When A Sakura Petal Lands In Your Matcha When a sakura petal lands in your matcha, your heart skips a beat. Day 424 When a sakura petal lands in your matcha, you suspect things may have just gone from 0 to 100. You blink twice and look again, because maybe you’ve just seen so many petals this sakura season that you’re… Read More
Lisinia: The Lavender Farm That Turned Me Into A Crazy Cat Lady There are four words that sum up why I love Turks. “Are you happy here?” At Lisinia, this was always the first question I got asked. Not “do you like it here” or “are you okay?” The truth is, my seventeen days without sight of a traffic light or even a convenience store, at my… Read More
Boludeando Por La Ruta 40 Boludeando (v.): Argentine slang meaning the act of not doing anything in particular, and in some contexts, the act of being dumb. This post is centered around friendship, depicting the heartfelt times spent discovering the natural wonders tucked along Argentina’s Ruta 40. Main Characters Delfina (@delftone)—Delfi is the magical Uruguaya de Bariloche. Always making… Read More
San Pedro de Atacama On A Budget The Atacama desert is another world. Stark valleys and high-altitude geological wonders that are nothing short of mesmerizing. Night skies clear enough to see other galaxies with the naked eye. The popular town of San Pedro is isolated and overgrown with tourism, yet it remains the optimal base for excursions, especially when connecting to Bolivia by booking… Read More