The Fishers in La Paz, Bolivia


NPR Reporting on the Tensions between Bolivia and the U.S.
September 13, 2008, 4:44 pm
Filed under: News of Bolivia, Outside La Paz, Tom | Tags: , , , , ,

Here’s a brief but informative story that helps to clear up (as much as possible!) the situation:

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=94561223&m=94561208



Who woulda thought it would snow on the way to the jungle?
September 9, 2007, 9:43 pm
Filed under: General, Outside La Paz, Tom

Well, we took our first family trip!  Avery, Anne and Tom packed up for the slightly-lower-altitude (and much warmer!) tropical town of Coroico.  We were all set, packed to leave at 5 p.m. (sorry - 17:00!  It’s so hard to get used to that…)

Sadly, our minibus driver-for-hire got lost and (to make a loooong story short), the company with whom we had made our travel reservations had to find another one.  Thanks be to God, they found Carlos. (more…)