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

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

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