Borders are peculiar things, a mix of the same two wolds on both sides but within the span of a bridge everything is noticeably different. The currency is usually the first thing one notices, the numbers in store windows don’t make sense. The brands change, everything you knew about what was the best [...]
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Crossing in to Argentina
Posted in Argentina, Bolivia, Photos, tagged argentina bolivia border, cultural changes on 19 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Southwest Bolivia, featuring the Salar de Uyuni
Posted in Bolivia, Photos, tagged Salar de Uyuni, salt flats, Tupiza Tours on 18 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our last stop in Bolivia was perhaps the most tourist of all: the Uyuni Salt Flats. Anyone who has seen a photo of salt flats has to be struck by their beauty: they create a bizarre and captivating landscape. The Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world. You [...]
Feliz dia del Mochilero!
Posted in Argentina, Photos, tagged Backpackers' Day, Dia del Mochilero, Esquel on 15 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
Feliz dia del Mochilero desde Esquel, Argentina!
Traductora Liz dice: Happy Backpackers’ Day from Esquel, Argentina!
Me? I’m taking the train.
Posted in Bolivia, Photos, tagged Oruru, train, Tupiza on 14 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Traveling southern Bolivia can be tough, roads are often poorly maintained and regularly impassible due to flooding rains. So heading to Tupiza afforded us another train ride, and an overnighter at that. Rolling out of Oruro the route quickly became stunning as the dry ground around us dropped away and the tracks headed [...]
Torotoro: small town festivities and dinosaurs
Posted in Bolivia, Museums, Photos, tagged chicha, Dia de los Muertos, dinosaurs, Torotoro on 14 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
The city of Torotoro is about five hours outside of Cochabamba. Other than Jeep trails, there is pretty much only one way in and one way out, so we were finally in the Bolivian campo. Normally the town is fairly sleepy, and during wet season often cut off from Cochabamba. Mostly they [...]
Isla del Sol
Posted in Bolivia, Photos, tagged boats, Copacabana, Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca on 5 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our second adventure in Bolivia was a trip up to Laguna Titicaca and Isla del Sol. Some say Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake, others say it’s not…all I know is that it’s huge and beautiful. Isla del Sol is referred to as the birthplace of the Inca Empire because the first [...]
The Replacement
Posted in Photos, tagged camera, Photos, theft on 2 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We were left camera-less after the tragic Old Man incident in Peru. Going on recommendations, we skipped the stores in Cusco and waited until La Paz to buy a replacement. The Mercado Negro (‘black market’ – more fake brands and non-paperworked items than actually stolen goods – we wouldn’t buy stolen after having our possessions [...]
New Photo Links
Posted in Photos on 2 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the holidays, we gift you new photos of our trip. These have been a long time coming, I know, but we´re really trying to get the blog up to date. We had to start a few new profiles to handle the quantity of photos we take so here´s where you can find the new [...]
FSABL Adventure: Nasca
Posted in Peru, Photos, Ruins, Visitors on 19 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After leaving Lima, our first stop was Nasca. Nasca is a little nothing-town about three fourths down the Peruvian coast. There’s not much to do in the town itself, but there are interesting archaeological remains close by. The highlight of our stay was a half hour flyover of the Nasca lines, giant [...]
FSABL Adventure: Lima
Posted in Peru, Photos, Visitors on 17 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our FSABL (Fish, Sue, Alexa, Ben, Liz) Adventure began with their arrival at the Lima airport. Though they got through without problems, their luggage was the very last to come off the plane which caused a bit of delay. The first night we took them back to our favorite hostel in Lima, [...]
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