Chip Thomas in Salvador da Bahia, Carnaval 2004 my friend Chip Thomas, who I met this year in Salvador, is a great photographer and just sent me a CD full of amazing high-quality images he took there... i put a few of them up, sorry I had to reduce...

Si se sale por la noche de juerga se corren ciertos riesgos. Riesgos peligrosos. Aquella noche hacía frío, salí con guantes y me arriesgué a perderlos. Perdí un guante, nada menos que el guante de mi mano izquierda. A la mañana siguiente, tenía dos manos y un solo guante. La... • more

cabo san francisco is absolutely gorgeous. stunning. unbelievably so. how to describe it? succintly, i shall try. it sits in a little inlet before a small cape protruding into the green ocean, on a most lovely, perfect light-sand beach with warm waves ideal for playing in or walking beside. the...

i'm in paradise and life is perfect. pretty much. so. today since i am shunning the newspapers and electing to revel in my travel fantasy-land instead, i can write about what has been making me so happy. first of all: pucon. a description. geographically, pucon is like a mullet: business... • more

Perhaps there is not the huge split between Eastern and Western Bolivia with regards to the touchy gas exportation issue. Many elite business “leaders” in Santa Cruz and Tarija have claimed that the departments of the “media luna” (half moon, because their location forms that shape in the eastern part... • more

The Peruvian newspaper, La Republica, reported that sources said the United States Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor had an interesting conversation with Bolivian President Carlos Mesa during his recent trip to Argentina. The daily reported that Taylor had suggested to Mesa that elections be moved up and scheduled for the end... • more

The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF), not especially known for their bright ideas, decided it wanted to present an extravagant halftime show during the March 30 World Cup qualifying match in La Paz. However, the company that owns advertising rights to the game politely denied the request from the FBF.

so was named the chilean flick i was fortunate enough to view last nite in an open-air theater in southwestern santiago last nite. the movie was part of a cultural festival that i guess goes on every summer in the casa de cultura in the boho-intellectual neighborhood of Ñuñoa, and... • more