Travel Bug Collector
@travelbugcolx.bsky.social
Writer | Traveler | Eclipse Chaser | Peace Corps alumna
Congratulations to Calle 24 SF on a wildly successful Fiesta de las Américas event in The Mission district last weekend. I loved the music, the food, the atmosphere, the lowriders, and also these fabulous stickers from My Sticky Shop.
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations to Calle 24 SF on a wildly successful Fiesta de las Américas event in The Mission district last weekend. I loved the music, the food, the atmosphere, the lowriders, and also these fabulous stickers from My Sticky Shop.
Behold the high tech water filtration system my boyfriend devised for our AirBnB in Ecuador!
#travelhacks
#travelhacks
June 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Behold the high tech water filtration system my boyfriend devised for our AirBnB in Ecuador!
#travelhacks
#travelhacks
Travel Tip Tuesday: Check out these tried-and-true travel hacks that use things you already have around the house. https://f.mtr.cool/jepqzwfevh
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Travel Tip Tuesday: Check out these tried-and-true travel hacks that use things you already have around the house. https://f.mtr.cool/jepqzwfevh
Popular opinion: The best travel tips are the ones you can use without buying anything at all. Here are seven crowd-sourced travel hacks you can do with things you already have around the house. https://f.mtr.cool/wmmxzfljxn
April 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Popular opinion: The best travel tips are the ones you can use without buying anything at all. Here are seven crowd-sourced travel hacks you can do with things you already have around the house. https://f.mtr.cool/wmmxzfljxn
If someone offers you an ensalada (salad) in Colombia, you might get an ice cream sundae. This is ensalada de fruta, which is often shortened to just ensalada. Also, it comes with shredded cheese on top. Because Colombians LOVE cheese!
#foodsky #foodphotography #colombia #travelsky
#foodsky #foodphotography #colombia #travelsky
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If someone offers you an ensalada (salad) in Colombia, you might get an ice cream sundae. This is ensalada de fruta, which is often shortened to just ensalada. Also, it comes with shredded cheese on top. Because Colombians LOVE cheese!
#foodsky #foodphotography #colombia #travelsky
#foodsky #foodphotography #colombia #travelsky
Question for tamal lovers: Have you tried Tamales Tolimenses?
They are a beloved dish in the Colombian interior, especially for breakfast on special occasions. They contain pork, chicken, potato, carrot, peas, rice, and corn masa. Also - surprise bones, so ten cuidado!
#colombia🇨🇴 #foodphotography
They are a beloved dish in the Colombian interior, especially for breakfast on special occasions. They contain pork, chicken, potato, carrot, peas, rice, and corn masa. Also - surprise bones, so ten cuidado!
#colombia🇨🇴 #foodphotography
April 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Question for tamal lovers: Have you tried Tamales Tolimenses?
They are a beloved dish in the Colombian interior, especially for breakfast on special occasions. They contain pork, chicken, potato, carrot, peas, rice, and corn masa. Also - surprise bones, so ten cuidado!
#colombia🇨🇴 #foodphotography
They are a beloved dish in the Colombian interior, especially for breakfast on special occasions. They contain pork, chicken, potato, carrot, peas, rice, and corn masa. Also - surprise bones, so ten cuidado!
#colombia🇨🇴 #foodphotography
Interested in Colombian cuisine? I'm sharing images of local foods from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's offering: arepas - These are corn cakes that can take many different forms - deep-fried disks, pan-fried fritters, or wood-fire baked, like these.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Today's offering: arepas - These are corn cakes that can take many different forms - deep-fried disks, pan-fried fritters, or wood-fire baked, like these.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
April 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Interested in Colombian cuisine? I'm sharing images of local foods from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's offering: arepas - These are corn cakes that can take many different forms - deep-fried disks, pan-fried fritters, or wood-fire baked, like these.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Today's offering: arepas - These are corn cakes that can take many different forms - deep-fried disks, pan-fried fritters, or wood-fire baked, like these.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Interested in Colombian cuisine? I'm sharing images of local dishes from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: Picada - This is a pile of meat + carbs you eat with your fingers/toothpicks. It includes blood sausage, chorizo, arepa, yuca, potatoes, and more.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Today's dish: Picada - This is a pile of meat + carbs you eat with your fingers/toothpicks. It includes blood sausage, chorizo, arepa, yuca, potatoes, and more.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
April 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Interested in Colombian cuisine? I'm sharing images of local dishes from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: Picada - This is a pile of meat + carbs you eat with your fingers/toothpicks. It includes blood sausage, chorizo, arepa, yuca, potatoes, and more.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
Today's dish: Picada - This is a pile of meat + carbs you eat with your fingers/toothpicks. It includes blood sausage, chorizo, arepa, yuca, potatoes, and more.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴
I'm sharing a series of images of Colombian cuisine from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: #Envueltos - these corn wraps are a bit like tamales, made with corn, corn meal, sugar, and cuajada (a soft, fresh cheese).
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #maíz
Today's dish: #Envueltos - these corn wraps are a bit like tamales, made with corn, corn meal, sugar, and cuajada (a soft, fresh cheese).
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #maíz
March 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I'm sharing a series of images of Colombian cuisine from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: #Envueltos - these corn wraps are a bit like tamales, made with corn, corn meal, sugar, and cuajada (a soft, fresh cheese).
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #maíz
Today's dish: #Envueltos - these corn wraps are a bit like tamales, made with corn, corn meal, sugar, and cuajada (a soft, fresh cheese).
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #maíz
I'm sharing a series of images of Colombian cuisine from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: #Lechona - pulled pork from a whole roast pig, stuffed back inside its own skin with rice and garbanzos. Served with crispy pork skin and an arepa.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #traveltheworld
Today's dish: #Lechona - pulled pork from a whole roast pig, stuffed back inside its own skin with rice and garbanzos. Served with crispy pork skin and an arepa.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #traveltheworld
March 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm sharing a series of images of Colombian cuisine from Boyacá, in the Andean mountains.
Today's dish: #Lechona - pulled pork from a whole roast pig, stuffed back inside its own skin with rice and garbanzos. Served with crispy pork skin and an arepa.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #traveltheworld
Today's dish: #Lechona - pulled pork from a whole roast pig, stuffed back inside its own skin with rice and garbanzos. Served with crispy pork skin and an arepa.
#gastronomia #colombia🇨🇴 #traveltheworld
Scenes from el Festival de la Piedra y la Labranza in my #PeaceCorps #Colombia community. This 3-day event includes contests for building rock walls and facades, creating silletas made from locally-grown crops, sheep-shearing, and more. 🇨🇴
#travelphotography #traveladdict #travel #culture
#travelphotography #traveladdict #travel #culture
March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Scenes from el Festival de la Piedra y la Labranza in my #PeaceCorps #Colombia community. This 3-day event includes contests for building rock walls and facades, creating silletas made from locally-grown crops, sheep-shearing, and more. 🇨🇴
#travelphotography #traveladdict #travel #culture
#travelphotography #traveladdict #travel #culture
For this week's #TopTravelPics theme of GREEN, I am sharing a collage of crops/foods from Boyacá, Colombia, where I served as a #PeaceCorps volunteer. Plus a typical view!
Top L: a local harvest; Top R: feijoa (a fruit); Bottom L: envueltos (made from corn); Bottom R: guatila (aka - chayote)
Top L: a local harvest; Top R: feijoa (a fruit); Bottom L: envueltos (made from corn); Bottom R: guatila (aka - chayote)
March 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For this week's #TopTravelPics theme of GREEN, I am sharing a collage of crops/foods from Boyacá, Colombia, where I served as a #PeaceCorps volunteer. Plus a typical view!
Top L: a local harvest; Top R: feijoa (a fruit); Bottom L: envueltos (made from corn); Bottom R: guatila (aka - chayote)
Top L: a local harvest; Top R: feijoa (a fruit); Bottom L: envueltos (made from corn); Bottom R: guatila (aka - chayote)
March 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Have you caught the travel bug yet?
March 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Have you caught the travel bug yet?
#WorldHearingDay seems like a good day to remind everyone of 3 ways to protect your hearing:
1) limit noise exposure
2) get regular check-ups
3) get vaccinated*
*The MMR vaccine prevents measles, which is linked to long-term, severe hearing loss.
1) limit noise exposure
2) get regular check-ups
3) get vaccinated*
*The MMR vaccine prevents measles, which is linked to long-term, severe hearing loss.
March 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#WorldHearingDay seems like a good day to remind everyone of 3 ways to protect your hearing:
1) limit noise exposure
2) get regular check-ups
3) get vaccinated*
*The MMR vaccine prevents measles, which is linked to long-term, severe hearing loss.
1) limit noise exposure
2) get regular check-ups
3) get vaccinated*
*The MMR vaccine prevents measles, which is linked to long-term, severe hearing loss.
Question for parasitologists and infectious disease specialists on #WorldHearingDay: Are there any parasites that cause hearing loss?
#parasitology
#parasitology
March 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Question for parasitologists and infectious disease specialists on #WorldHearingDay: Are there any parasites that cause hearing loss?
#parasitology
#parasitology
Question: Have you ever picked up a parasite while traveling?
The Travel Bug Collector (that's me!) is seeking true stories of medical misadventure. This week, I am scheduling interviews with people who contracted a parasite abroad. Got a story? I want to hear it!
#travel #travelwriter
The Travel Bug Collector (that's me!) is seeking true stories of medical misadventure. This week, I am scheduling interviews with people who contracted a parasite abroad. Got a story? I want to hear it!
#travel #travelwriter
March 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Question: Have you ever picked up a parasite while traveling?
The Travel Bug Collector (that's me!) is seeking true stories of medical misadventure. This week, I am scheduling interviews with people who contracted a parasite abroad. Got a story? I want to hear it!
#travel #travelwriter
The Travel Bug Collector (that's me!) is seeking true stories of medical misadventure. This week, I am scheduling interviews with people who contracted a parasite abroad. Got a story? I want to hear it!
#travel #travelwriter
Dear algorithm: please connect me with curious explorers who enjoy experiential travel, local cuisine, and true stories about travel misadventure.
#BlackskyTravel #TravelAddicts #TravelBloggers #TravelEnthusiasts #BlueskyTravelLovers
#BlackskyTravel #TravelAddicts #TravelBloggers #TravelEnthusiasts #BlueskyTravelLovers
February 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Dear algorithm: please connect me with curious explorers who enjoy experiential travel, local cuisine, and true stories about travel misadventure.
#BlackskyTravel #TravelAddicts #TravelBloggers #TravelEnthusiasts #BlueskyTravelLovers
#BlackskyTravel #TravelAddicts #TravelBloggers #TravelEnthusiasts #BlueskyTravelLovers
Question for couples who #TravelTogether: How do you make decisions while traveling - like what to eat for dinner, which museum to visit next, or how to get there? Do you have some tried and true tricks you use to avoid conflict about decisions? Please share!
#TravelBloggers #TravelHack
#TravelBloggers #TravelHack
February 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Question for couples who #TravelTogether: How do you make decisions while traveling - like what to eat for dinner, which museum to visit next, or how to get there? Do you have some tried and true tricks you use to avoid conflict about decisions? Please share!
#TravelBloggers #TravelHack
#TravelBloggers #TravelHack
Inside the church in my Peace Corps pueblo in Boyacá, Colombia. 🇨🇴
#alphabetchallenge #weekIforInside #travelphotography #peacecorps
#alphabetchallenge #weekIforInside #travelphotography #peacecorps
February 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Inside the church in my Peace Corps pueblo in Boyacá, Colombia. 🇨🇴
#alphabetchallenge #weekIforInside #travelphotography #peacecorps
#alphabetchallenge #weekIforInside #travelphotography #peacecorps
Question: Who is your favorite woman explorer, and why is it Amelia Earhart?
Just kidding, sort of.
But seriously, I'd love to know which women - famous, fictional, or family members - have inspired your desire to explore.
#travelbug #adventuretravel #traveladdicts #travelbloggers
Just kidding, sort of.
But seriously, I'd love to know which women - famous, fictional, or family members - have inspired your desire to explore.
#travelbug #adventuretravel #traveladdicts #travelbloggers
February 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Question: Who is your favorite woman explorer, and why is it Amelia Earhart?
Just kidding, sort of.
But seriously, I'd love to know which women - famous, fictional, or family members - have inspired your desire to explore.
#travelbug #adventuretravel #traveladdicts #travelbloggers
Just kidding, sort of.
But seriously, I'd love to know which women - famous, fictional, or family members - have inspired your desire to explore.
#travelbug #adventuretravel #traveladdicts #travelbloggers
This gloomy Monday in SF reminds me of a gloomy morning in Bogotá, a year or so ago, during Peace Corps Colombia service. Went looking for coffee in la Candelaria and stumbled across this mini-parade.
Got any #MondayMotivation memories to share? Let's see 'em!
#PeaceCorps #Colombia #travel
Got any #MondayMotivation memories to share? Let's see 'em!
#PeaceCorps #Colombia #travel
February 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This gloomy Monday in SF reminds me of a gloomy morning in Bogotá, a year or so ago, during Peace Corps Colombia service. Went looking for coffee in la Candelaria and stumbled across this mini-parade.
Got any #MondayMotivation memories to share? Let's see 'em!
#PeaceCorps #Colombia #travel
Got any #MondayMotivation memories to share? Let's see 'em!
#PeaceCorps #Colombia #travel
For this week’s #TopTravelPics theme #Beaches, I am sharing three images: from the Oregon coast (top), Northern California coast (bottom left) and Mazatlan, Mexico (bottom right)
#traveladdicts #TopTravelPics
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@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social
#traveladdicts #TopTravelPics
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@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For this week’s #TopTravelPics theme #Beaches, I am sharing three images: from the Oregon coast (top), Northern California coast (bottom left) and Mazatlan, Mexico (bottom right)
#traveladdicts #TopTravelPics
@velvetescape.bsky.social
@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social
#traveladdicts #TopTravelPics
@velvetescape.bsky.social
@thethoroughtripper.bsky.social
@tony-bookdirect.bsky.social