Documentary Photographer & Storyteller
He estado leyendo mucho sobre la realidad detrĆ”s de algunos de los posts mĆ”s populares en internet, y cĆ³mo las vidas de los blogueros de viajes particularmente son curados para conseguir mĆ”s ālikesā y ser compartidos en las redes sociales. No se puede negar que algunos blogueros esconden la realidad de sus viajes para que… Continue reading Mi Vida NĆ³mada: Mi Vida Real
Belem is located at the mouth of the Tapajos (Amazon) River on Brazil's northern Atlantic coast.
Photographs of my second boat trip in Brazil, from Manaus, in the Amazon, to BelĆ©m, on the mouth of the TapajĆ³s River near the Atlantic coast. Read the story of this journey here./FotografĆas de mi segundo viaje en barco en Brasil, de Manaus, en el estado de Amazonas, a BelĆ©m, en la desembocadura del rĆo… Continue reading Stories That Cross Boundaries: From the Amazon to the Atlantic
Iāve been reading a lot recently about the reality behind popular blog posts and how the lives of travel bloggers in particular are glamourised to get more likes and shares on social media platforms. Of course, it canāt be denied that some bloggers hide some of the truth to spare their followers from having to… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: My Real Life
Located in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest, Manaus is home to 2.5 million people and spreads out over 11,000 kmĀ² along the banks of the Rio Negro.
Day 1 Leaving Manaus on the morning of December 23, 2015 was not at all what I thought it would be. It's midnight and I'm sitting on the top deck of the Amazon Star, the boat that will take me to BelĆ©m, thinking about how I was robbed last night. Just a few metres away… Continue reading Nomadic Life: From the Amazon to the Atlantic
DĆa 1 Mi salida de Manaus en la maƱana del 23 de diciembre de 2015 no fue lo que me habĆa imaginado. Sentada en la cubierta del Amazon Star, el barco que me llevarĆ” a BelĆ©m, casi a la media noche, no dejo de pensar en el robo de mi Ćŗltima noche allĆ”. A pocos… Continue reading Vida NĆ³mada: Del Amazonas al AtlĆ”ntico
Presidente Figueiredo is a small city of just over 30,000 people, located around 100 km north of Manaus, the state capital of Amazonas in Brasil.
Espero que mi toallita para la cara de La Sirenita distraiga del resto de mi desorden; no tengo mucha privacidad donde me estoy quedando y el lugar para poner mis cosas es el suelo. Justo ahora estaba organizando mi equipaje lo mejor que pude, ordenĆ”ndolo contra el pedacito de pared que decidĆ iba a ser… Continue reading Vida NĆ³mada: Me Siento en Casa cuando puedo Desempacar
I hope my Little Mermaid facecloth will detract attention from the rest of my mess; I donāt have much privacy and the place for my stuff is, well, the floor. Just now, as I was trying to tidy up my things as neatly as I could against the wall Iāve claimed as my own, I… Continue reading Nomadic Life: Home is Where I can Unpack
Laura Restrepo Ortega 