Well, here I am, seeing South America from an internet café at a cost of 3 Bolivianos per hour. I get 7 bolivianos for every dollar. I won´t dwell on the loooong plane flight, except to say that I met the most interesting people and had fun using Spanish to get through customs- not at [...]
In honor of this trip I spent time yesterday and today preparing this recipe.
Salteñas are the Bolivian version of empanadas, which come from Argentina. The story is that a woman from Salta, Argentina moved to Bolvia and made a version that was so good it is still a hit today. Mothers would send [...]
The starting salary for a first-year teacher in Howard County is somewhere around $40,000. In Bolivia teachers earn about $1000, a typical income. Of course some things cost less, but not always. In the late 90’s massive protests were sparked when the government’s attempt to grant control of the water system to [...]
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