Category: Travel
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365 Days and no regrets later
A year ago I left behind everything I worked so hard to build. A 6-figure salary. A loving community. A stellar professional reputation. The apartment I’d made a home. The independence. The ‘Rich Tia’ status. That one might hurt the most. Not because of the money. Because the money opened opportunities to share some of…
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Why I’ve been MIA…
First Gen Latina Sabbatical Travels #4.5 This blog/substack started as a space to develop my writing voice and dabble in topics that matter to me personally without waiting for approval. Or being afraid to make mistakes. I want it to stay that way. But I haven’t posted the final installment of my First Gen Latina…
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Mexico City, mi amor
The first time I visited la Ciudad de México, I was nervous. It was July 2017 and all the news reports and state department advisories stressed extreme caution when traveling to México – of course I worried. It’s a poorly kept secret that drug cartels run big chunks of the country and political corruption has…
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Peru: The spiritual journey and gastronomic experience
Lima, Cusco, Mexico City, and Oaxaca, in that order. I wish I could tell you I made these travel decisions practically. That I followed a set of rules and did some kind of process of elimination to land on the right thing. But the truth is I didn’t. I made every decision based on instinct…
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Setting the stage for an Intentional Sabbatical
A Sabbatical is something you do with intention. After making the decision to take time off from work, there were a lot of choices I needed to make about what that would look like, but before I could structure it logistically, I had to get clear on a few things. First, why was this the right…
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Pushing Through the Heavy to Experience Joy: Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama
Pushing Through the Heavy to Experience Joy: Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama My arrival to Panama City was heavy. I only booked a short stay (2 full days) in the city before flying back to the states to face reality, so I’m supposed to be enjoying its beauty and its culture and its people as…
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On Island Time: Bocas del Toro, Panama
On Island Time: Bocas del Toro, Panama Booking flights, planning your trip, enjoying the process Bocas del Toro wasn’t even on my radar 6 months ago, but through a random lining up of situations, I found myself booking a last-minute flight there. I’ve been on sabbatical for about 6 months and counting, so when my…
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Traveling con Contexto
Traveling con Contexto Traveling as a First Gen, Mexican American in today’s political climate. I landed in Bocas del Toro, Panama on the day the US government kidnapped a sitting president of a sovereign country. Waking up to those headlines that morning at Albrook Inn in Panama City was a shock to my system. The…
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