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Upcoming Bolivia Interview on ABC Australia Nationwide Radio
Interview with South America Handbook Editor Ben Box Pushing the Bus in Patagonia Bolivia's La Candelaría Mine, Potosí: One Picture = 1000 Words On The Page Seeking [Unemployed] Scribes The World's Most Dangerous Road
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March 31, 2004Upcoming Bolivia Interview on ABC Australia Nationwide RadioHere are the details about my radio interview scheduled for next Monday. I'll be chatting for half an hour with Australia's ABC Nationwide radio hosts and talkback callers about my forthcoming Lonely Planet Bolivia guidebook. According to the station's promo...Read this update Posted by laughtears on March 31, 2004 01:09 AM
Category: Bio | Bibliography, Bolivia | South America, Interviews March 29, 2004Interview with South America Handbook Editor Ben BoxAnyone and everyone interested in South America will want to check out this month's Ecoclub interview with Footprint's long-running editor Ben Box. If that's not enough, dig a bit deeper for the live chat transcripts that followed the interview. There's...Read this update March 04, 2004Pushing the Bus in PatagoniaLocals warned us that the wind would be stong in Patagonia, but this was ridiculous. Our winding 16-hour ride along gravel roads north from Usuhaia, Argentina through Tierra del Fuego turned into a 24-hour fiasco as the bus refused to...Read this update Posted by laughtears on March 4, 2004 09:44 PM
Category: ->Photo of the Day<-, Bolivia | South America Bolivia's La Candelaría Mine, Potosí: One Picture = 1000 WordsIt's 1pm on the last Friday of the month, three levels below the entrance of one of Bolivia's most primitive co-operative mines, La Candelaria, inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain). The ancient-looking miners, who universally suffer from silicosis, start...Read this update Posted by laughtears on March 4, 2004 01:21 AM
Category: ->Photo of the Day<-, Bolivia | South America, On Assignment March 01, 2004On The Page Seeking [Unemployed] ScribesOn the Page magazine is looking for stories of the unemployed for their upcoming issue on Work. The pitch: "Was losing your job the best thing that ever happened to you or one of a series of terrible misfortunes? Did...Read this update The World's Most Dangerous RoadOutside Bolivia's sky-high capital, La Paz, a winding, narrow muddy track that's been dubbed the World's Most Dangerous Road snakes down through the fog to steamy Yungas lowlands. I witnessed the aftermath of this tragic overturned camión accident while navigating...Read this update Posted by laughtears on March 1, 2004 09:56 PM
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