World Chump - Wanderlust

On the face of things, this was going to be a grueling trip we had planned for Liebi's 40th birthday: 45 minutes to the train station, three hours on the train to Machu Picchu, plus another half hour on a bus that would take us to the lost...

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'Bienvenidos a Cusco', the driver tells us as we leave the airport in Cusco. The flight takes 55 minutes from La Paz ...

-After trying it a few times, I must (still) admit that lama meat is tasty! And no, it doesn't taste anything like ...

Over the course of the past 15 years alone, I have been to more Halloween parties than I care to imagine. The only ...

Here I need to clarify: I realize how the headline contradicts itself, being that all holidays were created per se ...

You would think this wasn't such a big deal here in Bolivia, or any other place else for that matter. The fact that ...

Malassa is a little town located just outside to the west of La Paz. If you recall the report I posted about the Valle ...

Last night Liebi told me that one of her Facebook friends had written to her about a Nepal earthquake, one that ...

We quickly realize that this is what we'd expected: entertainment, rather than any real-life bouts, if there were any ...

Our bus slowly crawls up the hill as we put more distance between us and La Paz. I feel like we are an airplane rising ...

- A Bolivian group planned a demonstration for September 5 in front of the American Embassy in order to secure the ...

The physical considerations aside, it can be sobering to return to a two mile altitude in the mountains following a ...

We're in for a special treat on Thursday the 18th. This includes a boat ride around the island. This is not your ...

As seasoned worldchumps, Liebi and I have learned by now not to expect too much from certain places. In other words ...

Marrying into a southern family has brought forth many changes in my life, both perceived and factual. I now talk in a ...

My Spanish tutor is one of the most inconspicuous people you'll meet anywhere. His is hair tied back in a pony tail ...

Growing up in Germany, you could rely on the natural order of things coming to a standstill for two events: the FIFA ...

It's just my luck that my first mass in Bolivia would be a funeral mass. I suppose that's God's revenge for my absence ...

When I look back on some of these blogs, I realize I spend an exorbitant amount of time posting reports about vehicles ...

How nice it would be if this blog could simply consist of posts that are nature and people related, an extension of ...

- In the past two days, I have already spotted three vehicles here in Bolivia with the digits 666. Either people are ...

A heat wave hits DC before I am scheduled to move out on Saturday. Following three days of the muggy heat DC is known ...

When the shot rings out, I turn on my iPod and we’re all off. It’s a slow jog at first. I tip my cap to the friendly ...