La Carmina - Carmen Wong

La Carmina is an award-winning alternative travel / culture / fashion / food journalist, blogger, author of several books (Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House), freelance writer (NY Times, BBC, Travel + Leisure, National Geographic, Eater, LA Times Travel, AFAR) and TV personality (Discovery, Food Network, Travel Channel, and more major television networks). She is based in Vancouver British Columbia Canada.

LaCarmina was recently awarded "Best Blog of the Year," and appears on travel TV shows worldwide (Bizarre Foods, No Reservations, Taboo, Oddities, Better Late than Never). Based in Vancouver, Carmina is the author of several books published with Random House and Penguin, and appears on travel TV shows worldwide (Bizarre Foods, No Reservations, Taboo, Oddities, Better Late than Never). She contributes to The New York Times, LA Time Travel, Nat Geo, CNN, Travel + Leisure print magazine, Eater, BBC, AFAR, Thrillist, Time Magazine, Observer, Architectural Digest, Fodor's, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, Yahoo, Sunday Times, Huffington Post, Roadtrippers, Brides, House Beautiful, Hong Kong Airlines and Aeromexico in-flight magazines, and other major publications. Carmina was a project manager for Google's Touring Bird where she managed hundreds of travel writers, and wrote over 600 insider travel tips.

Writing samples:
Fodor's Travel: https://www.fodors.com/news/author/lacarmina
National Geographic - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/buddhist-hell-parks-asia
Eater: https://www.eater.com/23668554/tohoku-japan-fukushima-guide-best-restaurants-wagyu-sake
The New York Times - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lacarmina_newyorktimes-nyt-lacarmina-activity-7068341194208002048-vqVU
BBC Travel - https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250829-the-market-that-feeds-mexico-citys-best-restaurants
Thrillist - https://www.thrillist.com/authors/la-carmina
Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/author/la-carmina
Huff Post: https://www.huffpost.com/author/gothiccarmina-224
La Carmina blog: http://www.lacarmina.com/blog
La Carmina on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Carmina

La Carmina's alternative fashion, Goth travel & culture site - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - is featured in major media (The New Yorker, WWD, Cosmopolitan, Vogue Italia, LA Times). She's a leading journalist, author of 3 books (with Random House and Penguin), and hosts and arranges TV shows for Discovery, Food Network, Discovery, National Geographic, Travel Channel and more international networks (clips at http://www.lacarmina.com/pirates) - see photos of Carmen Wong

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La Carmina on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Carmina
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