Lauren Pelkey, children's book author and entrepreneur, on settling in Colombia

The Adventure Calls Podcast

Lauren Pelkey is a children's book author, blogger and entrepreneur based in Bogota, the capital of Colombia and one of the highest capital cities in the world at 8,661 feet above sea level.Lauren is no stranger to living life at the extremes.
In today’s interview, Lauren talks about applying for an Australian visa, getting approved only hours later and then quitting her job in fashion moving to Melbourne, Australia without knowing a soul. She talks about the time she stayed with a Hmong family in a one room house in the far north of Vietnam as a solo traveler.
What's more, she has had luck and adventure in her career as well, who has had to figure out how to create products, like her Wally the Wandering Wallaby children’s books and stuffed animal, all on her own.
She gained the street smarts and confidence to follow her instincts thanks to her time on the road. Lauren is originally from Massachusetts but has lived in Rome, Melbourne and now calls Bogotá, Colombia home.
In this episode, we talk about:
Lauren's solo travel experience in Sa Pa, Vietnam
http://www.wanderluluu.com/sa-pa-vietnam
Lauren's inclusion of a Peters Projection Map in her new children's book https://www.oxfordcartographers.com/our-maps/peters-projection-map
We talked about Gabby Beckford, who has been on the Adventure Calls show
https://open.spotify.com/show/262MsKEG23EoC1rfv2jEnI
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