+Adventure Archive - Backpacking Slovenia Just keep climbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603906407971-3AQKILQH7O547P8U3Q7R/Canoeing+Lake+Bohinj+Backpacking Archive - Backpacking Slovenia Latvian friends on our canoe adventure across Lake Bohinj https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603907201693-41LG5X86IUNG6HQNW3WL/Hiking+Camping+Bohinj+Triglav+National+Park Archive - Backpacking Slovenia Definitely shouldn’t have been here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603907353062-SMNJQE4OJ502Z07FO28W/View+Bled+Castle+Backpacking Archive - Backpacking Slovenia View from the Bled Castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605475649013-4V52CS2DECZXOB6QE1XI/Pinterest+Backpacking+Slovenia+Adventure Archive - Backpacking Slovenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603906373524-6HG8MVC4SFMXMG06MRNV/Lake+Bohinj+Backpacking+Spring Archive - Backpacking Slovenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605214679102-B43KELCDUWCTMZWSJSUE/Bled+Hike+Castle Archive - Backpacking Slovenia Nothing like a silent city hike in the off-season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603907436345-90KMIAELA39K31QNYX2A/Slovenia+Backpacking+Food Archive - Backpacking Slovenia Traditional Slovenian Skutni Štruklji, buckwheat dough rolled with cottage cheese and topped with cinnamon and sugar. https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/how-not-to-go-shit-broke monthly 0.5 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603840773300-O9QRW4BVYOKANH58DW0T/GTFO+Flights+Backpacking Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603840829114-KCNCJROYZ1NL0WVYFQBF/Kiwi+backpacking+cheap Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603840962565-6IE25OP26QEPUFEGMR9S/Backpacking+without+going+broke+cheap+flights Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke All flights pictured left out of NYC in spring 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603841200649-X7ZT8TASEDDFGNUUMKAH/Secret+Flying+Adventure+Confessions Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603841615170-P2XCWIT5OX5LXWBWRZ8C/BlaBlaCar+Backpacking+Cheap+Transportation Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke A list of locations where the ride-sharing website/app BlaBlaCar is available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603841831046-LI1FI7Y1US6XX0QJOH9Z/Couchsurfing+Adventure+Confessions Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605477225225-LKE73AW3V9JVZO1CBBGZ/How+to+Backpack+Abroad+Without+Going+Shit+Broke+Adventure+Confessions Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603841537775-GEKBLJKAHPAJICA2XQ4K/Adventure+Confessions+Rome2rio Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603841771169-E0OXL9QIF1KD4OGPS7BU/How+not+to+go+broke+while+backpacking Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke View from the Tube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603840723371-6TIDFYGVY7VW9R2KSR8O/Backpacking+Spain+without+going+broke Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke A free view from the Plaza de España in Seville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603841386986-FJR8BR7PCI9UHXFNLKJZ/How+to+backpack+without+going+broke Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603841868456-9LRBXZ6SJA76KZH9ZFAH/Couchsurfing+Solo+Female+Backpacking Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603841113287-VZV4M7IXHEDTJ0496V27/Kiwi.com+backpacking+on+a+budget Archive - How Not to Go Shit Broke A useful visual tool with SkyScanner. 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Hiking in Northern Italy Finally spotting the tip of the triangolo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603918951068-ZXIU3WJUKK2S9D9A2Q1L/Backpacking+Dorsale+de+Triangolo+Lariano Archive - Hiking in Northern Italy Back on Day 1 of our hike, when I was more “comfy” and less “haggard”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603918889042-3BL6NDP4N09HU31ZKHKF/Hiking+Triangolo+Lariano Archive - Hiking in Northern Italy Deciphering these detours always took longer than intended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603918993291-EYYCYANCH2Q7IG9TNFYW/Dorsale+per+Cresta Archive - Hiking in Northern Italy In case we forgot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603918750377-9SXHQH4MOCS5XKR58IVW/Lake+Como+Hiking+Spring Archive - Hiking in Northern Italy Making our way along villages and farmland as we descended the mountain on Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1603918810478-AO0DGLOF7L9G7Y96K809/Backpacking+Como Archive - 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Hiking in Northern Italy A bit of fine dining before roughing it for the next few days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605474537676-CJZRNPVLTU5LRZAJ425A/Dorsale.jpg Archive - Hiking in Northern Italy https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/ethical-travel monthly 0.5 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602521821367-4J7CCP8WUFQHN5BN26RW/Barcelona+Ethical+Travel Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel Barcelona’s housing crisis stats are mind-boggling, and to think about my participation in the the city’s overtourism issues doesn’t leave me feeling particularly inspired to visit other world-famous bucket list sites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602521471345-NFHE5YFD14E03016AKD5/Athens+Ethical+Travel Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel The Odeon of Herodes Atticus: a 5,000-seat amphitheatre built in 161 CE and (luckily for me) sparsely populated in October 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602520244784-7D7IS38WHUIPJ1YEIINF/Ethical+Travel Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel One among dozens of similar messages spray-painted throughout Athens that caught my eye over the course of a few days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602520856447-2S02YOB3BJK2M9YS7HK7/Acropolis+at+night Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel View of the Parthenon at night from St. Paul’s Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602521975541-Q00WHWBDT9GOU1NJL8PI/Medellin+Ethical+Travel Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel Political and climate-centered art by graffiti and mural artist John A. Serna can be seen throughout Medellín, Colombia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1580229539684-KFXJ7WOS2GVSEPZSOHFP/IMG_5528.jpeg Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel New life still makes its way out of the Acropolis in Athens. It’s these little details which give me hope that—despite all the evidence to the contrary—the chaos of history spins toward something good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602519718105-AXIF69LR9XOS7LMDU7JS/Mount+Lycabettus Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel Mount Lycabettus, the highest point in Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602521313772-B31A3KCJZ82ATB6YWT7Q/Athens+View+Airbnb Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel $20 view from my Athens Airbnb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602522202331-H4CJQGTWXHDUJ6B0KYZF/Iceland+Ethical+Travel Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel The influx of tourism over the last several years has threatened Iceland’s unique, fragile ecosystem due to an unprecedented increase in waste and foot traffic. Maybe COVID helped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602520745854-CEPYHUV54QTSHYJJTEOF/Theatre+of+Dionysus+Backpacking Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel Behold the Theatre of Dionysus: the world’s first theatre—and my childhood dream fulfilled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605646954749-KYUS7CFUT7DRPOVKZKL8/Athens+and+Ethical+Travel+Adventure+Confessions Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602522081980-HXU6IUCGFCCQHU7KM9TW/Guatemala+Ethical+Travel Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel Lake Atitlán, Guatemala—Beautiful and popular attraction, but the relationship between its local communities and tourism is a complicated one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1580002133227-9ZWLHVIR6HYX428WUDO2/IMG_5319.jpeg Archive - Athens: My Introduction to Ethical Travel A sculpture garden in Athens filled with contemporary, political art. https://www.adventureconfessions.com/blog/10-ways-el-camino-de-santiago-changed-me monthly 0.5 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602616202878-UBGGLXMWZXI4QHG6P3Q6/El+Camino+de+Santiago+Road Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me Watching the occasional car speed by while I slowly made my way along a straight line disappearing into the horizon often felt like a metaphor I couldn’t quite pin down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602615702307-C6UGVVR6ZRTGZF80CJR3/Camino+de+Santiago+Sunrise Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me No wait this is my favorite kind of morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602614703387-SH5CPWLY46V107WIRHNG/Camino+de+Santiago+Lessons Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me If only it were this tangible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1605479377719-HG56JVQ39J5DNZ5KWM9D/10+ways+el+camino+de+santiago+changed+me Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602613866624-U6WZ5FT5OGWP8O60V4ZT/How+El+Camino+de+Santiago+Changed+Me Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me Snapped this photo amid one of my many days of “rage walking”. Glad I still had enough wherewithal to pause and take it in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602615313912-O2YHG56G1S74S80ZASLT/Camino+de+Santiago+Hope Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me Burst into tears upon reading this scribble, to give you an idea of how many grains of salt to take with this entire blog post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602615599700-9AOZ01CFJW25SJIK79D0/Camino+de+Santiago+Meseta Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me Note the gnome homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1579884541142-5CUJOTADZC4YC9A4NXPW/IMG_0267.jpg Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me Journaling on my new, cheap, third phone of the trip, outside a museum in Madrid after the Camino was all over. Note the giant scar on my lip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602614061580-ACNRSV8HH28WD8CNX16C/El+Camino+de+Santiago+Photography Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me I found tons of these shell sculptures hanging from trees in an olive grove along the path, next to a free snack table filled with fresh fruit, bread and drinks for pilgrims. But was this Portrait Mode photo worth $1,000? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602616017061-NDK2LB48OOYP7BW7KMT3/Camino+de+Santiago+Path+Mist Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me My favorite kind of morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602615248421-LHLAR6JZEC7WFFN41PIX/Camino+de+Santiago+Burgos+Cathedral Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me Although I was raised Catholic, I was not expecting to sob hysterically at the beauty of the Burgos Cathedral. Yet here we are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602614031849-MUE82BT0IFDF7TON0YRQ/Pyrenees+El+Camino+de+Santiago Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me The harsh, late morning sun of Day 1, after hours of hiking up from the valley. Like all the 1500-piece puzzles I completed in quarantine, esteem-building accomplishments are just the beginning of the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602616139860-PWFLWS9FP7GM8BUPGEJN/El+Camino+de+Santaigo+Meseta+Sunrise Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me Looking back, this is one of those “first day of the rest of my life” photos, but at the time it was just, “Ooh! The moon!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602616345005-BS2CWLT1TNFH3F5U7W47/Camino+de+Santiago+Beautiful Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me One of my favorite photos from the trip, taken in a rush and without even glancing at the screen to avoid interrupting quintessentially-Camino-deep conversation with a stranger at 7am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6ec17a7eb88c15fca09c63/1602614333860-3ZGP9X2JT8WU6YU86PFI/Muxia+El+Camino+de+Santiago Archive - 10 Ways El Camino de Santiago Changed Me View from the coastal town of Muxía, a less-common end point for El Camino de Santiago, but well worth the trip. 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