Author Archives: Amelia Wiggins

The next day would be a sailing day, as we made our way up the Nile towards our final destination: Luxor. Though, we did have one stop scheduled along the way: the incredible Edfu Temple. Our cruise ships docked, and we wove our way between several ships before exiting onto the pier. Our guide carefullyContinue reading “Egypt Part IV”

The next morning, we had an early flight from Cairo to Aswan, a city in southern Egypt. Our first stop was the huge Aswan High Dam, which was built along the Nile. The construction of the dam created one of the largest man-made reservoirs, Lake Nasser. This project was completed with help from the Russians,Continue reading “Egypt Part III”

After two nights in Cairo, we hit the ground running to a desert adventure! We were picked up early for a 5 hour drive out into the middle of the desert, where we would spend the next 24 hours. Our guide, Mohammed, would become our driver, desert expert, sandboarding guru, and chef extradoinaire. We metContinue reading “Egypt Part II”

First trip post covid = a whirlwind 10 days in Egypt! My friend Jaimee and I decided to travel somewhere together as is our tradition. We’ve visited Prague and Rome, and we met up in Hawaii, and now we had to decide our next destination. As usual, we threw around several ideas, but we eventuallyContinue reading “Egypt: Part I”

Well, it’s officially over, my first full month of traveling! I suppose it’s just shy of a month, but who’s counting? Hehe. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to travel and see different parts of the world, and to someday be a “backpacker.” I never knew how to make it work,Continue reading “Post Travel Reflection”

I was worried about making the Delta flight, so I quickly booked a standby seat on an Avianca flight to JFK, while in the Uber. I tried to do the check in, but was being thwarted by the emergency contact section. Apparently Avianca requires this, and it asks for the country code of the phoneContinue reading “Bogotá to Boston!”

The next morning, we didn’t have to rush to get up, which was such a nice change. We were planning on taking the noon bus back to Pereira, where we would be catching a short flight to Bogotá. Before heading to the bus terminal, we walked around town one last time. At this point, itContinue reading “Bogotá”

This morning, we woke up at 5am, as we planned to catch the 5:30 Jeep to the trailhead. We are going to be hiking about 7 hours through a national park, and the main attraction is the Cocoa Valley. This valley is home to extremely tall palm trees that look otherworldly. The rest of theContinue reading “Salento”

This morning, we made our way to the main park in El Poblado to catch our day tour to Guatapé. The big attraction here is an enormous rock protruding from the earth, which has a whopping 700 stairs to climb in order to get to the top. I thought we were done hiking? Haha. Never.Continue reading “Guatapé Day Tour”

Today, our main objective is to take a walking tour of Comuna 13 in the western part of Medellín. This community was the most dangerous place in the city 20 years ago and arguably the most dangerous community in the world. Contrary to popular belief, this was not in any way related to Pablo Escobar,Continue reading “Comuna 13”