4 Gringos, a couple of wild turkeys, a jeep with an extra tank of gas,
2 chocolate pecan pies, bongo drums, a compass, a frisbee, a hackysack, a
map of Bolivia and plenty of thanksgivin fixins. Its turkey time! We are
off to the salt flats and lagunas of southwestern Bolivia to celebrate that
good old American holiday in the midst of one of the world's most
spectacular places. Details to follow on the flip side.....
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
Back in Bolivia
As many of you may or may not know, I returned to Bolivia last week to work on the project I was involved in last spring (www.desatel.net). After five long months in the USA, it is refreshing to be back. For this visit I brought my cameras along and will limit the words I send and increase drastically the pictures - I am sure everyone will greatly appreciate this.
Anyways, with me outta the way they have had some successes over the summer. Currently, we are finishing up the development of an infrastructure database which will aid in determing future development priorities in Bolivia (including in the telecom area - which is nice for us). Also, we are finalizing the funding arrangements for a 3 year project to train 600 youths in technology. This will help stimulate demand for our services and train future employees for our network. Speaking of our network, we are still trying to line up funding to get it started. This will be the bulk of my job.
But first things first - vacation. Upon my arrival, I headed for a long weekend in a sleepy town called Coroico which rests on the edge of the amazon in a region known as the Yungas (cloud forests). To get there you must traverse "the most dangerous road in the world" (according to somebody - don´t ask me it´s in all the books). What better way to travel then by bike when dropping from a peak of 4,700 meters to the valley floor at 1,400 meters on a road that spans no more than 3 meters in parts. A mix of mud, rock, waterfalls, trucks, buses and grave stones, the road winds down the side of cliff edges with sheer drops upward of 1000 meters. It was just awesome.
check it out:
http://www.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=67b0de21b30f2c19453a
Anyways, with me outta the way they have had some successes over the summer. Currently, we are finishing up the development of an infrastructure database which will aid in determing future development priorities in Bolivia (including in the telecom area - which is nice for us). Also, we are finalizing the funding arrangements for a 3 year project to train 600 youths in technology. This will help stimulate demand for our services and train future employees for our network. Speaking of our network, we are still trying to line up funding to get it started. This will be the bulk of my job.
But first things first - vacation. Upon my arrival, I headed for a long weekend in a sleepy town called Coroico which rests on the edge of the amazon in a region known as the Yungas (cloud forests). To get there you must traverse "the most dangerous road in the world" (according to somebody - don´t ask me it´s in all the books). What better way to travel then by bike when dropping from a peak of 4,700 meters to the valley floor at 1,400 meters on a road that spans no more than 3 meters in parts. A mix of mud, rock, waterfalls, trucks, buses and grave stones, the road winds down the side of cliff edges with sheer drops upward of 1000 meters. It was just awesome.
check it out:
http://www.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=67b0de21b30f2c19453a
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