- Page 1 of 10
- Next
Showing 1-25 of 237 results
-
A Digital Nomad Budget: One Year in South America
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 27 January 2012
To celebrate the launch of our free ebook South America Highlights, it’s South America Week on Never Ending Voyage. We’ve compiled the favourite destinations on the continent of 31 experienced travellers and today we share exactly how much we spent during our one year in South America.
-
The Best of South America Part 2: Travellers Share Their Tips
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 25 January 2012
To celebrate the launch of our free ebook South America Highlights we asked other travel bloggers to share their favourite places and experiences on the continent. In Part 1 we heard their top tips for Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil and now in Part 2 we move on to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.
-
South America Highlights: Launching Our FREE Ebook
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 23 January 2012
Today we are launching our first ebook South America Highlights and it’s free! We spent a year in South America exploring white sandy beaches, bug-filled jungles, snow-capped mountains and elegant colonial cities.
-
60 Tips from Kiva Fellows
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 30 December 2011
Compiled by Kate Bennett, KF16 Peru The sixteenth class of Kiva Fellows has all but left the field- but we're by no means done talking about our experiences. We've collectively spent 422 weeks in the field (just over 8 years!) and worked an estimated 16,650 hours at Kiva field partners around the world.
-
Why I Volunteer Abroad (with Kiva)
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 29 December 2011
By Eric Rindal – KF 16 – Bolivia Before I volunteered as a Kiva Fellow in Sierra Leone (May of 2011) and Bolivia (September 2011), I was living in Santa Barbara, California. Imagine: Santa Barbara beaches saturated with color, mansions with the smell of jasmine twisting through the air, and a pace of life only [...]
-
The backpack diaries – our top ten South American experiences
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 21 December 2011
So this post is a little late – over a year late to be precise – but that’s okay because we still remember every miniscule detail of the trip as if it was yesterday. We’re determined to get back on the blogging horse and we have a few great European posts up our sleeves for [...]
-
Fifteen Dreams of Fifteen Kiva Borrowers
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 19 December 2011
By Eric Rindal - KF16 - Bolivia Part of my Fellowship here in Bolivia is to complete two Borrower Verifications (BVs) for two Kiva partner microfinance intuitions: Emprender and IMPRO. During the BV, I ask four questions to verify that the borrower is the real borrower, and I ask one question to understand the Kiva borrower better. This one question: What is your dream for you life or your business, is the most moving part of my Fellowship. I am so inspired by Kiva borrowers. Some of their dreams are simple, some are grand, and others take hold of my heart with profound sincerity.
-
Update from the Field: Adapting for Borrowers by Borrowers, Microinsurance +SKFL
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 28 November 2011
Compiled by Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua This week’s Fellows Blog focuses on adaptability: Adapting microinsurance to poor households in Indonesia, an MFI in Turkey adapts to the needs of women entrepreneurs, a multifaceted borrower in Nepal adapts to market pressures, and a Kiva Fellow adapts to changing expectations. In a continuation of The Stuff Kiva [...]
-
Stuff Kiva Fellows Like #10-17
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 26 November 2011
Compiled by Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua We are Kiva Fellows. This is the stuff we like. Here is an insider (often critical, or satirical but always true!) view of what it means to be a Kiva Fellow and promote access to financial services around the world. From party crashing to bazaars to street food, these [...]
-
The Wandering Fellow
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 17 November 2011
Eric Rindal - KF16 - La Paz, Bolivia This Monday morning I woke up under new sheets on a small bed in a small room amid warm and verdant Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It took me 30 frantic and confused seconds to piece together where I was as the sun beamed through the cracks in the unfamiliar blinds. The day before I was living across the country for two weeks verifying loan terms of Kiva borrowers. Three weeks before that I was in La Paz, Bolivia for eight weeks creating new Kiva borrower profile templates.
-
Updates from the Field: Green Loans, Dark Alleys + On-the-Ground Footage of it All
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 24 October 2011
Compiled by Kate Bennett, KF16, Peru
-
Why micro loans; Why small business; and Why poverty
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 16 October 2011
Eric Rindal - KF16 - La Paz, Bolivia Another day, another dollar lost as a volunteer. The first part of my second Fellowship has gone by tremendously fast. I only have two more months left of what will be my seven months as a Kiva Fellow. No longer do I feel like a volunteer, this is now my way of life. At this juncture, after leaving Sierra Leone and entering Bolivia, I ask three questions: Why micro loans; Why small business; and Why poverty. As a Fellow these questions encapsulate most of what I think about. In short, I want to know why things are the way they are.
-
Stuff Kiva Fellows Like
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 7 October 2011
Compiled by Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua We are Kiva Fellows. This is the stuff we like. Here is an insider (often critical, or satirical but always true!) view of what it means to be a Kiva Fellow and promote access to financial services around the world. From alpaca fur to FSSs to ziplock bags, these [...]
-
Same Rung of the Ladder?
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 23 September 2011
Eric Rindal - KF16 - Bolivia After Jeffrey Sachs started talking about ladders, rungs, and poverty, many wondered if there would be an end to poverty. The way he saw it was that if a developing country could just make it to that first “rung” on the ladder, they would reach the global economy and lift themselves from poverty. He augmented this with “clinical economics,” treating developing countries like patients by offering a unique diagnosis, by properly addressing a country’s need.
-
100 Greatest Travel Experiences: How Many Have We Done?
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 17 August 2011
People who hear that we plan to travel forever sometimes ask us if we’ll run out of places to visit. Now we can point them to Wanderlust’s list of 100 Greatest Travel Experiences. The British travel magazine asked readers to vote on what they consider the ultimate travel experiences, as travel is more about the [...]
-
Daily Travel Snapshot: Tupiza, Bolivia
Blog: WildJunket - 6 August 2011
A street vendor sells oranges in the market of Tupiza, Bolivia. Click to see more photos of Bolivia.
-
From Freezing Glaciers to Steaming Cloudforests: El Chorro Trek
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 24 July 2011
Bolivia has about 736,000 square miles (roughly the size of the U.S. states of Alaska and Washington combined), one-third of which is Andean altiplano and two-thirds is Amazon basin. Were it not for losing its Pacific War with Chile (1879-1884), it would have a coastline as well. (In fact, from 1825 to 1935, Bolivia lost half of its territory to neighboring Chile, Argentina, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay.) The combination of altiplano and jungle make for a very biodiverse country and one of the best ways to experience that is by hiking the El Chorro Trek, just outside La Paz.
-
Bolivian Biodiversity
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 7 July 2011
The Bolivian "88" butterflyWhether you are sailing along on Lake Titicaca at 12,500 feet, tramping through the Yungas (steamy cloud forest), walking through glaciers along the altiplano, paddling
-
5 Safety Tips for Taking Taxis in Latin America
Blog: GoBackpacking - 23 June 2011
5 universal safety tips for taking taxis in Latin America.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
-
Sleeping On Salt: Bolivia's Salt Hotel
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 21 June 2011
Our room at the Salt Hotel On the third night of our Lipez-Uyuni tour we arrived at our salt hotel, an inn made primarily of salt on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni. The hotel was basic with walls of salt, be
-
Foto Friday – Nostalgic for Bolivia
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 17 June 2011
Another of our favorite photos from our time in Sucre, Bolivia.
-
Photo of the Day: Potosi Bolivia Panorama
Blog: Two Backpackers - 15 June 2011
Read more… Ethics of Tourism: Mines of Potosi Bolivia Related posts:Photo of the Day: Cerro Rico in Potosi Bolivia Ethics Of Tourism: Mines Of Potosi Bolivia Photo of the Day: Mountains And Plains in Bolivia © Aracely for 2 Backpackers, 2011. | FOLLOW US ON TWITTER | JOIN US ON FACEBOOK | Permalink
-
The Witches' Market
Blog: Indian Bazaars - 8 June 2011
GUEST POST by Meena Venkataraman. We casually stroll into Witches’ market looking for souvenirs to take back home. Aimless tourists with a fancy camera on a hot Bolivian afternoon. In the heart of the hilly city of La Paz, a narrow alley leads us on and we follow, a little buzzed by the hot afternoon sun. On first sight we see an array of shops selling shawls and winter caps, sweaters for those needy of warmth and then an assortment of small souvenirs greets us.
-
Swimming With Blind Pink River Dolphins
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 5 June 2011
Jumping in with blind pink river dolphinsDeep within the Bolivian Amazon, the four of us peered over the sides of our dugout canoe, trying to decide if we should take the leap into the deep brown wat
-
Attack Of The Bolivian Squirrel Monkeys
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 3 June 2011
Bolivian Squirrel MonkeyWe sped through the chocolaty brown waters of Bolivia’s Yacuma River, the breeze giving us respite from the moist and muggy Amazon air. We’d seen a lot in one morning – ca
