Bocas del Toro I flew from from Lima to Panama City, Panama, landing at about 17:30, and walked around for about a half-hour with a sign reading “Share a Taxi to Albrook, / Compartir un Taxi a Albrook.” I didn’t find someone to share a taxi but did find a shared van into the city, …
Adventures in Bolivia and Peru
...continued from Rounding the Corner, December 14. La Paz and el Camino de la Muerte With the census day in Bolivia I’d had to plan things pretty tight to do both the salt flats and Death Road. That meant taking the overnight bus from Uyuni back to La Paz, scheduled to arrive at 06:30 “or …
Rounding the Corner
Lima I touched down in Lima, Peru on November 15, 2012, 32 days before re-entering the United States. If South America was the final stretch, this was rounding the corner to the finish line. Arriving at the airport I figured out how to take the local microbus, line-S into town. This was a fun experience. …
The Next Steps in Life
Trusted reader, you’ve followed my journey this far. And now you ask, what is in store for Chris Healy from this point forward? I’m leaving Chile today. Whoops, I started writing this post six weeks ago. I’ll be in Mendoza, Argentina for one week. It’s a city just on the eastern edge of the Andes, …
Teamwork
Buenos Aires Back in Buenos Aires my friend Jennifer from California came to visit and travel with me for about ten days. We decided to meet in Buenos Aires and make a trip to Iguazú Falls, which would be her first time out of the United States; we were both pretty stoked about the trip. …