Travel Blog Posts
August 25th 2010
When I was preparing for my trip to Bolivia and imagining the food, I was thinking it would be a lot like Mexican cuisine: spicy, delicious, piquant, etc. That, however, was not the case. Not entirely at least. All in all, I would rate the food here as OK. Here's are a few stereotypes that I will throw out there: 1. Bolivians love to cook with oil. Frying is a prime way of cooking because oil is cheap, it makes things taste better, it has a high energy density, and many Bolivians don't have easy access to an oven. Almost every dish that is made by a Bolivian has some degree of frying to it. The rice is fried in oil before it is steamed/boiled, to "toast" it a little bit. Even soups have to be ... read more
The Bolivian Life
Published: August 19th 2010South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » CochabambaAugust 19th 2010
The Guest House (or Casa de Huespedes) is where I spend most of my time, from the cold Bolivian nights to the lazy Bolivian afternoons. It is a spacious 5000 sq. feet, 8 bedrooms (i think), 6 bathrooms, and has amenities such as electricity (common in Bolivia), running water (also common), and wireless internet. There is no heat or air conditioning, however; those things are not necessary as the temperature is fairly constant: nights are about 40F, days around 80F. I am here during the winter, so it is a smidgen on the colder side, but it is completely livable with a hoodie. Our average day here: We wake up around 8:00 am, after a long struggle to get out of the covers because the house is freezing, and stalk like zombies into the kitchen to ... read more
August 14th 2010
The trip to Cochabamba, Bolivia was a long and arduous one, full of no-fun. I left my apartment in columbus at about 4:30 on a Tuesday morning for my 7:40 am flight to Miami. As soon as I got past security, I realized that I forgot my passport type photo that I need for my Bolivian visa. Darn. Since I arrived so early at the airport, I scoured the internet for a place in Miami where I could get such a photo taken (I had a 5 hour layover there, so I would have ample time to leave the airport and go get such a photo taken). I found a Fedex that offered the services I required only ten miles away. I could catch a cab there, get the photo, and come back no sweat. Wait ... read more
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