Manuel Cruz

Literally. I love discovering places that have to do with the outdoors, including nature travel, socially responsible tourism and regenarative travel.

I began traveling by myself as a backpacker at age 15, and I continue to travel as much as possible today -confession: a lot less backpacking than before- and I hope my curiosity to learn new things, explore places and meet people on other lands nevers ends.

I consider myself a lucky guy that chose to make a living out of what I enjoy the most. Either by organizing groups of people desiring to travel, or working with government and agencies to effectively promote tourism destinations & activities with best practices, or helping out with marketing initiatives that support sustainable travel, or by writing and posting travel related articles on press or the internet.

I´m also passionate about environmental issues. I try to do as many simple individual efforts as I can such as placing a basket to collect water inside my shower, or choosing local fresh produce. I try to put some political pressure on my government to adapt environmental friendly legislation, and try to generate a conscience on those I influence.

If something can bother me are people torturing animals. A limping dog, a homeless animal will always bend my spirit. If I had more funds, for sure I´d engage in some sort of activism in this cause.

I truly enjoy photography, food & exercise. I love to play the board games of Domino and Risk any day. And I´m one of those who beliefs one could always be a better: son, brother, friend, boyfriend, partner, student, citizen, etc.