| Before Latin America | Over the years, I’ve explored countries across Europe, Latin America (including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, and Costa Rica), and the Far East, from Indonesia and Thailand to Malaysia, Singapore, and the UAE. I even spent a year living in the U.S. as a high school student, each experience deepening my curiosity and love for cultural connection. |
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| 2010, Quito | I left my home country of Germany, originally planning a short break to improve my Spanish and learn to dance salsa. Latin America was calling. I began in Quito, Ecuador, where I worked for a tour operator organizing trips to the Galápagos Islands, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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| Colombia | Two years later, I packed my bags and boarded a 30-hour bus ride from Quito to Bogotá. While working in tourism, traveling across this breathtaking country, and improving my salsa steps along the way, I fell in love with Colombia and its people. I became living proof of the country’s former tourism slogan: “The Only Risk Is Wanting to Stay.” |
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| Today | With more than 15 years in the travel industry, I’ve built a wide-reaching network of local partners and explored nearly every corner of Colombia firsthand. My background as a trilingual (German, English, and Spanish) travel expert has allowed me to design experiences for thousands of guests from around the world. |
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| WhereNext DMC Colombia | Gregg Bleakney and I launched WhereNext DMC Colombia, registered March 24, 2021. Together we helped build the country’s modern tourism story through our work with the Colombian government, USAID, and tourism partners across Colombia. The company’s registration is in the vendor file. |
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| In the Journal | I call in friends from my salsa club for Angie’s Salsa Flash Mob, a WhereNext Original in Bogotá. How Serendipity Becomes a Travel Experience explains how it grew from my ten years inside the city’s competitive salsa community. |
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