Documentary Photography & Storytelling
My family and I went on a safari in Tanzania in the summer of 2017. It was the best week of my life and I dream of going back! We drove out from Arusha and crossed through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti National Park, where we saw the Great Migration of wildebeest./Mi familia… Continue reading Tanzania
Madagascar is an island nation in the Indian Ocean just off the coast of East Africa and the fourth-largest island in the world. Once a French colony, the republic gained its full independence from the colonial empire in 1960./Madagascar es una naciĆ³n insular en el OcĆ©ano Ćndico cerca a la costa de Ćfrica Oriental y… Continue reading Madagascar
I visited Morocco with my family in the summer of 2017 and it remains one of my favourite places in the world.
I travelled to Ecuador in 2012, crossing the border overland from Colombia in Ipiales and then making my way to the Pacific coast. /ViajĆ© a Ecuador en 2012, cruzando la frontera por tierra desde Ipiales en Colombia y despuĆ©s viajando hasta la costa PacĆfica. QUITO ā¢ AYAMPE ā¢ OTAVALO Quito Quito is the capital city… Continue reading Quito, Ayampe & Otavalo
Walking into the small hippie village in Arembepe, located about 30 km north-east of Salvador de Bahia in northern Brazil, feels like going back in time. There are no roads, just sandy paths that get uncomfortably hot under the blazing sun; there's no electricity, so only the stars and the moon light the way at night;… Continue reading Aldeia Hippie de Arembepe
Part of the TinharƩ Archipelago in the south of the state of Bahia in northeastern Brasil, the island of Boipeba easily became one of my favourite places in the country.
Salvador de Bahia was founded as Brazil's first capital in 1549 and is currently the country's third largest city; its complex history as one of South America's biggest slave ports and one of the most important bastions of Portuguese colonialism has made it a lively, colorful place with a rich culture and beautiful albeit decaying architecture.
There is much more to see in Florida than the bright and colourful Miami, like the wildlife. Here are some of the beaches and parks near St Petersburg, Florida, including Pass-a-Grill, Sawgrass Lake, Fort de Soto Beach, Bonita Springs in the state's southwest, and Islamorada in the Florida Keys. /Hay mucho mĆ”s por conocer en… Continue reading FL, USA
Rio de Janeiro, the Wonderful City founded by the Portuguese in 1565 in Brazil's southern Atlantic coast, offers residents and visitors an eclectic mix of natural and urban environments, cultural events, historical architecture, and of course, samba.
As I sit here, looking out of my second-story window in Santa Marta, Colombia, I think about how it's already March and it's a bit late to be recapping the last year of My Nomadic Life in Brazil. But if you've followed my blog longer than a month, you know this is normal behaviour and… Continue reading Best of 2016 Travels / Lo Mejor de Viajes en 2016
Laura Restrepo Ortega 