25 Jan 5 La Paz, Bolivia The night before I was sup­posed to leave I’m hav­ing a hard time sleep­ing — some­thing to do with my hav­ing slept for so many hours when I was get­ting over the very last … Con­tinue read­ing →

24 Jan 5 I’m leav­ing Bolivia tomor­row, and I couldn’t be hap­pier. Not because I don’t like Bolivia, but because I’ve been sick the whole time I’ve been here. I’m hop­ing my next stop (Sao Paulo) will be a new, less … Con­tinue read­ing →

21 Jan 5 La Paz, Bolivia Today I’m leav­ing an inter­net cafe I’ve been to a few times. I like to vary my inter­net cafe rou­tine, because if some­one knew exactly how much time I was spend­ing online, well they … Con­tinue read­ing →

16 — 21 Jan 2005 As far as I can tell there are three dif­fer­ent types of hotels in South Amer­ica. You’ve got basic — i.e. back­packer hotels. When I see the word back­packer, that should be a clue that some­thing … Con­tinue read­ing →

20 Jan 05 La Paz, Bolivia There is one aspect of this trip that I haven’t really touched on yet, and we’ll, maybe I shouldn’t, just in case Lou is read­ing (I don’t want him think­ing I’m French.) There are … Con­tinue read­ing →