Lauren Quinn is a travel-addicted freelance writer. She’s actually not that lonely, but does love traveling sola.
Lauren is not a corporate escapee, reformed 9-5er or English teacher living in Asia—she’s a waitress, poet and former zine maker. Raised in Oakland on punk rock, malt liquor and Marxism-Leninism, Lauren has traveled independently (and once illegally) to over twenty countries across four continents. She’s been detained by the Venezuelan police, kicked it with the Colombian military, been kicked out of St Peter’s Basilica, contracted swine flu and spent the night in a Mexican cemetery. She has a penchant for abandoned buildings, street art, tattoos and 12-step meetings.
Lauren’s work has appeared on Matador, BootsnAll, Oakland Local and lonelyplanet.com. She is a regular contributor to Girl’s Getaway and NileGuide. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.
Lauren has inflicted herself on the following locations:
Hey, just wanted to say that I think what you’re doing is amazing. Also, you’re very cute.
I hope everything turns out alright for you.
yo chica. bored at work and finally reading your blog (yes, i’m a great friend!) i’m living vicariously through your travels. keep it up! love you.
hey. i followed the matador (twitter) link to your website and am glad i did. loving your writing!
I am at a loss for words. I don’t know what the blogesphere is about. But damn, the girl can write. I’ll have to check her out on MyFace.
I am so glad that our cyber paths crossed as well. We even have similar tastes in layouts
Love your blog and can’t wait to read more!
I love your story, writing, site, everything. That settles it; I’m adding you to my blogroll.
Yea! Thanks for the add. Couldn’t comment on your “About” page, but we’ve got a few things in common. Maybe one day, the travel gods will arrange for our paths to cross, to do yoga to Nina Simone in NYC or Argentina, followed by a gorging on vegan cupcakes? It could happen…
I didn’t know how else to contact you, so I had to post this here… feel free to delete (after you read it!
I tagged you in the 3 Best Travel Secrets game. Here is my post:http://milesofabbie.com/2009/12/02/my-3-best-travel-secrets/
If you accept the challenge of sharing your 3 Best Travel Secrets, here are the instructions:
Congratulations, you’ve been chosen to take part in Tripbase Blog Tag!
Here’s how it works:
1. Publish your top 3 travel secrets on your blog Can be anywhere in the world – a hidden travel spot, an incredibly tasty restaurant or a great budget hotel, whatever!
2. “Tag” 5 more travel bloggers
Anyone you think will have some great tips and who’ll be happy to take part.
3. Forward this email on to your 5 chosen bloggers
Let them know that they’ve been tagged and pass on the Blog Tag mantle!
4. Email Katie @Tripbase
Email katie@tripbase.com with the URL of your blog post to ensure your travel secrets are included in the final post.
The aim of this game is to unite travel bloggers in a joint endeavor – to create an amazing list of top travel recommendations across the globe to share with the entire online travel community.
The final list of all our travel secrets will be published as creative commons and shared with travel bloggers across the Net.
Let’s try and make it to 100 travel secrets (at least)!
Happy travel tagging!
Katie.
Ps. If you’d rather not take part, that’s no problem. Just let me know and I’ll replace your tag with someone else.
PPs. Confused? Email katie@tripbase.com to clear up any gray areas
Hi Lauren! I blog over at Brooke vs. the World, and I just started a monthly newsletter called Female Travel Underground. The goal is to discuss some offbeat topics that pertain to girl travelers, and I think you would have a lot to add given your interesting travel resume
You can check out the newsletter section of my site, or email me, for more info – will be looking for submissions and all that good stuff soon. Cheers!
Hey, do you have an email address? I want to contact you
BTW, nothing creepy, it’s writing related 
I totally intend on holding you to the “nothing creepy” part. And the “writing” part. Especially that.
Just wanted to talk to you about Cuba. I just returned from there and took a different approach to addressing whether or not I traveled there at the US Customs desk.
Also going to Morocco in a couple weeks so I wouldn’t mind picking your brain. I didn’t see an email or contact link on here so if you have the time please get back to me. Thanks, and keep writing.