America’s Heroin Epidemic vs Bolivia

When we were at Lake Titicaca I read a book called Dreamland about the current heroin epidemic consuming the United States.

In it the author painted the picture of a town called Portsmouth in southern Ohio, a town that is at the very…

Getting Yourself Out of A Funk

We had been in a funk. For days we had been holed up reading books. First in Lake Titicaca and then back in La Paz. We hadn’t really left our respective compounds except for two or three trips to get more white wine or avocados for guacamole. And while this Caliguaen life of…

The Only Thing I Remember From 7th Grade Social Studies

Lake Titicaca, which for obvious reasons is the only global body of water whose name I can remember from my 7th grade social studies class, was lovely. We stayed there three days and really did a whole lot of nothing. It was perfect.

Mmmm Chocolate

When I found out about the grim realities of chocolate four years ago (it’s made using child and slave labor in Africa) I gave it up.

I wasn’t a huge chocolate fan to begin with so it wasn’t a huge sacrifice. But man, did I miss brownies and chocolate milk.