Western culture can often translate in strange ways when brought to Bolivia. Halloween, for instance. Tonight is the 3rd of November, and this is when Bolivia celebrates Halloween. I’m sure there’s a very sensible reason for this, and I’m just not in the know - even if it’s as simple as bumping it to Monday […]
Category Archives: Explorer
How to Bake Monkey Bread
November 2, 2008 – 11:27 pm
A ridiculous amount of time has been spent baking this week. Breads with and without yeast (with is superior, apparently), plain breads, flavored breads, sweet breads.
Citizen’s Arrest: Adventures in Bolivian Babysitting
September 28, 2008 – 11:10 pm
7:40am
I woke up to an extraordinarily loud “Screech! Chunk! Thud. CRASH!” from Simon Lopez, our busy city street. I run down the stairs to hear “Lorien! Camera!” and my siblings yelling, “The van! The van?” The crash was not our van, but instead a drunk driver crashing into one of our large metal gates.
Juan, the drunk […]
