Palenque — Mayan ruins dating back to 226 BC to around 799 AD — in Chiapas, Mexico. Photo courtesy of Dennis Jarvis.
Jessica Festa is the editor of the travel sites Jessie on a Journey (https://jessieonajourney.com) and Epicure & Culture (https://epicureandculture.com). Along with blogging at We Blog The World, her byline has appeared in publications like Huffington Post, Gadling, Fodor’s, Travel + Escape, Matador, Viator, The Culture-Ist and many others. After getting her BA/MA in Communication from the State University of New York at Albany, she realized she wasn’t really to stop backpacking and made travel her full time job. Some of her most memorable experiences include studying abroad in Sydney, teaching English in Thailand, doing orphanage work in Ghana, hiking her way through South America and traveling solo through Europe. She has a passion for backpacking, adventure, hiking, wine and getting off the beaten path.
