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Bolivia’s Best Treks Begin With an Altitude Reality Check
Bolivia makes mountain travel look close. La Paz sits beneath the Cordillera Real, high passes appear beyond the city, and roads fall…
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Bolivian Food Is Built for Altitude
Bolivian food rarely arrives trying to impress you. It arrives hot, substantial, and prepared for a country where mornings are cold, cities…
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Two Weeks in Bolivia Means Choosing a Direction
The old two-week itinerary crossed La Paz, Lake Titicaca, Sucre, Potosí, Uyuni, Tupiza, Tarija, and Santa Cruz. It was less a vacation…
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Isla del Sol Is Not a Spiritual Prop
Isla del Sol rises from Lake Titicaca high enough that the light seems to have fewer places to hide. Terraced hills fall…
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Salar de Uyuni Needs Preparation, Not Mysticism
Salar de Uyuni is difficult to describe without sounding as if you have swallowed a tourism brochure. In the dry season, salt…
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Bolivia Is Affordable Until the Route Gets Remote
Bolivia is often described as one of South America’s cheapest countries, which is true in the broad, unhelpful way that hides every…
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Thai Food Is Regional Before It Is Famous
The international version of Thai food tends to arrive as the same six dishes competing for attention. Thailand itself is less cooperative.…
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Thailand’s Islands Are Not Hidden, Only Different
Koh Lipe, Koh Chang, Koh Mak, Koh Tao, and Koh Phayam have all appeared on enough hidden-island lists to lose any reasonable…
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Teaching English in Thailand Is a Job, Not a Gap Year
Teaching English in Thailand is often advertised as travel with a salary attached. Beaches on weekends, bowls of noodles after class, smiling…
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A Sak Yant Is Not a Souvenir
A Sak Yant may look like a tattoo, but approaching it as body art with a better travel story misses most of…