There is an art to eating salteñas, according to our friend, Jeremy.  The way I remember him describing it, you have to: a. be standing and slightly hunched over whilst holding the salteña in two hands, a stack of paper napkins close by. b. eat it by nibbling slowly, and very carefully, from the […]

“What do you think about going to the Salt Flats when we’re in Bolivia,” I ask? “I don’t know, there’s a lot to see,” says the CEO of Dugla Tours.  “ Ya, I know, and it is at a pretty high elevation.  Let’s think about it,” says I. I can’t really remember how we started […]

Last year, when Doug and I decided to travel to South America during my leave from teaching, volunteering was our prime motivation, followed closely by exploring mountains (for Doug) and discovering great food (for me, of course), with some amazing travel thrown in.  We also thought that we would focus on Ecuador, since we had […]