Jessica Lindsay reports for Metro: Prop up your Instagram at the Bolivian Salt Flats Did you even go on holiday if you don’t get some top quality pictures for the ‘gram? Making memories is what holidays are all about, but being able to laugh about those memories forever is just as important. If that’s your motto…
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Lost Tourist Says Monkeys Saved Him in the Amazon
Elizabeth Unger writes for the National Geographic: Lost Tourist Says Monkeys Saved Him in the Amazon Locals believe the young man angered forest spirits—before he disappeared mysteriously for nine days—but he is just glad to be alive. [to watch the above video, please use the link down below] RURRENABAQUE, BOLIVIAIn the Bolivian Amazon, where…
Cyclist plunges off 300ft cliff along Bolivia’s Death Road after losing control of her bike… but miraculously SURVIVES after landing on a tiny ledge
Julian Robinson reports for MailOnLine: Cyclist plunges off 300ft cliff along Bolivia’s Death Road after losing control of her bike… but miraculously SURVIVES after landing on a tiny ledge Maria With Hoen had joined an expedition along notorious Death Road in Bolivia The 21-year-old’s push bike hit a rock sending her over the edge of…
Mountain biker conquered the Bolivian “Road of Death”
Stu Hunt writes for Nelson mail: From Bolivia to Nelson: Kiwi mountainbiker who conquered the “Road of Death” returns home When Alistair Matthew first moved to Bolivia he knew four words of Spanish he’d gleaned from kids cartoon Speedy Gonzales. But by the time the pioneering mountainbiker moved back to New Zealand last year after…
Salt, sand, sky: A Bolivian 4×4 adventure
Sarah Duff, reports for CNN: Salt, sand, sky: A Bolivian 4×4 adventure (CNN) Landlocked Bolivia has much to offer travelers, from the wildlife-rich Amazon rainforest to treks in the Andes mountains. One of its lesser known highlights, however, is a remarkable 4×4 journey through the altiplano (high plains) in Bolivia’s desert southwest, close to…
Zaskia Antelo, chosen to be the first Bolivian to go to Mars!
Margarita Palacios reports for El Deber: [excerpt follows, original article at the end of this portion of this post] Bolivian aspiring to go to Mars wants to be a mother there and be back in 30 years The Bolivian Zaskia Antelo was chosen among 202,586 youth who participated in the Mars One project that seeks…
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