by Kelli Donley | Sep 13, 2006 | Journal, Photography, Travel
One of the coolest cultural experiences I’ve ever had came two weeks ago when I was visiting a women’s cooperative in the high plains of rural Bolivia. We’d driven for hours on a dirt road to finally reach a tiny town, surrounded by dry, rolling...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 12, 2006 | Journal, Travel
This week I’m just posting photos from the trip. I gained 11 pounds in three weeks — mostly from lack of exercise, drinking soda instead of questionable water, and enjoying way too much bread. Oh, the bakeries in South America, how my hips love thee....
by Kelli Donley | Sep 11, 2006 | Journal, Photography, Travel
A few of the beautiful faces I saw in Bolivia: ~K
by Kelli Donley | Sep 9, 2006 | Journal, Travel
I’m home! And the first thing I did when I got to Miami, other than run like mad for my next flight, was enjoy a large cup of soft serve yogurt (without worrying about the dairy source) and three fluff magazines (Us Weekly, Oprah, Real Simple. No more Us Weekly...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 6, 2006 | Journal, Travel
Is that it is so similar to the United States, but everyone speaks Spanish. For being just one country north of Peru, Ecuador couldn’t be more different. To start, they use the American dollar as their currency. The people are racially diverse and there are tons...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 3, 2006 | Journal, Travel
Traveling to La Paz and meeting Alma at our hostel sounded great in theory. Taking a taxi in the dark from the airport for 30 minutes into a gaint, dirty city of 3 million people to find a hotel the size of a postage stamp left me in the back seat of the tiny old car...