My Bolivia trip was peppered with mishaps, strangeness, and staggering beauty. To begin with, reaching Bolivia had been one very, very long flight. Then there h...
On a warm March day of 2012, at a serious UN meet in Vienna, the dynamic Bolivian president, Evo Morales defended one of the most ancient Andean traditions in a...
While not the most easiest or luxurious travel destinations, Bolivia is magnificent. It's rough edges still reek of thrill and adventure and its staggering beau...
The flight to Rurrenabaque was a very early morning one and I had serious trouble in getting out of my warm bed I even once considered canceling the plan but pa...
The Copacabana tour started early the next day at 8 in the morning and I left bright shawls and precariously perched bowler hats behind at La Paz. Located on th...
The 11 hours bus ride to La Paz from Uyuni was hellish. The roads were bad, the broken seats did not recline and it was cramped even for a really petite person ...
We began the next day with yet another predawn start. The stars were still bright and hard, the air was freezing cold and we were once again numb from sleep. Pe...
The next day we left our hotels early and assembled excitedly at the gringo plaza. There were 7 of us altogether in the group and it was a great bunch of fun lo...
It took 10 hours and a very enjoyable drive to reach Uyuni from Sucre. The bus was comfortable with only a handful of passengers and the road was smoothly paved...
Roadblocks, nasty twisted ankle and grumpiness accompanied me back to Santa Cruz de la Sierra from Samaipata. I missed out on the El Fuerte, a very important ar...