21 January 2023 This morning we hiked in to one of the waterfalls off the tourist trail–poorly marked and known mostly to the locals.  Our…

21 January 2023 Stepping off of my soapbox for a moment, here are some photos from our climb, yesterday, of the rocky escarpment overlooking the…

21 January 2023 Our core beliefs and values must—at least initially—come from those we grow up around.  What religious tradition we practice, how we value…

18 January 2023 I’m looking back now to try to fill in some holes before we head off to Chiquitanía, the eastern part of the…

17 January 2023 Madidi National Park stretches from the Andes mountains to the Amazon basin, and is home to over 1000 species of birds; mammals…

The Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat and may contain the world’s largest deposit of lithium, an element critically important for the…

Bolivia once had two large lakes, Titicaca in the north on the border with Peru, and Poopó between Oruro and the Salar de Uyuni.  At…

7 January 2023 There was a time, say, after the fourth or fifth attempt to dig out the wheels and push it free, that we…

After 36 hours of sitting in airports, on three flights (MSP to Chicago, to Sao Paolo, to Santa Cruz, Bolivia), and a chartered bus, we…