My first-ever trip to Europe started in Paris, France in the summer of 2017, and it was everything I'd dreamed of and more.
Author: Laura Restrepo Ortega
I am a freelance photographer and writer from Colombia. After many years abroad in Australia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Brasil, I'm back in Colombia, documenting the magical realism of this crazy, beautiful country. Please look through my site and feel free to leave any comments or suggestions. Cheers!
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean located off the south-east coast of India. Formerly known as Ceylon, Sri Lanka has a rich history and a diverse cultural and religious landscape. I spent some time there in 2009 and 2010, when these photographs were taken.
The Maldives
The COVID-19 pandemic and the months-long quarantine has triggered in me an unstoppable sense of nostalgia. After going through my files from the past decade, I have re-edited my old photos from Maldives. Below are some of my favourite photographs I took in the island nation back in 2010-2011. The Maldives archipelago consists of 1,192… Continue reading The Maldives
Tanzania Safari
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 Safari
Madagascar
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 nación insular en el Océano Índico cerca a la costa de África Oriental y… Continue reading Madagascar
Morocco
I visited Morocco with my family in the summer of 2017 and it remains one of my favourite places in the world.
Quito, Ayampe & Otavalo
I travelled to Ecuador in 2012, crossing the border overland from Colombia in Ipiales and then making my way to the Pacific coast. /Viajé a Ecuador en 2012, cruzando la frontera por tierra desde Ipiales en Colombia y después viajando hasta la costa Pacífica. QUITO • AYAMPE • OTAVALO Quito Quito is the capital city… Continue reading Quito, Ayampe & Otavalo
Aldeia Hippie de Arembepe
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
Ilha de Boipeba, Bahia
Part of the Tinharé 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, Brasil
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.
