If you travel around Latin America long enough, you’ll eventually come to Jesus. It seems like every time you draw back the curtains to enjoy the view from your hotel room, there’s a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ topping a nearby hill, arms outstretched in the I-love-you-this-much position. There are dozens of these towering statues…
Category: Bolivia
Here Comes the Sun: Winter Solstice Shenanigans
While our friends in the US are sweating in the summer heat, we are freezing our arses off here in the Southern Hemisphere. But Copacabana’s Winter Solstice ritual welcoming the return of the sun to Lake Titikaka – the birthplace of the Incas – warmed our hearts. Our Solstice Shenanigans started on June 21 before…
Bolivian Visa Blunders
We were so proud of ourselves. Having been warned about the challenges of procuring a tourist visa at the Bolivian border (thanks, Alethea!), we decided to secure them here in the US before leaving the country. The requirements for a 30-day Bolivian tourist visa – which is good for 10 years and allows for multiple…