Vanessa Martín Quintana

In Mt. Kailash, Tibet

In Mt. Kailash, Tibet

Freelance editor, translator and writer born in the Canary Islands, Spain.

Besides holding a BA in Translation and Interpreting, she focused on studying Journalism, storytelling and South Asian studies while living in Spain, Germany, Austria, and the United States. 

She has interviewed the Dalai Lama in Varanasi and traveled to Tibet, India, Laos, Xinjiang and the Taklamakan desert developing a love for the Hindu and Tibetan culture as well as for mountaineering. But nothing can compare to the experience of arriving in Kathmandu the first time in May 2005 during Nepal’s civil war. Since then, her passion for the Himalayas has taken her to explore the region many times. She prefers to organize her own journeys and travel mainly to the remote regions of northwest Nepal together with Sherpa people. There, her notebook and camera are her only luxuries. 

She also advocates for the importance of solo travels, especially for women.