By Gabrielle Varela   August 27, 2010

Travel is about our obsessions. You don't have to chase authentic experiences, they are right there to be had. I am a curious human being. My obsessions have always been to see. To see what is there, to see new things, to see the world through a lens, and then share these visions and discoveries. Through my travels I have learned love, strength, resilience, responsibility, understanding, to say the least from connecting with others and opening myself to being given new angles to view from. Writing is my part in extending what I have learned and seen. I am a natural born story teller, and there is no better way to utilize this skill than to encourage others to still allow the world to awe them.
I am blessed for all the love I have received over the years from past trips and all the friends I have made who most of the time unknowingly guided me and were with me through these experiences, shaping me into the wander-luster I am. For this, I am extremely thankful. I ask all of you now for your support in giving me the chance to "blog around the world". To share these new experiences with me, to promote the art of travel, to maybe meet up with some and perhaps inspire others. So that when you think of me and you ask yourself, where is that crazy girl now!? You'll be able to see.