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Ilse
Sep 30, 20247 min read
How To Ride a 'Chickenbus' in Guatemala - All You Should Know About Prices, Routes and Safety
How to ride a chickenbus, how to pay, how much they cost, where to find the schedules and bus stops, and where in Guatemala they go.
Ilse
Aug 26, 20244 min read
How Do We Get Black African Surfers in the Next Olympics in 2028?
Have you ever wondered why there are so few Black African surfers in the Olympics? Here are three action points to include them in 2028.
Ilse
Jul 4, 20247 min read
Top Things to Do in El Paredon, Guatemala: A Slow Traveler's Guide
Uncover upcoming backpacking and surf destination El Paredon, Guatemala with this Slow Traveller's Guide.
Ilse
Jun 18, 20245 min read
Visit Papakōlea Beach on Hawaiʿi (the Big Island): One of Four Green Sand Beaches in the World
Papakōlea beach Hawaiʿi (the Big Island) is one of the green four sand beaches in the world. Read my guide with essential tips to visit!
Ilse
Feb 20, 20247 min read
Solo Travelling Mexico as a Female: A Counter Narrative
What to make of contrasting experiences and narratives when travelling Mexico, or any other foreign country? Here is what it is really like
Ilse
Jan 21, 20245 min read
Hiking the Sliding Sands Trail on Haleakalā, Maui, Hawaiʻi by myself
My experience of doing the Haleakalā on Maui, Hawaiʻi by myself and why I would highly recommend it.
Ilse
Jan 17, 20249 min read
The Good and the Icky: An Honest Look at San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala’s Hippie Town
My experience of the good and the icky sides of San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala's Hippie Town. And how to travel ethically.
Ilse
Dec 10, 20239 min read
1: My first times taking uní (ayahuasca), with the Indigenous Yawanawa
One year ago I came back from a one month Mamé dieta with the Indigenous Yawanawa in the Brazilian rainforest, under guidance of Isku...
Ilse
Sep 9, 20236 min read
Driving in dreamtime: embarking on a timeless vanlife adventure in Portugal with a stranger
How I came to live my summerdream of vanlife in Portugal with two friends and a (former) stranger by surrendering to trust.
Ilse
Feb 24, 20235 min read
Indigenous Languages like that of the Yawanawa inspire a Closer Connection to Nature
In my last blogpost I wrote about what my stay in the Yawanawa village from chief Iskua Kua has taught me about the forest as a pharmacy...
Ilse
Feb 7, 20234 min read
The Brazilian Rainforest as a Pharmacy exists through Indigenous Languages like that of the Yawanawa
As you may or may not know I have spent a month in the Brazilian rainforest at the end of 2022. I lived in a village of the indigenous...
Ilse
Jan 3, 20233 min read
Children are the greatest teachers
Everywhere we are we can learn something and everyone can be a teacher. All we have to do is pay attention. I was reminded of this when...
Ilse
Dec 28, 20225 min read
The Medicine of Music - Interview with Ray Brown
Musician Ray Brown sees music and life as more than just connected: life is music, and we are all musicians. We just have to remember ...
Ilse
Oct 28, 20226 min read
Hobbies and why you don't have to be good at them
I am currently in Brazil. A few weeks ago, I was invited to visit some classes at an English school so that students had a change to...
Ilse
Oct 10, 20223 min read
How do you introduce yourself and how to get to (really) know other people
Not everyone introduces themselves the same. Some first mention their profession, others first mention their family. What questions to ask?
Ilse
Jul 9, 20225 min read
Meet Cristina Terre: A 77-year-old woman from Chile who just decided to do it
Imagine you are at the register of a bus station somewhere in India. All the buses you see are small and without AC. It is hot so the...
Ilse
Jun 21, 20224 min read
Un mundo muy pequeño
The backpackers world is small. I remember that from travelling in Southeast Asia. I would see people that I met in my first week at a...
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