Bolivia 2017Page 2
Trail to Cochabamba
17-01-07 Leaving Villa Tunari, the road to Cochabamba passes over a range of mountains that separates the humid east from the dry west. On our last night in Villa Tunari the owner of the restaurant at which we took our meals, Harry, sat down with us to talk about his perceptions on how climate change […]
Monkey in your hair
17-01-06 Carrasco National Park is a beautiful wild slice of rainforest that suffers from a lack of attention and investment to make it accessible. We learned that there had been multiple entry points, a 4-day “walk in the clouds” route, and camps and lodges that are no more. Our guide acknowledged that lack of money […]
Boating on Rio Ichilo & all about cocaine
17-01-05 We took the bus over to Puerto Villarroel to the Ichilo River today and encountered our first taste of the rainy season: periods of gentle rain interspersed with sun and times of pounding downpours. The boat was flat-bottomed with a roof, and a cab in the back where Captain Julio appeared to live. He […]
Warm & Humid
17-01-04 It’s night, the ceiling fan is blowing the wispy lace curtains around, and the sound of frogs and insects comes through the screens. We’re not in the rain forest yet, quite, but have left Santa Cruz for the damp forests and rivers of Villa Tunari. Our hotel, the Hotel Sumuque, is a place that’s […]
Eager to go!
14 December 2016 We met for the second time tonight to learn about some of the issues we’ll encounter in Bolivia, talk of ethical traveling, and expectations of what we hope to get out of the course–and what we hope NOT to! We even got a start on a group mission statement. Last time Maddie […]
Ready for South America?
The first snow-fall, a change from Fall to Winter, and the ending of fall semester all get us thinking about things to come. For 15 of us that means a 3-week adventure into Bolivia to learn about the impacts of climate change, politics, social relations, and the amazingly diverse landscape and people on communities there. […]