The diversity in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta creates some of the most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen, the vantage point from the ridge of the mountain offering a unique view of the sun setting behind the Caribbean Sea.
Author: Laura Restrepo Ortega
Laura is a photographer, writer, and traveller from Colombia. She's very passionate about, well, everything, and finds it hard to focus on just one thing in this short but incredible life she's been given. Figuring it out one step at a time. Or not, maybe she's just winging it. Follow along to see what she does next!
San AndrƩs, Providencia & Santa Catalina
San AndrƩs, Providencia & Santa Catalina is a small tropical archipelago located in the Caribbean Sea over 700 km north of Colombia's mainland.
8M – International Women’s Day 2021 (Growing Up Girl)
Ever since I was a little girl, I was made to believe that boys were better, stronger, smarter, funnier. That my life would only be complete once I found a man to support me financially, emotionally, and intellectually. That my greatest accomplishments would be fulfilling my womanhood by bearing children and raising them. That my… Continue reading 8M – International Women’s Day 2021 (Growing Up Girl)
BahĆa Concha, Magdalena
Located near the city of Santa Marta in Colombia's northern Caribbean coast, BahĆa Concha, which literally means Seashell Bay, is part of the Tayrona National Natural Park.
IguazĆŗ Falls, Argentina
IguazĆŗ Falls, located on the border of Argentina and Brazil, is the largest waterfall on the planet, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, and one of my favourite places on Earth.
Providence Canyon State Park, Georgia
The imposing Providence Canyon in the US state of Georgia was formed, in part, by poor farming practises by European settlers in the 1800s which lead to erosion of the natural gullies that already existed.
St Petersburg & Fort de Soto, Florida
Every time I visit Florida, I discover new places like Weeki Wachee Spring State Park, and return to the places I've known since my childhood on the Gulf Coast, like St Petersburg and the always beautiful Fort de Soto County Park.
Weeki Wachee State Park, Florida
We rented kayaks and paddled among lush vegetation and wildlife down the 4.5 km stretch of crystal-clear spring water which bubbles from subterraneous caverns and flows out into the Gulf of Mexico.
Smoky Mountains, North Carolina
I had the chance to visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for the peak of the autumn foliage in 2020.
Nantes & Rouen, France
In 2018, I ventured outside of Paris for the first time and visited two other major French cities for the day.
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