Tag Archives: Pacific

Bolivia misses the Sea

Posted on 2016-12-15 by

In every country in South America, there is one specific topic with which you can interrupt the logorrhea of even the most verbose person. In Brazil, mentioning the numbers 7-1 is enough to make people cry. In Bolivia, you praise … Continue reading →

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Video: Writing by the Sea

Posted on 2016-10-16 by

Working on the south coast of Easter Island, ignoring the tsunami warnings:

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Kon-Tiki

Posted on 2016-09-26 by

Preparing my trip to Easter Island, memories of Kon-Tiki leaped into my mind, one of the first travel/adventure books I read. Thor Heyerdahl and his crew did not sail to Easter Island in 1947, but further north, yet the underlying question if the islands … Continue reading →

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