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9 Enchanting Books Set In New Mexico

Girl standing right outside of Sandia Peak Tramway

After a weekend in Albuquerque, my summer reading list is officially 100% books set in New Mexico. I blame Treasure House, a quiet little bookstore in Old Town, for this. Treasure House curates titles by local authors. It’s an intimate…

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20 Gorgeous Travel Coffee Table Books

After spending a week in Mississippi and strolling through Lemuria (the cutest indie bookstore I’ve…

by Anshula Varma February 1, 2019

10 Soul Searching Books To Pick Up On Your Next Trip

Lately, I’ve been sucked into reading soul searching books. Often grouped together with self-help and…

by Anshula Varma December 22, 2018

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Hi, I'm Anshula!

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Hello, lovely! I'm Anshula, a small town obsessed, big city girl who has a crush on the world. I plant daily travel stories on Passport To Eden and I'm so excited that you're visiting (*reaches out for a giant bear hug*). Welcome to my garden!

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ASMR Travel Diaries: This the meditation pool in Fort Worth. Encircled by a wall and tall trees, the meditation pool is all about sound. If you stand still and close your eyes, you can hear the leaves rustle and the water flow as you breathe in and out. It sounds like light rain slowly and softly pitter-pattering against a rooftop. 💦 • • 📸 by: @vyasnellutla

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Do you see the tiny steps leading towards the pool of water? Would you walk down them? • • I sure didn’t! I had a picture idea in mind but once I saw the height, I shook my head and said NOPE (in a all caps - just like that). • • But there were plenty of people who did walk down! Mostly little kids. The adults were more cautious. • • It made me wonder: when did we stop taking risks? when did we lose our carefree childlike sense of the world? #randomthoughts • • Anyway, this is the Fort Worth Water Garden! This place was featured in the movie Logan’s Run. And during the days of the Wild West, it was part of a red light district area known as Hell’s Half Acre. Today, it’s a series of fountains and pools. 😉 • • #passporttoeden

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Make every path your own. 💃🏻 • • Don’t be afraid to step into your dreams. The path you choose won’t always be clear, it won’t always be easy, but at the end of the day, it’s your own. • • If you want to start a business but aren’t sure where to start, think about this: what energizes you, what’s something you are so crazy about you could work on it all day and all night no problem, what makes you happy? • • Y’all, I can’t say this enough: work on something that makes you happy (even if it’s for twenty minutes a day). Don’t do something because other people say it’s “the it thing to do”. Don’t do something for the money. Do something for the joy and fulfillment that it brings you. 😊 • • #travelpassport

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It’s been a while since I explored Fort Worth! But a few weekends ago, I spent two crazy days in the city. 💃🏻 • • 🍜 I tried ridiculously spicy (but oh so g-o-o-d) ramen at Oni Ramen (and it wasn’t even the reaper ramen, which is the spiciest thing in the menu. But I still felt like winter suddenly shifted to a hot, hot summer). 🌶 • • 🍨 I cooled down with some ice cream at Melt, a bright yellow poppin’ ice creamery with lots of colorful flavors (yup, I’m the weirdo who has ice cream in the cold) • • 🖼 I visited a million museums (I’ll list all my favorites in the next post) and then headed out to a drive-in movie (Frozen 2!) at Coyote Theatre ❄️ • • Fort Worth is like Dallas’ older, more mature cousin and I absolutely fell in love with the area. • • #passporttotexas

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Everyone starts somewhere. 😊 • • I’m currently rewriting (what feels like a million) blog posts that I published almost five years ago. As I reread some of my old content earlier this week (for the first time in years), I full-on cringed. Teenage Anshula had no idea what she was doing 😂 • • But then I thought about how far I’ve come. I mean, it’s motivating to have a physical record of my progress. My writing improved (I learned how to strike a balance between personal travel stories and informative guides). My photography improved (y’all, I used to go crazy with the HDR filter on Snapseed). And I turned my passion into a business. • • There’s no such thing as an overnight success. You just have to start somewhere and keep chipping away 😊 • • #motivationmondays

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My camera died so here’s a quick iPhone snap of the Lightner Museum In St.Augustine 😊 • • 💛 Allow yourself at least a half day to visit the Lightner Museum. It’s *huge*. Each floor has so much to see, from typewriters to fine art. 💛 The museum costs $15 per person (but there’s a student discount) 💛 It’s located in the former Alcazar Hotel so the building is grand (like Wes Anderson would approve) • • #passporttoflorida

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I really like art (maybe it’s because I’m only capable of drawing stick figures 😂 but I get really excited when I see cool paintings and sculptures). So New Mexico was a dream because there were art galleries *everywhere*. 😍 • • My favorites: • • 🎨 Meyer Gallery (Santa Fe): Incredible statues. The detail. The emotion. 💯 🎨 302 Artifacts Gallery (Farmington): A hip local art space built on top of the bones of a former lumber store. 🎨 Jemez Fine Art (Jemez Springs): This might be one of the cutest little roadside art galleries on the planet. 🎨 Galeria Ortega (Chimayo): This is more of a gift shop but I love the patterned rugs (very colorful and clever)! • • 📸 Photo by my mum

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