La Paz is an absolutely insane city. It is th highest capital city in the world, which is enough to leave you literally breathless, and it is a bizarre mix of the old and the new, indigenous Aymara and Quechua culture, witches markets, churches, gringo bars and the most hideously dangerous roads....

Right now, were I in my hometown of London and still commuting, I would be furious, spitting blood and most probably screaming obscenities at the striking tube workers. It is after all a national pastime to complain about such things. We are obsessed with it. If we cannot whinge about public...

Well, I'm up in northern Maine waiting for word on a local writing gig.  In the meantime, I have no car, and I am completely at the mercy of those who are willing to give me a ride or lend me their vehicle.  And whenever I'm stuck in this predicament, I always start reminiscing about all the...

I always find it rather disconcerting, perhaps I should say unsettling each time I stride into a bus station in Colombia. Not because I feel that I am going to be fleeced by tricky individuals intent of freeing a gringo of his possessions, sure these people are about, but as yet I have avoided them and...

The following 52 hour day trip from Bolivia to Buenos Aires, ARG was the antithesis of fun.

Uyuni, Bolivia: Friday, June 16th
4:50AM: Wake up to catch 5:30 Bus
5:20AM: See bus pulling out, so I chase after it and bang on the door. Driver shakes his head at me, indicating that it wasn't my bus and...

Well hello, long time no see! I apologize for the horrifically long update absence (ahem 3 weeks), but I have been incredibly busy lately dealing with stupid bureaucracies, stupid flatmates, and yes, lovely drunken people on buses (am I being title-repetitive?). As always, here is my summary of the...

I taged along with one of my friends to Horcon, Chile, a local fisherman´s town that smells like rotten fish and seagull poop. That being said, it was prettyish. Because I was tagging along, my friend (Shivit from Israel) was calling the shots, and issued a strong desire to get there asap. So we...

Week 1
Day 1… and little bit before Day 1 as well…
Today’s Subject: My Thirty-Pound Penis
And they’re off! Well, she is. Welcome to Day 1 of Leah Lugs Crap Around the World, which conveniently abbreviates into a nice play on words/subliminal message- LLCARTW. After months of planning, weeks...