Cheers!
On the last night our Spanish friends taught us how to drink Rioja the traditional way - by squirting it into your mouth! I was surprisingly good at it!
From: South America » Bolivia
Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... [read more]
Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... [read more] Blog: The Best Border Crossing
Date: October 7th 2008
(Catherine) Border crossings are usually very boring affairs that inevitably involve filling in lots of forms, having your bags half-heartedly searched by a bored official and getting ripped-off by money changers because you can´t get your head around the exchange rates quickly enough. So when we discovered that our Bolivia/Chile border crossing could be tagged on to the end of a three-day tri ... read more
Date: October 7th 2008
(Catherine) Border crossings are usually very boring affairs that inevitably involve filling in lots of forms, having your bags half-heartedly searched by a bored official and getting ripped-off by money changers because you can´t get your head around the exchange rates quickly enough. So when we discovered that our Bolivia/Chile border crossing could be tagged on to the end of a three-day tri ... read more
