Travel

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…

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…

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.

Three Buses, Two Taxis, a Boat, a Sean and a Gerald

It’s easy to complain about busses in South America. There’s loud and endless movies, the bumpy roads, the weird smells.

We’ve taken our fair share of shitty busses in the past three months but I think our trip…

Procrastination…

You know that thank you note you’re supposed to write, that errand you’re supposed to run, that one, tiny simple task that for…

Conquering the Cuy

After finishing law school I traveled to Ecuador and Peru for about three weeks. I went to the beach, to the Amazon, to Machu Picchu and for the most part I had a great time. The one thing I regretted was that I left without trying Cuy.

Lima Food Safari Day 2

Today is the big day. It’s what we’ve been training for (or truthfully, not training for) our whole lives.

Breakfast: Farmer’s Market

10 AM: We head to the farmer’s market for my favorite food in the world: free samples.

Lima Food Safari Day 1

We came to Lima for one reason and one reason only, to eat our faces off.

Today we embarked on the first day of our three-day eating safari.

I am not nearly articulate, knowledgable (or pretentious) enough to be a food blogger or even a…