My recent backpacking adventure through South America opened my eyes to a new way of life and has truly changed my focus moving forward. Aside from changing the way I plan to travel in the future (slower, with purpose), the experience has inspired me to write about my travels in hopes of making a positive impact on less fortunate places. I guess you could say the trip really started two years prior to landi ...

  Ciudad Perdida is an ancient city built by the Tairona people in 700AD in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta jungle, Colombia.  Only officially found in 1975, it is still relatively undiscovered by mass tourism: just 40 people visit the Ciudad Perdida per day compared to the 500 of Machu Picchu in Peru. For this reason and for its isolated location, only accessible by walking 20km into the jungle for 3 ...

The mention of Colombia the first thing that springs to most people’s minds are drug cartels and FARC guerrilla soldiers or so the media would have you believe.  I have to admit to reading many of these articles myself,  so my expectations of the country and what it had to offer were a mix of trepidation and excitement. This was also due to a recent trip to Central America where we met many fellow travelers ...