CRUISIN’ ROAMERS
THE BLOG
TRAVEL LOG May 30th — We peeked our heads outside our tiny tent. The sun casually rose behind Isla de Lobos, and flamed the landscape with golden tones.
We heated some water, drank coffee, put on our wetsuits and went into the sea.
TRUE STORIES Fireworks in Beirut — August 4, 2020
It was a regular, mundane day. She was on her couch in her living room, working on her computer. The sun's late-afternoon rays pierced through the windows and tinted the room in a light amber mist. She liked this hour of the day.
She thought about what she was going to cook for dinner. Scents of grilled fish and zaatar drifted through the room (...)
PORTRAITS ON THE ROAD A Man Called C — March 2019, Ecuador
He’s got long salt and pepper hair with sunburnt curls, framing a face with theatrical features.
C. is in his sixties, but his gaze and smile give him eternal youthfulness. With dark brown, golden, chocolate skin, yellowed teeth from chewing rapé, a slender and graceful body, and long, thin fingers, he's (...)
TRAVEL LOG Returning to Ecuador — March-April 2025
Women with white round hats and green wool skirts stand in a queue with their soup bowl. I watch from afar, admiring a scene out of an 1920s documentary movie.
We’re at 3800 meters, in a tiny village surrounded by green chakras—traditional farming systems used by Andean communities for generations, where they mix different crop species to adapt to climate change. Snow-capped giants peek above dense clouds before disappearing in a blink. (...)
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185 DAYS ASTRAY
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185 Jours ✳ Pensées d’une Backpackeuse
©Maylis Moubarak
An immersive digital reading experience about my 6-month solo backpacking trip in South America. Written in French & English.