Like a broken man I have returned from leading a six week expedition through Peru and Bolivia. One that found me close the edge, considering murder – there is no extradition between Colombia and the UK…but there is to the US – and then led me to almost walk out on the job. I prevailed and am...

I jumped on a bus out of the dusty, sad, poverty-stricken little town of Uyuni and spent six hours crossing yet more desert to the mining town of Potosí. The landscape is dramatic and barren, but after a week in the desert, it all starts to look a bit the same. Also, the sheer drops by the side of the...

I left Chile through the most well-trodden backpacker route ever - across the Bolivian border in a jeep, heading towards the Salar, or salt flat, of Uyuni, 4000 metres up on the Altiplano. The Altiplano does exactly what it says on the tin, it is high, and flat, and covers about a third of Bolivia. so...

So, I am back in mompos after a six week job leading youngsters from the UK and US through Bolivia and Peru. Part of my journey can be found on MatadorTrips on my first piece for them - How To Trek the Inca Trail . The trip itself was beset with problems. On the Taquesi trail in Bolivia after...

This is Trip Taco: Part II from the reproduction of Facebook notes that I've been posting since May 23, 2007.  It's an impromptu but thoughtful account of what I like to call "Trip Taco." I'll post it in three parts correlating with the three general areas that the hand of Trip Taco has touched:...

July 14, 2006: Potosi and Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

We left Uyuni on a bus to Potosi, Bolivia and departed with a fair number of people, although several empty seats remained. I leaned my head against the window,...

The Bolivian wedding was on a Saturday at 6pm, and I made the typical American mistake and showed up to the wedding 30 minutes early to get a seat and settle in (this was a trick taught to me by my absurdly-punctual father). Little did I know that I would be there 60 minutes before people even started...

A friend of mine, Gaby, lives in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and I happened to be traveling through town when her brother was getting married to Miss Bolivia 2000. It should be noted that Santa Cruz, Bolivia is offically, the "good looking person" capital of the country. As Gaby's brother, who was getting married...

This is Part 1 of my July 1 - July 28 trip through Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. Before I took this trip, I emailed friends for route advice. Here’s one to add to the pot…

July...

Seven years later, Bolivia still calls…

In a recent conversation over tea, a friend of mine told me she ate at a Bolivian restaurant in San Francisco called "Pachamama" and I nearly shat my pants. Vague memories of a strange, big-lipped idol and my friends Dev and Cakes chanting "Pachamama" on...