The one thing that all of the guidebooks are consistent about is the dangers of street food. They will consistently warn you AGAINST eating from the street vendors. I must say that I DISAGREE. In […]
Author: Candy Treft
Travel Nurse and entrepreneur re-discovering life every day!
Onward…to Oruro!! Carnival Approaches…
In the last post, I mentioned that Teresa and I were going to Oruro for Bolivia‘s most renowned Carnival. Well We made it. We survived our first Bolivian bus adventure. On arrival at the bus […]
Lessons Learned: Pissing off the Locals, and getting ROBBED…..almost!
If I wanted an interesting day to share with you, this would certainly fit the bill. Only 3 days into our adventure and today was one for the memory books. Everything that Teresa and I […]
Arrival in LaPaz, Bolivia
Wow! What to say? We landed early Sunday morning at LaPaz airport. It’s much smaller than I had anticipated. While Teresa was changing money to Bolivian (**The current conversion is aprox 7:1). I got a […]
And so it begins…
A couple of days ago, I wrote a post about how Blaise I was feeling. Once all the pre-planning is done and details hashed out, then comes the wait. The wait is the least fun. […]
Week #6 Indie Travel Manifesto
Bootsnall has been addictive for me lately. With the recent Indie Travel Challenge, it has given me tons to think about and of course write about in relation to travel. This is such a perfect […]
Something Profound….
Right now feel like everyone is expecting something profound from me. Some innate description on my upcoming trip. Something that exudes excitement, mystique, and enjoyment. As the South American trip looms even closer (only 2 […]
BootsnAll’s Indie Travel Challenge 2012: Week #5 Travels in Asia
BootsnAll is one of my premier go-to sites for travel related information. For anyone contemplating a RTW (round the world) trip. This is the place to start. In 2012 BootsnAll will be issuing one challenge/task/subject each […]
Life is all about timing…
“Life is all about timing…the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable becomes available, the unattainable…attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. It’s all about timing.” ~Stacey Chart …the unreachable becomes reachable… A mere 13 days […]
A Re-Discovered Life 