Andean blessing
Click on the photo for a gallery of images from an Andean blessing that we organised by Lake Titicaca in our last weeks in Bolivia to celebrate friendship, our commitment…
Coca is not a drug
My partner Juliette has produced a great short programme for Free Speech Radio News on the UN call on Bolivia to ban coca. Click here to listen
Hiphop struggle
To give you some idea of Aymaran hiphop. I interviewed the band in the video a couple of years ago. Video spotted on upsidedownworld
Expectation
What can they be so excited about? Click on the photo for a slideshow…
Till death do us unite
The skull with a hip-hop hat emblazoned with the emblem of New York Giants had a smouldering cigarette and coca leaves drooping from his non-existent lips. He grinned vacantly at…
Fiesta de Gran Poder
La Paz provided another stunning day on Saturday with the Fiesta de Gran Poder. Whirling cholitas, stamping men in brilliantly-bright costumes, whooping crowds, hordes of street sellers, cold beers and…
Reggae song
"Muy frio, muy frio," the dreadlocked man from the shadowed stage muttered into the mike. I shivered in agreement as I looked up into the naked black sky. The open…
Carnival
The town sits as if sheltering from agoraphobia, tucked under the dawn-lit hills clustered like islands in the sea-like Altiplano, a blur of ugly unfinished brick buildings, a monotony of…
Transformation
My eyes swept up the curvy body taking in the knee-high platform leather boots, the elegant dress hugging the figure, a beautifully painted face and the long black hair tucked…
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