🌮Costa Rica Pura Vida: My Caribbean Adventure from CS in San JosĂ© 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 JosĂ© to volunteering in Puerto Viejo”

ICELAND: 10 DAYS ROAD TRIP ITINERARY AROUND THE LAND OF ICE AND FIRE

INTRODUCTION Incredibly cold, desolate, and expensive, Iceland can be a challenge if you don’t enjoy harsh climates and high prices. Yet despite these obstacles, it is one of the most breathtaking destinations on Earth. In the north-western part of Europe, it lies, next to Greenland and the Arctic Circle. In my travel experience, this countryContinue reading “ICELAND: 10 DAYS ROAD TRIP ITINERARY AROUND THE LAND OF ICE AND FIRE”

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”

Il mio mese a Zanzibar

Un mese a Zanzibar,Il mio mese a Zanzibar. Il primo febbraio 2025 sono partita da Roma Fiumicino con una valigia piena di vestiti estivi, creme solari, pacchi di mandorle e crecker e romanzi dalle pagine ingiallite, con il cuore ricolmo di speranza e trepidazione e un visto da volontaria per lavorare per l’associazione Amici diContinue reading “Il mio mese a Zanzibar”

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.”

Interview with a Buddhist monk

The 5th of March, year 2024. Moon’s Rock Monastery, rural area of Solewewa, Anuradhapura district, North-West part of Sri Lanka.  Interview with a Buddhist monk, Bhanthe Kirinde Chandaratana. By Elisa Cornacchia. Premise Some months ago, I was deeply suffering, in pain for what I now know is a worldly attachment: a person that I lovedContinue reading “Interview with a Buddhist monk”

My workaway experience in the tropical jungle of Costa Rica

Have you ever heard someone talking about Workaway? And about a small country in the world named Costa Rica? Well, that’s what this article is about: My wild workaway experience in the lush and extraordinary Costa Rica. So, first of all. Workaway is a website where anyone can subscribe as “workawayer” or as “host”, whereContinue reading “My workaway experience in the tropical jungle of Costa Rica”

Tutto Giappone – appunti di viaggio

Konnichiwa amici ed amiche! Il tempo vola e dal Giappone sono ritornata giĂ  da 30 giorni, e, forse perchĂ© veramente ero super impegnata, forse perchĂ© temevo il momento di iniziare a rielaborare quanto visto ed esperito nel Nihon, ho rimandato sinora la scrittura del mio resoconto di viaggio nel paese del Sol Levante. Il GiapponeContinue reading “Tutto Giappone – appunti di viaggio”

Impressioni sulla Serbia

È la seconda volta che mi ritrovo in Serbia, uno di quei paesi di cui non si sente mai parlare e dove i riflettori del turismo di massa faticano ad arrivare, e forse Ăš un bene, perchĂ©, a parte ovviamente la cosmopolita e moderna capitale, Belgrado, i ritmi del vivere quotidiano, le abitudini contadine eContinue reading “Impressioni sulla Serbia”