Kaelyn Davis
Kaelyn Davis is a wanderlust-ridden book nerd on the good end of her twenty-somethings who is slowly but steadily carving a place for herself in the world. She currently maintains a travel blog called La Güera Viajera and a literature blog called For Love and Allegory. Among many other things, she's a reader first and foremost, a writer, a traveler, a feminist, and an implacable realist.
Articles by Kaelyn Davis
Is Backpacking The Right Way To Travel For You?
Travel is like love… or baking… or literary criticism – everyone does it in their own manner and style, and every outcome is different. There isn’t a formula...
The Most Helpful Words and Phrases for Traveling Abroad
Travelling to a foreign country is always a bit of a challenge, though hopefully, and in general, the benefits far outweigh the challenges. Nevertheless, those...
9 Ways To See The Best Of Any City In 48 Hours Or Less
Sometimes, in the course of traveling, we find ourselves in foreign cities for a regrettably short time, whether because of layovers or delays or for a myriad...
5 Unique Yoga Experiences That Will Have You Saying Om
On vacation, time flies. It seems one moment you're standing on the tarmac of your long dreamed of destination and the next, you're back where you started,...
How Volunteering In Ecuador Was The Best Choice I Made
Choosing to volunteer , or rather having to do so in order to not become penniless while travelling through Ecuador was one of the best choices I could have...
How I Experinced Paradise Volunteering in Puerto Cayo
Funny how even in the midst of active travel, a few weeks in any one place is enough to create a makeshift comfort zone and how quickly the unfamiliar starts...
Some Handy Spanish Phrases For Speaking With Locals
I studied Spanish for eight years before I went to a country where I would be forced to speak it. Eight years of grammar and composition, vocabulary and...
How to Get to Know Any City in 48 Hours or Less
Photo, "Turkey travel," by Minamie's Photo . Sometimes, in the course of traveling, we find ourselves in foreign cities for a regrettably short time — perhaps...
Montañita: A Land of Plenty... of Everything
Photo Credit: Johnny Chunga . Stuck at work? Glued to a computer screen? Covered in oatmeal thrown by a toddler? If you're dreaming of the beach, of bright...
Vilcabamba: Ecuador's Epicurean Oasis
I come from a wonderland of international foods. Having lived in California for almost my entire life, I had the great fortune of living in a veritable melting...
15 Things You Need To Know Before You Travel
Travelling is one of the best way to get to know the world and yourself. While almost all of us can agree that travelling can be a great time, many of us have...
15 Simple Questions To Ponder Before Moving To Cuenca
We at Gringo Tree strive to create content that is useful to a range of readers, including those curious toe-dippers in the realm of living abroad. Often, once...
How Did I Get Here? My Galápagos Dream on a Dime
Photo Credit: Paul Krawczuk When I arrived in Cartagena, Colombia, on the day I was to begin the longest mostly solo journey of my life, I had grandiose and...