Choosing if/when/how to travel right now is very personal but also has public implications and there are a lot of factors one should consider. But six months in, the itch to travel is hard to ignore. As a public health professional, here are some things I recommend considering before booking travel.
Month: September 2020
Why I’m Changing my Relationship with Clothes
Fast fashion are those clothes that are made cheaply to keep up with trends and generally spend longer in a landfill than in our closets. Learning more about the toxicity of the fashion industry, from the waste produced to exploitative labor practices, really had me reflecting on and rethinking my choices.
Colombia – 5 Days in Cartagena
If I have learned one thing it is that every city offers its own brand of magic. Sometimes you have to search a little for it, down the path of a park or tucked away in a bookshop. But in the case of Cartagena, it is rising from every cobblestone, floating on the air with the scent of bougainvillea, and singing from the lips of the Palenquera.