Before I left for South America, I constantly got asked the same question: How on earth are you going to manage vegan backpacking in Ecuador and Peru? To be completely honest, the often very judgmental comments like, “you’ll starve” or „where will you get your proteins?“ really stressed me out

Planning your journey on the Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is the first step to an absolute bucket-list experience. Because it’s one of the new seven wonders of the world, figuring out how you want to challenge the high altitude requires some serious preparation. That’s exactly why I am here. I recently