Islas y Huacas, Lago de Titicaca
The harbor waters are still. Beyond the sheltered inlet a stiff wind whips the lake into...
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Tag: Bolivia
A Risky Ride Down Death Road
One of my favorite things about living in South America was the ease at which I could travel...
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Birthday Memories in Copacabana Bolivia
My Birthday in Copacabana Bolivia Copacabana Bolivia at High Altitude When I mention that I...
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Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni
Bolivia and the Salt Flats Something Different in Bolivia Gazing out at the ethereal landscape, I...
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Bolivian Mountain: Huayna Potosi
The wind is whipping at my face. My nose has frozen; I can't feel my toes. The crunch of...
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10 New Extreme Adventures from Abercrombie & Kent
(DOWNERS GROVE, IL "? October 17, 2011) — There is adventure travel, and then there are...
Read MoreMy Last Day in South America
On my last day in South America, I wake up to the calm sound of rain falling atop the metal roof. Two days before I was tanning on a cushioned lounge chair along the water of Mancora Beach, Peru my mind dizzied, almost drunk,...
Read MoreGetting Down and Dirty
Pockets full of dynamite and coca leaves, looking like a construction worker who is about to rob a train, in a hard hat and a bandana over my face, I went down the dark narrow shaft. The silver mines of Bolivia’s Potosi,...
Read MoreStrangers in the Night
On a lonely Bolivian intersection, the streets as wide and empty as an abandoned landing strip, we collided like two freight trains in the night. Midnight, and nobody here knew each other. Two dozen people in total, no one even...
Read MoreSee Salt Sea
Imagine a flat solid sea that reflects the mountains that frame it. Islands in that sea stand small but tall, with thousand year-old cacti raising their bristly arms towards the sky. Waves would wash over the island banks if...
Read MoreDown the Death Road
“Sarit!” my husband turned to me all excited, “Wanna go up to 4700m in a van and then ride a bicycle downhill 64km on the most dangerous road in the world?” “Ahem… No! Do I look like I have a...
Read MoreA Poem for the Sacred Lake
Lake Titicaca was known to the Incas as a sacred lake. Over the last few days, I have been able to visit islands on both the Bolivian and Peruvian sides, and walking the stoney paths, looking out to the ruins, marveling over the...
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