Bolivia
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Tuesday, 30 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Salazar de Uyuni
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Thursday, 18 Oct 2007 | Views [5610]
This is the beginning of the ordeal to get from Tupiza to Salta … Not really all that far, and I get to leave Bolivia and enter Argentina (hopefully not quite as dusty) So my options from Tupiza to the border town of Villazon ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Tuesday, 16 Oct 2007 | Views [1174]
Apparently, its time for me to loose some weight. As of yesterday, I have become involuntarily bulimic. This doesn’t surprise me. I’ve been expecting some sort of food poisoning for awhile now. I was ok with the alpaca, the piranha, the llama, the ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Thursday, 11 Oct 2007 | Views [7537]
So when it says side effects might be sun sensitivity, I immediately think, not me. But… that doesn’t mean I don’t take the proper precautions. I put on SPF 60+ just incase. Now, I know what you’re thinking, “60+, what the hell, I didn’t ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Thursday, 11 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 10 Oct 2007 | Views [985]
The bus to Rurrenabaque, Bolivia didn’t have any chickens on it.... Although it did leave 2 hours late, have 5 or 6 giant bags strapped to the roof 3 or 4 full gas canisters in under the passengers, no air conditioning, and no bathroom. Oh, and did ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Monday, 8 Oct 2007 | Views [879]
So the plan was to get up at 5ish to go sit in the boat and look for morning animals... oh, believe me I was thrilled about this idea… get up early? Yea! Sit in a hard dug out wooden canoe for a few more hours? Fantastic! Not having anything to ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sunday, 7 Oct 2007 | Views [13070]
Breakfast, then anaconda hunting. Translation: three hours of wandering thru the pampas (read grass and swamp) in “wellies” looking for a snake. Heather, part of the hard drinking couple from England (they’d both have a beer around 10am) ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Friday, 5 Oct 2007 | Views [764]
So… Bolivia is apparently on fire. It seems that this is the time of year to burn all the land for crops, and by the look of the air they really are burning ALL the land. In La Paz it is practically impossible to see the other side of the city. The ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thursday, 4 Oct 2007 | Views [3128]
Yes, Death Road. Doesn´t that sound nice... And some how this morning I found myself being driven to the top of this road (the most dangerous road in the world) put on a mountain bike (oh, not any mountain bike... one that didn´t fit me and whose back ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Wednesday, 3 Oct 2007 | Views [787]
I’ve made it to Bolivia. It only required I: a) Get a cab from my hotel... Stupidly, I thought my hotel might call me a cab (silly me, where would I ever get this idea) With my broken Spanish the guy behind the desk was aware that a ¨taxi¨ was ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
