Call You When I Land, Nikki Vargas
Call You When I Land, Nikki Vargas
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Call You When I Land
A Memoir

Author: Nikki Vargas

Narrator: Nikki Vargas

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2023


Synopsis

"Colorful, vivid storytelling.... for anyone looking for a road to reinvention." —Kristin Newman

A soul-stirring memoir from Colombian immigrant and travel journalist Nikki Vargas, whisking us through the countries that brought her new love, self-discovery, and the inspiration to launch the first international feminist travel magazine, Unearth Women.
 
At twenty-six years old, life looked a certain way for Nikki Vargas. She’d settled in New York City ready to join the ranks of the Carrie Bradshaws of the world, had landed in a promising advertising career, and was newly engaged to her college sweetheart. But between corporate happy hours and wedding dress fittings, she couldn’t shake a deep underlying sense of imposter syndrome, a voice telling her that she was rocketing towards a future that didn’t look like her. And so, she bought a plane ticket: first to Cartagena. Then to Panama. Then to Iguazú.
 
What begins with one freelance travel writing assignment escalates into a whirlwind, globe-spanning journey that would transform Nikki’s life. Taking her from the street food stalls of Vietnam to the cascading waterfalls of Argentina, Nikki uncovers shocking truths about her family, comes face to face with a new love interest – or two – and ultimately turns a no-name blog into the internationally celebrated venture of Unearth Women, the first major female-focused travel publication.
 
Told in transporting detail and candid reflections, Call You When I Land takes the familiar story of a woman going abroad to find herself and turns it on its head, as the act of traveling becomes, for Nikki, an exhilarating career path  – and ultimately a tool to champion women’s voices across the world.
 

About Nikki Vargas

Nikki Vargas is a senior editor at Fodor's Travel and is the Founding Editor of Unearth Women. Her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, VICE, Zagat, Food & Wine, and more. As a public speaker she’s spoken at Women’s Travel Fest, Women in Travel Summit, Latino Travel Fest, Nomadic Network, The New York Times Travel Show, and New York Travel Fest. Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, she is now based in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on November 20, 2023

So there's this lady. She cheats on her fiancé, multiple times. She cancels their wedding days before it happens, even though she has known for months the relationship isnt working. She wants to travel yet despises other travelers (dont even get her started on tourists). She tells you aaaall about her......more

Goodreads review by Allie on December 24, 2023

Bad eat pray love. And eat pray love wasnt even good......more

Goodreads review by Grace on May 06, 2024

Oh buddy. I’ve been thinking of writing this review the whole time I read the book. If I was harsher, I’d probably give it two stars. The narrator is not, at least to my understanding, someone I’d like in real life. From the moment I started reading I found her unrelatable and my hopes for the book......more

Goodreads review by bookandachai on November 10, 2023

"What is it you have to say?" Maybe I am a much bigger nonfiction fan than I realized because I was *engrossed* with Call You When I Land - a memoir by Nikki Vargas. And she's younger then me! But oh has she lived. Nikki documents, in detail, her stint as a runaway bride, a travel blogger, a daughter,......more

Goodreads review by Bethany on October 31, 2023

I have very mixed feelings on this, because I did really like the author's journey and she has GREAT writing, I felt transported to each travel destination. The pacing of the book in the first half was very choppy, with some repeated parts while we bounced around in her life. And the MAIN thing - the......more