Category: Musings
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I couldn’t use my debit card in Bolivia
… but here’s what I learned. I always wanted to visit Bolivia. It just seemed cool and so different from Argentina. I got to hang out there for 17 days but as a digital nomad, it doesn’t mean everything was 100% fun. For one, I worked super-hard and barely got to see La Paz. But…
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Stuff I learned while in Arica, Chile
My trip from Buenos Aires to Brazil was supposed to last about 6 weeks. It’s now been about a year and it ends mid-May. There are many reasons why it took so long. When I first went to Arica I was only supposed to be there for maybe 3 weeks and then never go back.…
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Traveling as a musician
Trato de no ver estas 6 semanas como “tiempo sin mi guitarra” pero es difícil verlo así. Lo bueno es que sigo con las baquetas que compré en Cusco y tal vez esto significa invertir en clases de percusión en Brasil. Todo pasa por algo. Espero que en 6 semanas no reduzca mucho mi…
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Getting a Bolivian visa at the border (US Citzens)
It wasn’t as bad as others said… you know, things work out.
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Machu Picchu while brown
I never really thought about traveling as something I could do. Like any woman of color, when you see blonde influencers and their green juices (I have nothing against the green juices), you start to believe you can’t do this. Even worse when you’re being a digital nomad with a precarious budget and almost…
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fusiones culinarias
Cuando has crecido con la cocina de varias culturas te acostumbras a las fusiones. Ahorita me estoy preguntando cómo sabría un lomo saltado pero con un poco de kimchi al lado. También me pregunto cómo serían las pupusas con kimchi encima… O me pregunto qué pasa si uso bulgogi en una empanada de…
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Know your history…
Every day, in every town I’ve been ever since leaving Argentina, whiteness lets me know that people who have its color only see me as a servant and free Spanish teacher. People will literally see me walk in with my heavy backpack and hiking boots and STILL think I’m an expert on Chile and…
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Small self-care ideas I implement in my life
I’m a working-class writer who is recovering from paying for student loans, bad financial decisions caused by lack of planning, and working jobs with meager wages to boot. Things haven’t moved up fast, but I feel confident that I’ll get over this slump thanks to seeking financial counseling from people who were raised in a…
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Backpacking as a person of color
In the scheme of things, being a person of color with an upbringing from a superpower like the United States means having to put things into perspective. We’re not in a country that refuses to talk about race, but as a backpacker of color you can never get rest from Eurocentric points of view. I…
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