Documentary Photography & Storytelling
For years Iāve said that my craziest ideas have been some of my best ideas. Studying for a semester in Peterborough, Canada when I was sixteen; moving to Brisbane, Australia before my eighteenth birthday to study journalismā¦ and then transferring to creative writing after only two semesters; moving to Sri Lanka on a whim and… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: A Crazy Idea
Itās been nearly a month since I wrote a new post about this new chapter of My Nomadic Life, even though when I left Colombia I told myself that this time Iād be more constant about updating my blogānot like in Brazil, where it fizzled out after a few months as the daily distractions of… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: Life & Loss on the Road
Though I'd been dreaming of going back for years, I didn't expect to return to New York City in 2021. But ever since I left Colombia (again) in August, things haven't been exactly going to plan (in a good way) and I've been relearning how to embrace the unexpected. That's how I ended up on… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: If I can Make it There…
Being born in Colombia āa violent and lovely land of duality, of rancid poetry, marvellous heartbreak, impossible beauty, and sequestered abundanceā is a curse.Ā
Itās in my blood, this travel bug. I was born with it, into it, and it has only grown stronger with every passport stamp, every border crossing, every coastline Iāve walked on that signals the end of a continental mass that still hasnāt been swallowed up by the Ocean. Every year, as I stubbornly become… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: Embracing the Unexpected
I visited Germany in the spring of 2018 and absolutely fell in love. I wasn't sure what to expect but the people, the food, and the cities blew me away in the short week I was there. I spent most of my time in Kƶln and was lucky enough to have local friends show me… Continue reading Germany 2018
Thankfully, youāre more likely to get sprayed by a 40-foot mechanical wood-and-steel elephant on a hot summer afternoon than to cross paths with an armoured knight these days in the Loire Valley, though both are fantastical notions.
Uncork your bottle of Patrimonio RosĆ© and voyage to Corsica, a romantic land of wonderfully exclusive wines and magical adventures.Ā
Photos of a wonderful month in Uruguay.
I asked for adventure and the Universe delivered. It was only day two and nothing was going according to plan. But that's okayā unpredictability was expected, it was, in a way, part of the plan. I almost postponed my flight to Florida just a week ago, worried about COVID restrictions and rising infections, toxic algae… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: According to Plan
Laura Restrepo Ortega 