I am walking around the island of Puerto Rico

My name is Julie 👋 I live in Puerto Rico and I’m currently an quarantunemployed travel specialist with @compassandglobe travel.⁣

I haven’t had many tickets to book or itineraries to review since the beginning of the year so I’ve had quite a bit of time to think.⁣

Puerto Rico mornings are just that: riiiiiico. I found myself walking around my neighborhood in the early mornings and would expand my route each day until one time I walked to the next town over. ⁣

I walked 100 miles during one month of quarantine and without any travel plans for the foreseeable future, I decided that I could keep walking. ⁣

Sooooo, that’s what I am doing: walking around the 308-mile island of Puerto Rico, on foot, with a small backpack, hoping to inspire people to #optoutside and explore their own backyard this summer. In many ways for many people (myself included) it’s my only feasible travel destination. ⁣

Right now my thoughts are:⁣
Someday I will get on a plane again and travel to explore, eat, and chat with people from another place.⁣
Why not practice being a good traveler in my own backyard? Why not find the awe in what many of us find to be ordinary? I’m hoping to discover places that even 85-year-old locals don’t even know exist. At least I’ll try.⁣

So, that’s me. I think talking with locals is the quintessential bucket list check and eating my way around a place is the best souvenir.⁣

You can follow my full story @justnorthoftravel⁣