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PESOS IN MY POCKET
stories from a budget traveler + surfer gal
welcome, thanks for being here:)
i'm katia, a california girl that has spent 4 years living, traveling, and working abroad. feel free to explore my adventure travel guides -- from hidden gems of mexico, surfing perfect points, high altitude mountains, and more :)
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Shaka from Oaxaca!
Read on for seeing one of my favorite beaches, Puerto Escondido, on a budget. If you just want the low-down on surfing and the waves,...
Jul 15, 20216 min read
All is Swell in Puerto Escondido
a beginner to intermediate's surfers guide to mexico's best surf town: puerto escondido!
Jul 10, 20217 min read
Cheap Solo Travel Recs
Hello! This is a small series I'm featuring on my blog where I share my tried and true budget travel trips. There are all kinds of...
Jul 6, 20213 min read
To Puebla and Puerto Escondido!
On this particular day we found ourselves up early and checked out of our Mexico City hostel, left our bags there for the day, and made...
Jul 6, 20214 min read
La Casa Azul, la Línea Amarilla
We woke up early for an adventure-packed Thursday in CDMX (fun fact, Mexico City was formerly called D.F. en español but has recently...
Jun 30, 20213 min read
Sunny w a Chance of Thunderstorms
Ah yes, back to the Motherland. If you look up the weather for Mexico in June, you will very likely find 90-100% chance of thunderstorms...
Jun 29, 20214 min read
Under the Tuscan Sun
Oh yes, that's right boys. Tuscany! The place you read about and see in the films, the rolling green hills and vineyards for miles on...
Apr 1, 20203 min read
Numtot through Northern Italy
NUMTOT: it stands for New Urbanist Memes for Transit Oriented Teens for all those of you that are not socially aware. Basically, anyone...
Apr 1, 20203 min read
That's not MY Campanile (Venice)
But it was, in fact, the Campanile that started it all and inspired John Galen Howard back in the 1910's to construct the glorious Sather...
Feb 2, 20204 min read
Munchin’ in München
The bus ride to Munich was maybe one of the worst nights of sleep I got on the trip but I got excited on the morning approach because we...
Feb 1, 20203 min read
Oui Oui Baguette
On Paris day two, I awoke around 8:30, still time to catch the sunrise, and I decided to get breakfast in Montmartre (remember the cute...
Feb 1, 20204 min read
France is my Favorite (So Far)
wow I generally write these posts about a week in delay and let me just say Paris was perfect. In ways I literally wish I had spent the...
Feb 1, 20204 min read
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