Month: March 2009

Potosi Silver Mine

After visiting the silver mine at Potosi, I’m quite sure I don’t want to be a silver miner. The work days are really long and the miners don’t…

The Fog

Location: Tumpeka, Bolivia

Swim Break

A well deserved break in the sun after canyoning and playing in the waterfalls. Location: Samaipata, Bolivia

Children of the Amazon Basin

Deep in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, we stayed overnight with a local family who showed us their way of life. The family earned a living by producing…

Giant Tarantula

Nope! Nope, nope, nope. That was my first thought when I saw kids playing with this giant tarantula. But after seeing them playing with the spider and letting…