Weekly Wednesday Video: Making pupusas in El Salvador
Continuing with the food theme (live Korean octopus, anyone?), let’s travel virtually to El Salvador this week and learn to make pupusas! As you may know, pupusas are stuffed corn tortillas that are a...
View ArticleWeekly Wednesday Video: A visit to a nursery school in The Gambia
About a month ago I posted a video from crossing the Sahara in Mauritania, inspired by fellow globetrotter Francis Tapon’s 3-year Africa trip. Well, now that Francis is about to enter the The Gambia,...
View ArticleWeekly Wednesday Video: Baby turtle treks to the ocean in Nicaragua
While traveling around Central America this past winter, my sleepy friend Mira and I visited the secluded and miles-long Los Brasiles beach on Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast. Located on an island near...
View ArticleTravel Inspiration: Pablo Garcia cycles around the world for 14+ years
As you probably figured out from my post that talked about the Helsinki Airport Book Swap, I was back in the homeland for the summer again. My two months in Finland went by fast, much in the same...
View Article10 weird things to know about Brazil
Happy New Year everyone! I know, I know, I’m a little late to the game but this is my first post in 2014. Yikes! Here’s a picture from the wild NYE celebrations I took part in Tel Aviv. That place can...
View ArticleFavela Life in Brazil
With the World Cup mania going on full speed, everyone’s eyes are now on Brazil. This has gotten me to think about my most recent trip to the sunny country and about one of my most memorable...
View ArticleWant to be a travel writer?
Are you an aspiring travel writer or would you just like to know what life is like when the whole world is your office? Click here to read the article I wrote about the ins and outs of travel writing...
View ArticleMirva the Beach Addict
Travel blogger Chris Guillebeau just published a travel profile of me on his website! Woohoo. :) To read about how my beach addition made me a globetrotter, check out this link:...
View ArticleMy Big Russian Media Debut!
Check this out – I’m famous in Russia! Woohoo! Okay, well maybe not that famous, but at least a little bit – a translated version of my article about travel writing was published today in a Russian...
View ArticleLet’s play Travel ABC’s
Hey fellow travel enthusiasts! I’m currently doing a fun travel game over on my travel Instagram, @mirvaonthemove. (FYI: I also have an IG account just for Guadeloupe photos, which is @guadeloupeguide....
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