I have been traveling during two years through Latin America swapping my marketing skills in exchange for room and food. I wrote an article on Hopineo with my feedback and some tips for travelers who would like to live an experience alike : “A HopTour, how does it work ?” However, I do receive from time to …
From 2014 to 2016 I traveled through 16 countries of Latin America swapping my marketing skills in exchange for food and accomodation, and making videos to document good practices for a more responsible and sustainable tourism : a HopTour of Latin America. I stayed in touch with many of the tourism stakeholders I met on …
Back from my great journey through Latin America, I traveled again during two months in central america in order to update french travel guide books : Petit Futé Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador. I took advantage of this second trip there to visit some sustainable tourism initiatives and realized some new video-interviews published then on Hopineo YouTube …
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TEDx are always such a sweet source of inspiration! I share with you below a quick TedXs compilation that I really enjoyed and which are related to sustainable tourism : Change the word, take a vacation How to waste less on vacations? How to fix travel? For more tolerance, we need… more tourism? (Israel/Pasletine) Towards Sustainability: …
A huge thank you for having followed me all along these two years around Latin America! I compiled a short 2min film as a restrospective for this great journey: All about this HopTour of Latin America: www.floriethielin.com/en/hoptour-latin-america Here I am now back in Lyon, France. However the adventure is not totally finished: I will continue …
16 countries of Latin America crossed Almost 2 years travelling: 22 months +100 responsible tourism initiatives visited +100 videos shared +80 good practices collected +70 volunteering missions done 1 manual of marketing in free access for all gathered Here I am back in France! It was quite an adventure and being back is a funny sensation: not …
Spanish, portuguese… I’m in love. I share below a selection of the discoveries or rediscoveries which accompanied me during my two years trip through Latin America. Well, I have to warn you, it’s like tropical rainforests, rich in diversity…! CUMBIA ELECTRO La Yegros – Argentina Bomba Estereo – Colombia Fauna – Argentina Systema Solar – Colombia …
Ilhabela is small Brazilian island very easy to access as it is located at just twenty minutes in boat from the coast and 4h of bus ride from Sao Paulo. 85% of the island is UNESCO biosphere reserve classified (“mata atlantica” forest) and several isolated beaches are inhabited by traditional caiçaras fishermen communities: an amazing destination for …
After a first crazy stay during Rio de Janeiro’s carnival, here I am, back for a second “carioca” experience with a sweet program: Encounters and HopTrips with tourism initiatives having a positive social and/or ecological impact in five different communities (pacified favelas) : Babilonia, Santa Marta, Vidigal, Alemao, Tabajaras. Visit of Rio de Janeiro with my …
After a short stop over in Foz de Iguaçu to cross the border Paraguay-Brazil, I went “directly” (25h of bus…) to Rio de Janeiro. It was quite a special beginning as I arrived right for the carnival! I went for ten days on the wonderful Ilhabela island (which is a natural UNESCO biosphere reserve). And I am …
