🌴Costa Rica Pura Vida: My Caribbean Adventure from CS in San José to volunteering in Puerto Viejo

During several months backpacking across Latin America, my journey continued from Panama to Costa Rica 🌎 Backpacking 1.5 Months in Panama: Forest Hikes, Paradise Islands & Lifelong Friendships — but not as I had planned. I was supposed to cross through Bocas del Toro on the Caribbean side, but due to roadblocks and protests in Panama,Continue reading “🌴Costa Rica Pura Vida: My Caribbean Adventure from CS in San José to volunteering in Puerto Viejo”

🌎 Backpacking 1.5 Months in Panama: Forest Hikes, Paradise Islands & Lifelong Friendships

My journey as a full-time traveler began exactly two years ago, on September 25, 2023, when I started exploring the world through a combination of volunteering and backpacking. It began in Brazil Volontariato in una Ong in Brasile: la mia esperienza, where I volunteered for two months, followed by a month of backpacking in Costa RicaContinue reading “🌎 Backpacking 1.5 Months in Panama: Forest Hikes, Paradise Islands & Lifelong Friendships”

Backpacking Paraguay: 10 Days from Asunción to Missions and Riversides

Paraguay might not be the first country you think of when planning a South American adventure. In fact, before coming here, I had never met anyone who had visited this country, nor anyone from Paraguay itself. I had never even really heard anything about this country until I started researching. Paraguay was not even inContinue reading “Backpacking Paraguay: 10 Days from Asunción to Missions and Riversides”

My 9 months of backpacking in Asia

I look up on Wikipedia the definition of a word I’ve been hearing more and more often to describe me: Wanderlust: “the desire to go elsewhere, to go beyond one’s own world, to search for something else: a desire for exoticism, discovery, and travel.” Yes, this word definitely resonates with me. Traveling has always beenContinue reading “My 9 months of backpacking in Asia”

I miei 9 mesi di backpacking in Asia

Cerco su Wikipedia la definizione di un termine che mi sento attribuire sempre più spesso, Wanderlust: “il desiderio di andare altrove, di andare oltre il proprio mondo, di cercare qualcos’altro: un desiderio di esotismo, scoperta e viaggio”. Sì, questa parola la sento decisamente mia. Viaggiare è infatti da sempre la mia parola preferita, quella cheContinue reading “I miei 9 mesi di backpacking in Asia”

Backpacking through Asia: the story of Elena Martinez Salgado.

By Elisa Cornacchia. I’m shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world. George Bailey I would rather own a little and see the world than own the world and see a little of it.                                                                                                                   Alexander Sattler Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed byContinue reading “Backpacking through Asia: the story of Elena Martinez Salgado.”