iamallovertheplace | Slow Travel & Digital Nomad Blog

TRAVELLING OUTWARDS

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What is it like to travel in a van with a stranger? How does a 77 year old woman travel the world? How did I end up accidentally participating in a beauty pageant in India?

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Travel Tips & Advice

What is (reverse) culture shock and how do you deal with it? How to travel more authentically? What is backpacker culture like?

TRAVELLING INWARDS

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journey to my

philosophy of life

A continuous insight into my personal journey of figuring out what life is and what it means to be alive. Read about some of my realizations and lessons learned in different spaces and through different spiritual traditions.

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Personal Growth

Psychedelics &

Plantmedicine,

Why are psychedelics are illegal and is that right? What is it like to do ayahuasca? How can plants help you become happier, more creative and more focused?

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Life Philosophies

How do Indigenous languages inspire a closer connection to nature? Can you categorize nature if your language does not have a word for 'nature,' such as in Hindi? What is the medicine of music?

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Hi, my name is Ilse Anna Maria!

I am a fulltime slow traveller and storyteller that aims to inspire others to travel authentically and ethically.

At 16, after my first interrail trip in Europe with a friend, I learned that for me travelling is not about ticking off countries from a bucket list, but about experiencing places, learning from cultures, and creating valuable connections with people. This is why I now prefer and promote slow travel. I am convinced that slow travel helps you connect with yourself, with the earth and with others in the most authentic and ethical way. But to do so travel should not only be outwards, but also inward. Besides being a slow traveller, I am also a digital nomad, visual storyteller and online master student and researcher of psychedelic plant medicine. Combining this with my initials, my blog iamallovertheplace was born. I hope that both 'sides' - inward and outward travel - of this blog inspire you and help you to travel in an authentic and ethical way!

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LATEST POSTS

TRAVELLING OUTWARDS

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Festa de Iemanjá in Salvador: Celebrations in Rio Vermelho can give a Preview for Carnaval in Salvador in 2026

Experience Festa de Iemanjá in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, an Afro-Brazilian ocean ritual in Rio Vermelho that offers a powerful preview of the energy of Carnaval in Salvador 2026.

4 hours ago8 min read

Crossing the Amazon Rainforest by Boat: from Tabatinga to Manaus

As part of the series 'Crossing the Amazon rainforest by boat and bus,' this post covers all you need to know about the slow boat journey between Tabatinga and Manaus, Brazil. Besides sharing my own stories, I answer questions like what it costs to travel from Tabatinga to Manaus by boat, how long it takes, what the boat looks like, what food is like on the slow boat, and whether you have to buy tickets in advance.

6 days ago19 min read

Crossing the Amazon Rainforest in Peru: Travelling by Boat from Yurimaguas to Iquitos

I crossed the entire Amazon rainforest, travelling from Peru to Suriname. In this post I will give you all the details on how to get from Yurimaguas to Iquitos - either with a fast boat (in 24 hours) via Nauta, or with the slow boat in 3 nights, sleeping in hammocks. Incl. what it costs to travel from Yurimaguas to Iquitos, what to do in Yurimaguas, what to do in Iquitos, and how safe I felt as a solo female traveller (safe!).

Jan 1713 min read

TRAVELLING INWARDS

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Hurling and Healing: The Medicine of Mothering - The collective healing of a Temazcal and Kambô ceremony in Argentina

Hurling and Healing: The Medicine of Mothering - The collective healing I experienced through a Temazcal and Kambô ceremony in Argentina. About how kambô medicine works, what to expect after kambô, and what kambô does spiritually. But also about my experience in a temazcal ceremony and the meaning and definition of mothering in relation to others, ourselves and nature.

Jun 25, 202512 min read

Western Science Makes Us Forget What We Already Know - In Rolfing everything is about connection and communication

Truly understanding change requires seeing how various processes in life are connected. This is a story about rolfing, rationality and intuition, fasting, the menstrual cycle, five year plans, and the western scientific method.

May 8, 202510 min read

3: From my first time taking uní (ayahuasca) to a one-month Mamé dieta

Why I decided to do a four-week Mamé dieta with the Indigenous Yawanawa in Aldeia Nova Esperança under guidance of Chief Isku Kua

Jan 10, 20246 min read

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