Amazonian Pampas – Swimming with Piranhas, Caiman and Dolphins

As I write this I am sitting deep in the Amazonian pampas, or wetlands.  Dark storm clouds have rolled in and the sound of crackling thunder surrounds me.  We are suppose to be out hunting for Anacondas, but the cold weather sends them burrowing into the clay.  I feel like burrowing into something too!  It… Continue reading Amazonian Pampas – Swimming with Piranhas, Caiman and Dolphins

The World’s Most Dangerous Road aka “Death Road”

I am currently in a little rural town in Bolivia’s Yungas Valley called Coroico.  I have come here to nurse my aching bum, sore forearms and stiff fingers after yesterday’s incredibly jolting, albeit successful, descent down “The World’s Most Dangerous Road.” My chosen place to rehab is a bit outside of town, but I am… Continue reading The World’s Most Dangerous Road aka “Death Road”

La Paz, Bolivia – Bizarre and Wonderful

La Paz! I have been here now for a little over 24 hours, and I can’t help but be captured by how interesting, albeit a bit bizarre, this Bolivian capital is. On my flight out of Miami I worked myself into such a frenzy about altitude sickness, or “soroche” – I am over 12,000 feet… Continue reading La Paz, Bolivia – Bizarre and Wonderful

Bolivia Bound

In 18 days I will be headed to South America for the first time (I can cross off #5 of 7 continents after that, baby!).  *Cue Applause Track* The majority of my 3.5 week visit will be in Bolivia, but I also have a side trip planned to visit the fabled Machu Picchu in Peru. Those famous Inca ruins… Continue reading Bolivia Bound