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Second Hand

Below I tweaked an email to Nicola today: I went to the Cancha (a second hand market in the rough parts of Cochabamba) yesterday with Amy, a cool Missionary girl I met here through Ken. She's actually a former punk rock band manager, but now has her own Mission that reaches out to kids on...

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ryanmyers on May 28, 2009 from Cochabamba, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Ryan's First Sabbatical

Arequipa, Puno and Copacabana

Well I´m a bit behind with the old blog writing so I shall catch up by doing a brief run down of my last four destinations. I left Cuzco (sadly - I loved that city) for Arequipa on my first over-night bus which was an experience in itself. I was reassured by fellow travellers that the buses...

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veritykent on May 28, 2009 from Copacabana, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Up, up and away

Email Extracts

Sorry folks, I've been piss poor at keeping the blog current since I left Cecilia's. Almost my all time on the internet is spent replying to emails (corporate_junky@hotmail.com). I've scanned through my 'sent messages' and pasted stories from the last few months here in Bolivia. I'm a grammer...

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ryanmyers on May 25, 2009 from Cochabamba, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Ryan's First Sabbatical

Feria Fever

For the month of May, Cochabamba is my home. My friend Flor, who I know from Huancayo, scored me a flat in her building for about half the cost of a hostel. I'm not gonna lie folks, my room looks pretty sweet. There's a sleeping bag inbetween a backpack and a chair. It's luxuriously...

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ryanmyers on May 5, 2009 from Cochabamba, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Ryan's First Sabbatical

Futbolin

The boys finally found futbolin (foosball or table football) at a mini fair their neighbourhood had to celebrate its anniversary. They found my chance to make Franz my cachiman! I would have been extremely surprised to see a shiny Tornado foosball table there, but that didn't stop my heart...

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ryanmyers on April 28, 2009 from Cochabamba, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Ryan's First Sabbatical

Ken and the Boys

Some people have asked me lately, "Ryan, how it is travelling alone?" I found it that awkward to answer. It wasn't because I had food in my mouth or because I wasn't wearing any clothes, but because I haven't considered myself to be travelling alone. When I look at it, I have always been with...

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ryanmyers on April 6, 2009 from Cochabamba, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Ryan's First Sabbatical

Tonight Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins

Hmm, Saturday really wasn't a good day. Our hotel was right on a busy market street, with most stalls selling costumes and other carnival-related paraphernalia. So we went and joined the throng in the morning to get our outfits and weapons. I had my hand on my wallet in my pocket when some guy...

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phileasdogg on February 22, 2009 from La Paz, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Worried About Ray - The Hoosiers

Sucre is officially the capital of Bolivia, although unofficially it's La Paz, since that's the main political and commercial commercial centre now. But it's by far the most attractive city we've visited in Bolivia so far, and the nicest hotel too, which is good since we have 3 nights here. Had...

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phileasdogg on February 19, 2009 from Sucre, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole

So the tour rolls into Potosi, allegedly the highest city in the world at 4090m, and once one of the world´s largest and richest cities due to the silver mining that sprang up here in the 1550s. About 45,000 tons of pure silver were mined here between the 1550s and 1780s, but sadly the silver...

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phileasdogg on February 15, 2009 from Potosi, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

Cars & Girls - Prefab Sprout

We´ve just arrived in Uyuni, Bolivia after a fantastic 3-day crossing of the desert and salt flats in Toyota Landcruisers. It was desert and mountains for the first two days, interspersed with mineral-laden lakes filled with flamingos, boiling geysers and a whole lot of brown sand. We were...

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phileasdogg on February 13, 2009 from Uyuni, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs

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