She Surf Life and Culture by the Coast

I wrote a previous blog about what it means to be a creatively cultured traveler.  It  helps us to discover new ways of thinking, appreciate different perspectives, and gain insight into cultures different than our own. I touched lightly on a  statement that set the tone for the past de…

I love going off the beaten path and exploring what the area has to offer. I feel like this gives me more of a sense of the real culture when I visit some of the less touristy locations. Typically, going further up or down a few miles from the touristy spots are where you can start feelin…

Picture for a minute, the tunes of roots reggae music playing as you walk  towards the beach. The smell of perfectly seasoned plantains, rice and beans lingering in the warm air from a local Soda (restaurant) as you glance across the road.  Fuchsia, blue and green multi-colored Toucans an…

On a previous post I had written about traveling here to Costa Rica on a backpack surfing trip with my surf Sista who is 20 years younger. I knew that no one in my age range would want to do this sort of thing so when the opportunity presented itself for me to go with her after finding …

It was a rainy day when I got the email from my local surf group to come be apart of a pot luck gathering. As we were all talking about places we wanted to go surfing, one of the youngest members mentioned she was getting ready to go on a backpack surf and hiking trip by herself for her …

I use to believe my allergies were a bad thing. That my body was turning on me until after doing lots of research and was guided towards Naturopaths. Finding out my allergies were my bodies defense against things that were unclean, unsafe and not natural was a paradigm shift that I was …