When I Explore
  • Blogging

    Create your first blog in 3 easy steps

    Before I start giving you my 3 easy steps for starting your blog, I want to say this is not a technical review on the services I use, but rather a quick overview of how a newbie blogger – like me – started in the journey of blogging and what tools I found more useful.  Later on I will share in more detail my technical experiences, and also limitations when working on my blog. And yes, the images in this post are completely unrelated to the topic – Enjoy! I’ve had the idea of creating a travel blog for the longest time. Around 4 years ago I created my free…

  • Blogging,  Destinations

    Why I Travel

    Ever since I was a kid I can’t think of a time where I didn’t feel passionate about traveling. The first time I recall doing this was when I was only 6, and I was begging my mom to say yes to move to Costa Rica. I thank her so much because I know this was a huge sacrifice for her, to leave all she knew behind – her parents, her friends and her whole life back in Cuba. I can’t say I traveled too much during my first years in Costa Rica, money was tight, so my parents could only take me to local places – luckily for me,…