Thanksgiving may be over, but I’m still thankful.
– DPN
We admit it – we are the worst bloggers. Many wrote their Thanksgiving posts a week or two before turkey day while others prepared something to publish on the day itself.
Then there’s us.
We intended – we really did – to publish a reflection yesterday, but life took over and filled our day with a raft of experiences and emotions.
As we engineered our Thanksgiving dinner in an under-equipped Bolivian kitchen, we reflected on the kindness of people like the chicken rotisserie guy who came to our rescue with a smile…and a bottle of chicken drippings. And as we longingly recalled Thanksgivings past and the family and friends we spent them with, we reminded ourselves once again of what we are thankful for. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Bolivia, Food, South America, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
11 Comments | 27 November 2009
What is it about land borders that attracts hookers, drifters, the down-on-their-luck and crazy travelers like us? The margins, the frontier: the domain of moneychangers, deal-makers, “friendship” bridges, duty free shops — and occasionally, garden gnomes. Passing on foot from one country to the next, the feeling of adventure rises with a heightened sense of possibility, good and bad.
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Filed Under: Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
23 Comments | 18 November 2009
Vast, stunning, barren, surreal — and a stark, beautiful reminder of how small we humans are, particularly in the face of Mother Nature. That’s southern Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni and the surrounding high deserts that float in pastels from 11,500 to 16,400 feet.
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Filed Under: Bolivia, Panorama, Photography, South America, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
12 Comments | 13 November 2009
In case you haven’t already heard, I was recently interviewed by Pauline Frommer for The Travel Show, a weekly radio program she co-hosts with her father, Arthur Frommer. We chatted about one of our recent articles – Fawlty Tours – and some of the pitfalls one encounters when booking local tours.
The entire interview experience was terrific.
But there’s more to this story than just a successful radio interview. There’s the behind the scenes in Bolivia to comply with a simple request: a landline phone number at 4:45 PM on Thursday. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Bolivia, South America, Travel by: Audrey Scott
9 Comments | 6 November 2009
Sometimes life’s complexities get in the way of a poetic narrative. Bolivia is proof of this.
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Filed Under: Bolivia, Perspectives, South America, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
15 Comments | 4 November 2009
