World Chump - Wanderlust

 This is not Kansas anymore, Dorothy. And we quickly learn it isn’t La Paz, either. What a difference a mile in altitude can make. From the main plaza of Coroico to a narrow dirt road featuring hundred feet drops at the side, it is a distance of exactly...

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Contrary to what some people have suggested, I no longer do cartwheels, jumping jacks, and whiskey shots in ...

What exactly crosses your mind when you hear the expression ‘ghost town’? If you’re like me, you probably hold the ...

Yes, hard to imagine, but over five years later, I have reached lucky number 200. For Post # 200 as a worldchump, I ...

When I was a kid trick or treating in California in the 70’s, I remember taking names of certain places after hitting ...

Around a decade ago, the gas war was a social conflict that focused on the exploitation of the country's natural gas ...

One common feature of developed countries is their infrastructure, or their pronounced lack thereof. I believe I have ...

One of the first things you notice about Bolivia when you arrive here is that there seems to be a free-for-all in the ...

Instead of getting a vacation rental, we stay at the Grand Hyatt on North Harbor Drive in downtown San Diego. The ...

Returning to San Diego never gets old. In fact, your plane might have just been hurled into a tornado, a comet could ...

Showtime for the Grandfather Mountain Marathon. Oddly enough, I didn't have nearly the jitters I had before the first ...

Before arriving in Boone on the late afternoon of the 13th, I realize I had been there a couple of times before ...

Just when you thought you may have possibly exhausted all traveling possibilities in the United States that include ...

At the tender age of 43, I am finally a first time homebuyer. And as most homeowners can attest, this didn't happen ...

In many ways, I am no different than a soldier serving his country overseas. Aside from the inconvenience of getting ...

Here I am actually not referring to Bolivia’s Independence Day on August 6, but the 4th of July – not so much the ...

How things can come full circle at times. Only recently did I write about the Bolivian police here, and how their ...