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Bolivia's wondrous Laguna Colorada rivals places that live only in my imagination," the artist writes. "Local folklore suggests it gets its red hue, not from algae, but from the spilled blood of the gods."

Amisha Patel has been documenting with words and photos and shoeboxes filled with 3D mementos since she was a kid. Her work as a social entrepreneur along with an incurable case of wanderlust have led her to all corners of the world, in search of beauty and hope.