“One has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” – Paolo Coelho (world renowned Brazilian writer from Rio […]
Rio de Janeiro: Don’t Let Fear Stand In Your Way
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia: You Decide On What You Want To Be
“One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You’re the one who’ll decide what you want to […]
La Paz, Bolivia: Fostering Your Own Resilience
“Life is not about how many times you fall down. It’s about how many times you get back up.” – a famous quote from Jaime Escalante (a Bolivian educator who inspired the movie, […]
Lima – Miraflores, Downtown, & Barranco: Family Love
“Love looks through spectacles that make copper look like gold, poverty like riches, and tears like pearls.” – Peruvian Proverb Honestly, before this trip, I do not know anything about Peru but […]
Cuzco & Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain: Being Miserable Is A Choice
“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda (a Peruvian writer of Journey to Ixtian) That same day when I went […]
Machu Picchu, Huayna Picchu, & The Sacred Valley: The World Is More Beautiful
“Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else.” ― Carlos Castaneda (a Peruvian […]
Patagonia, Chile: Everything Matters
“The secret story is the one we’ll never know, although we’re living it from day to day, thinking we’re alive, thinking we’ve got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn’t […]
Ushuaia: Understanding Personalities
“This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that […]
Iguazu Falls: Turning Comparisons to Inspirations
When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success. – Diego Maradona In between my stay in Buenos Aires, I flew to Puerto Iguazu to meet-up […]
Buenos Aires: It Takes Two To Tango
“I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.” – Evita Peron This South America + Antarctica trip was something I was planning and […]