Stories That Cross Boundaries
Before I reached Fortaleza, I was feeling a bit stuck in Barreirinhas, not feeling quite at home, dreaming of the beach and the Lençóis Maranhenses, a national park in Brazil’s state of Maranhão. The park is made up of 155,000 hectares of white sand desert, and during the rainy season, hallucinating lagoons fill up the… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: Finding Freedom in Nature
Ok, my first sunrise video is ready! Sped up from its original two-and-a-half-minute running time, you can now watch the sun rising behind the cloudy Sierra Nevada mountains that surround Santa Marta. I'm blaming the shaking on the wind. Bueno, mi primer video del amanecer está listo! Acelerado desde el tiempo original de dos minutos… Continue reading Sunrise over Santa Marta 31.03.15 – video
In May 2014, I had the opportunity to return to the Colombian Amazon, this time working as a translator for a documentary film on mining and the significance of gold for the indigenous ethnic groups of the Yaigoje-Apaporis territory and National Natural Park.
Laura Restrepo Ortega 