Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said in a speech recently that he chews coca every day, and that his "hook up" is Bolivian president Evo Morales. Chavez reportedly said, "I chew coca every day in the morning... and look how I am," before showing his bicep to his audience, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Hugo Chavez: "I chew coca every day"
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said in a speech recently that he chews coca every day, and that his "hook up" is Bolivian president Evo Morales. Chavez reportedly said, "I chew coca every day in the morning... and look how I am," before showing his bicep to his audience, ...Biking the world's most dangerous road
A backpacker in Peru I met has been spending the last half year or so bumming through South America. He told many thrilling tales, but the one that really stood out being his biking trip down the world's most dangerous road, right outside La Paz, Bolivia. In the Youtube ...
How to end up in a La Paz prison (tour)
On my recent trip to Peru, an Australian who I was hiking the Inca trail with introduced me to the infamous San Pedro prison in downtown La Paz, Bolivia. For the uninitiated, this is a one-of-a-kind place--and the inspiration for the Panamanian prison on Fox Network's Prison ...Traveling where the dollar is strong
If you're earning a salary in US currency and are unlucky enough to spend it traveling internationally, you know the pain of the depreciating dollar. The rest of the world has become frighteningly expensive as the dollar continues its slide. My recent trip to North Korea, ...Traveling for Christmas
When I was a kid, Christmas at my house was a stereotypically American affair. There was the build-up -- Christmas lists, calendars with chocolate that helped you count down the days, tree-cutting and decorating, and, best of all, piles and piles of presents. It was always ...Biking Bolivia's Death Road
If you've ever traveled off the beaten path, you've probably come across some pretty abysmal roads. The very worst tend to be in third world countries populated with mountain ranges. Often, the roads here are nothing more than a sliver cut into the mountainside with no ...
One for the Road: Our Dumb World - Onion's Atlas
I just finished listening to some short clips from the audio book version of the Onion's new atlas of planet earth, aptly titled Our Dumb World. After a short introduction, it begins: "Here are audio clips from some of the countries that matter - France: One nation above ...Good Bye, Cocaine. Hello Coca!
Bolivia, the world's third largest cocaine producer, has escaped US drug sanctions because it met the counter-narcotics commitment of eradicating at least 5,000 hectares (12,360 acres) of coca crop. According to Reuters, cocaine seizures were up 17 percent to 11 tonnes in ...Photo of the Day (9/12/07)
This shot outside of a hotel in Santa Cruz, Bolivia by epicxero reminds me of the architecture in Santa Fe, New Mexico, particulary the outside of Palace of the Governors. There is an aesthetic in the lines, colors and shapes of the columns that appeals to me. It's a funky ...Drivers Beware: The Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Living near the Rocky Mountains, I thought I had some experience with dangerous roads. The ones I frequent twist and in turn around, over and under the huge, jagged mountains, through avalanche plains, with only a guardrail protecting your car from plummeting off a cliff's ...The Five Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Out of the few near-death experiences I can recall in my lifetime, just about all of them involved cars -- driving them, being driven in them, being hit by one of them; even when the roads are perfectly asphalted and traffic is flowing smoothly it can still be dangerous. ...Andes Photo Gallery
Having spent over a year living in Chile way back when, I can attest that the Andes Mountains are a photographer's dream. The scale of these towering peaks and gaping valleys are like nothing most of us know wen we think of mountains. This hemisphere's largest mountain, ...Paddle Bolivia
The world is filled with wonderful places to paddle, and we've done our best here at gadling to bring some of them to your attention. But most of these places are on the ocean, from the lovely San Juan Islands in the Northwest to, well, exotic places like The Na Pali Coast. ...Red Corner: On the Trail of Che
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Che Guevara has always been an iconic figure, and has thusly attracted a rather devoted band of followers, even in death.
In fact, it is his death that even today draws the curious and the dedicated to a remote spot in Bolivia where he was gunned down in 1967: La ...
