Travel Bug Collector
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Writer | Traveler | Eclipse Chaser | Peace Corps alumna
Congratulations to Calle 24 SF on a wildly successful Fiesta de las Américas event in The Mission district last weekend. I loved the music, the food, the atmosphere, the lowriders, and also these fabulous stickers from My Sticky Shop.
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations to Calle 24 SF on a wildly successful Fiesta de las Américas event in The Mission district last weekend. I loved the music, the food, the atmosphere, the lowriders, and also these fabulous stickers from My Sticky Shop.
Happy half-way through Hogust, everybody!!!
Give yourself a pat on the back. You have earned a deep breath, a satisfying beverage, and a side of bacon. It is your just reward for enduring the current timeline without committing violence.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Give yourself a pat on the back. You have earned a deep breath, a satisfying beverage, and a side of bacon. It is your just reward for enduring the current timeline without committing violence.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
August 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Happy half-way through Hogust, everybody!!!
Give yourself a pat on the back. You have earned a deep breath, a satisfying beverage, and a side of bacon. It is your just reward for enduring the current timeline without committing violence.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Give yourself a pat on the back. You have earned a deep breath, a satisfying beverage, and a side of bacon. It is your just reward for enduring the current timeline without committing violence.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Behold the high tech water filtration system my boyfriend devised for our AirBnB in Ecuador!
#travelhacks
#travelhacks
June 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Behold the high tech water filtration system my boyfriend devised for our AirBnB in Ecuador!
#travelhacks
#travelhacks
A DAY LATE, but...
You may know April 25 as The Perfect Date (IYKYK), but did you know it's also World Malaria Day?
Here's a reminder that scientists are making great progress toward the goal of eradicating malaria, and USAID cuts are threatening that progress. Read more:
You may know April 25 as The Perfect Date (IYKYK), but did you know it's also World Malaria Day?
Here's a reminder that scientists are making great progress toward the goal of eradicating malaria, and USAID cuts are threatening that progress. Read more:
Malaria funding cuts worry experts on World Malaria Day
Amid cuts to and cancellation of U.S. public health programs aimed at treating and preventing malaria infection, officials are scrambling to secure funds in order to prevent millions of cases and tens of thousands of deaths.
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April 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A DAY LATE, but...
You may know April 25 as The Perfect Date (IYKYK), but did you know it's also World Malaria Day?
Here's a reminder that scientists are making great progress toward the goal of eradicating malaria, and USAID cuts are threatening that progress. Read more:
You may know April 25 as The Perfect Date (IYKYK), but did you know it's also World Malaria Day?
Here's a reminder that scientists are making great progress toward the goal of eradicating malaria, and USAID cuts are threatening that progress. Read more:
Travel Tip Tuesday: Check out these tried-and-true travel hacks that use things you already have around the house. https://f.mtr.cool/jepqzwfevh
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Travel Tip Tuesday: Check out these tried-and-true travel hacks that use things you already have around the house. https://f.mtr.cool/jepqzwfevh
Popular opinion: The best travel tips are the ones you can use without buying anything at all. Here are seven crowd-sourced travel hacks you can do with things you already have around the house. https://f.mtr.cool/wmmxzfljxn
April 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Popular opinion: The best travel tips are the ones you can use without buying anything at all. Here are seven crowd-sourced travel hacks you can do with things you already have around the house. https://f.mtr.cool/wmmxzfljxn
If someone offers you an ensalada (salad) in Colombia, you might get an ice cream sundae. This is ensalada de fruta, which is often shortened to just ensalada. Also, it comes with shredded cheese on top. Because Colombians LOVE cheese!
#foodsky #foodphotography #colombia #travelsky
#foodsky #foodphotography #colombia #travelsky
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If someone offers you an ensalada (salad) in Colombia, you might get an ice cream sundae. This is ensalada de fruta, which is often shortened to just ensalada. Also, it comes with shredded cheese on top. Because Colombians LOVE cheese!
#foodsky #foodphotography #colombia #travelsky
#foodsky #foodphotography #colombia #travelsky
Travel Bloggers: Ever start writing a blog post and realize someone else said it better? That's how this compilation of free, tried and true travel hacks came about. Which ones have you tried already?
https://travelbugcollector.com/travelhacksfree/
#TravelBloggersCommunity #Travel #TravelAddicts
https://travelbugcollector.com/travelhacksfree/
#TravelBloggersCommunity #Travel #TravelAddicts
Seven Travel Hacks You Can Do for Free - Travel Bug Collector
While drafting a blog post about clever travel hacks that use things you already have in your home, I stumbled upon a discussion thread started by @pure-wander. She asked thread users to share their “most unhinged travel hacks.” Reading through the comments, I found many of the travel hacks on...
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April 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Travel Bloggers: Ever start writing a blog post and realize someone else said it better? That's how this compilation of free, tried and true travel hacks came about. Which ones have you tried already?
https://travelbugcollector.com/travelhacksfree/
#TravelBloggersCommunity #Travel #TravelAddicts
https://travelbugcollector.com/travelhacksfree/
#TravelBloggersCommunity #Travel #TravelAddicts
Question for tamal lovers: Have you tried Tamales Tolimenses?
They are a beloved dish in the Colombian interior, especially for breakfast on special occasions. They contain pork, chicken, potato, carrot, peas, rice, and corn masa. Also - surprise bones, so ten cuidado!
#colombia🇨🇴 #foodphotography
They are a beloved dish in the Colombian interior, especially for breakfast on special occasions. They contain pork, chicken, potato, carrot, peas, rice, and corn masa. Also - surprise bones, so ten cuidado!
#colombia🇨🇴 #foodphotography
April 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Question for tamal lovers: Have you tried Tamales Tolimenses?
They are a beloved dish in the Colombian interior, especially for breakfast on special occasions. They contain pork, chicken, potato, carrot, peas, rice, and corn masa. Also - surprise bones, so ten cuidado!
#colombia🇨🇴 #foodphotography
They are a beloved dish in the Colombian interior, especially for breakfast on special occasions. They contain pork, chicken, potato, carrot, peas, rice, and corn masa. Also - surprise bones, so ten cuidado!
#colombia🇨🇴 #foodphotography
Interested in Colombian cuisine? I'm sharing images of local foods from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's offering: arepas - These are corn cakes that can take many different forms - deep-fried disks, pan-fried fritters, or wood-fire baked, like these.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Today's offering: arepas - These are corn cakes that can take many different forms - deep-fried disks, pan-fried fritters, or wood-fire baked, like these.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
April 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Interested in Colombian cuisine? I'm sharing images of local foods from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's offering: arepas - These are corn cakes that can take many different forms - deep-fried disks, pan-fried fritters, or wood-fire baked, like these.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Today's offering: arepas - These are corn cakes that can take many different forms - deep-fried disks, pan-fried fritters, or wood-fire baked, like these.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Interested in Colombian cuisine? I'm sharing images of local dishes from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: Picada - This is a pile of meat + carbs you eat with your fingers/toothpicks. It includes blood sausage, chorizo, arepa, yuca, potatoes, and more.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Today's dish: Picada - This is a pile of meat + carbs you eat with your fingers/toothpicks. It includes blood sausage, chorizo, arepa, yuca, potatoes, and more.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
April 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Interested in Colombian cuisine? I'm sharing images of local dishes from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: Picada - This is a pile of meat + carbs you eat with your fingers/toothpicks. It includes blood sausage, chorizo, arepa, yuca, potatoes, and more.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Today's dish: Picada - This is a pile of meat + carbs you eat with your fingers/toothpicks. It includes blood sausage, chorizo, arepa, yuca, potatoes, and more.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
I'm sharing a series of images of Colombian cuisine from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: #Envueltos - these corn wraps are a bit like tamales, made with corn, corn meal, sugar, and cuajada (a soft, fresh cheese).
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #maíz
Today's dish: #Envueltos - these corn wraps are a bit like tamales, made with corn, corn meal, sugar, and cuajada (a soft, fresh cheese).
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #maíz
March 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I'm sharing a series of images of Colombian cuisine from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: #Envueltos - these corn wraps are a bit like tamales, made with corn, corn meal, sugar, and cuajada (a soft, fresh cheese).
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #maíz
Today's dish: #Envueltos - these corn wraps are a bit like tamales, made with corn, corn meal, sugar, and cuajada (a soft, fresh cheese).
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #maíz
I'm sharing a series of images of Colombian cuisine from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: #Lechona - pulled pork from a whole roast pig, stuffed back inside its own skin with rice and garbanzos. Served with crispy pork skin and an arepa.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #traveltheworld
Today's dish: #Lechona - pulled pork from a whole roast pig, stuffed back inside its own skin with rice and garbanzos. Served with crispy pork skin and an arepa.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #traveltheworld
March 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm sharing a series of images of Colombian cuisine from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: #Lechona - pulled pork from a whole roast pig, stuffed back inside its own skin with rice and garbanzos. Served with crispy pork skin and an arepa.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #traveltheworld
Today's dish: #Lechona - pulled pork from a whole roast pig, stuffed back inside its own skin with rice and garbanzos. Served with crispy pork skin and an arepa.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #traveltheworld
Scenes from el Festival de la Piedra y la Labranza in my #PeaceCorps #Colombia community. This 3-day event includes contests for building rock walls and facades, creating silletas made from locally-grown crops, sheep-shearing, and more. 🇨🇴
#travelphotography #traveladdict #travel #culture
#travelphotography #traveladdict #travel #culture
March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Scenes from el Festival de la Piedra y la Labranza in my #PeaceCorps #Colombia community. This 3-day event includes contests for building rock walls and facades, creating silletas made from locally-grown crops, sheep-shearing, and more. 🇨🇴
#travelphotography #traveladdict #travel #culture
#travelphotography #traveladdict #travel #culture
For this week's #TopTravelPics theme of GREEN, I am sharing a collage of crops/foods from Boyacá, Colombia, where I served as a #PeaceCorps volunteer. Plus a typical view!
Top L: a local harvest; Top R: feijoa (a fruit); Bottom L: envueltos (made from corn); Bottom R: guatila (aka - chayote)
Top L: a local harvest; Top R: feijoa (a fruit); Bottom L: envueltos (made from corn); Bottom R: guatila (aka - chayote)
March 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For this week's #TopTravelPics theme of GREEN, I am sharing a collage of crops/foods from Boyacá, Colombia, where I served as a #PeaceCorps volunteer. Plus a typical view!
Top L: a local harvest; Top R: feijoa (a fruit); Bottom L: envueltos (made from corn); Bottom R: guatila (aka - chayote)
Top L: a local harvest; Top R: feijoa (a fruit); Bottom L: envueltos (made from corn); Bottom R: guatila (aka - chayote)
Question for couples: What do you argue about most frequently when you travel?
My partner and I used to argue about navigation: how to get from point A to point B. Here's how we fixed it, along with many other topics of disagreement.
My partner and I used to argue about navigation: how to get from point A to point B. Here's how we fixed it, along with many other topics of disagreement.
How George W. Bush Saved My Vacation - and Maybe My Relationship - Travel Bug Collector
I did not vote for George W. Bush. In fact, I led an impromptu protest in December of 2000 – in the throes of a well-earned hangover – the day after the Supreme Court stopped Florida’s election recount dispute, making him the 43rd President of the United States. But I...
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March 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Question for couples: What do you argue about most frequently when you travel?
My partner and I used to argue about navigation: how to get from point A to point B. Here's how we fixed it, along with many other topics of disagreement.
My partner and I used to argue about navigation: how to get from point A to point B. Here's how we fixed it, along with many other topics of disagreement.
So much great info here about full moon seasons, and why their North American names don't apply to South America. #lunareclipse
photo © Lorraine Caputo
HAPPY FULL MOON!
Tonight there will be a lunar eclipse that will be visible throughout the Western Hemisphere, throughout the Americas.
Check out this collection of my poetry …
Full Moon Seasons
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Safe Journeys!
HAPPY FULL MOON!
Tonight there will be a lunar eclipse that will be visible throughout the Western Hemisphere, throughout the Americas.
Check out this collection of my poetry …
Full Moon Seasons
latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/f...
Safe Journeys!
March 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So much great info here about full moon seasons, and why their North American names don't apply to South America. #lunareclipse
March 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's Travel Together Tuesday!
(Yes - I did just make that up.)
Here's another decision-making tip for traveling couples. This one is inspired by former President George W. Bush's famous "I am the decider" quip.
#traveltogether
(Yes - I did just make that up.)
Here's another decision-making tip for traveling couples. This one is inspired by former President George W. Bush's famous "I am the decider" quip.
#traveltogether
How George W. Bush Saved My Vacation - and Maybe My Relationship - Travel Bug Collector
I did not vote for George W. Bush. In fact, I led an impromptu protest in December of 2000 – in the throes of a well-earned hangover – the day after the Supreme Court stopped Florida’s election recount dispute, making him the 43rd President of the United States. But I...
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March 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It's Travel Together Tuesday!
(Yes - I did just make that up.)
Here's another decision-making tip for traveling couples. This one is inspired by former President George W. Bush's famous "I am the decider" quip.
#traveltogether
(Yes - I did just make that up.)
Here's another decision-making tip for traveling couples. This one is inspired by former President George W. Bush's famous "I am the decider" quip.
#traveltogether
It's Travel Together Tuesday!
Okay, I just made that up. But I do have a tip for traveling couples.
Tired of the nightly "What should we do for dinner?" conversation? Try the Pitch 3; Pick 1 relationship hack.
#traveltogether
Okay, I just made that up. But I do have a tip for traveling couples.
Tired of the nightly "What should we do for dinner?" conversation? Try the Pitch 3; Pick 1 relationship hack.
#traveltogether
Disrupt the Dinner Indecision Loop, Tonight - Travel Bug Collector
We’ve all been there. You’re on vacation with your partner. After a long day of sightseeing, it’s time to make the nightly dinner decision. The conversation goes something like this: What should we do for dinner? I don’t know. What do you want to do? Anything is fine...
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March 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's Travel Together Tuesday!
Okay, I just made that up. But I do have a tip for traveling couples.
Tired of the nightly "What should we do for dinner?" conversation? Try the Pitch 3; Pick 1 relationship hack.
#traveltogether
Okay, I just made that up. But I do have a tip for traveling couples.
Tired of the nightly "What should we do for dinner?" conversation? Try the Pitch 3; Pick 1 relationship hack.
#traveltogether
Have you caught the travel bug yet?
March 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Have you caught the travel bug yet?
Did you catch the travel bug early in life? I did, and I still haven't recovered.
#travel #traveladdicts #travellovers #travelblogger #travelwriter
#travel #traveladdicts #travellovers #travelblogger #travelwriter
How I Caught the Travel Bug - Travel Bug Collector
My first solo travel adventure was, by all accounts, an utter failure. Following a screaming match with my parents and a monumental meltdown, I decided to pack my bags. I pulled my black-and-white checkered suitcase out of the closet, threw in a change of clothes and my favorite stuffed animal,...
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March 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Did you catch the travel bug early in life? I did, and I still haven't recovered.
#travel #traveladdicts #travellovers #travelblogger #travelwriter
#travel #traveladdicts #travellovers #travelblogger #travelwriter
Top five things I accomplished this week:
1) Launched a new website
2) Published 3 blog posts
3) Scheduled social media posts
4) Assembled a BBQ grill
5) Wrote this bullet list.
Am I doing this right?
#travelwriter #traveladdicts #travelbloggerscommunity
1) Launched a new website
2) Published 3 blog posts
3) Scheduled social media posts
4) Assembled a BBQ grill
5) Wrote this bullet list.
Am I doing this right?
#travelwriter #traveladdicts #travelbloggerscommunity
Travel Bug Collector
Get the Travel Bug (or maybe don't)
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March 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Top five things I accomplished this week:
1) Launched a new website
2) Published 3 blog posts
3) Scheduled social media posts
4) Assembled a BBQ grill
5) Wrote this bullet list.
Am I doing this right?
#travelwriter #traveladdicts #travelbloggerscommunity
1) Launched a new website
2) Published 3 blog posts
3) Scheduled social media posts
4) Assembled a BBQ grill
5) Wrote this bullet list.
Am I doing this right?
#travelwriter #traveladdicts #travelbloggerscommunity