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Travel Flashback

April 15, 2019 by Jason B.

The trip that probably changed the course of my life to travel is probably when I traveled to Bolivia at 17. I signed up with an adventure travel company, Where There Be Dragons, and off I went with a dozen other teenagers to South America.

This trip was certainly more adventurous than any other I have done since. In Bolivia we hiked through the Andes for weeks at a time reaching peeks of more than 16,000 feet. We stayed in villages with limited electricity and running water. I seriously shared a rock bed with straw underneath a straw roof with hanging corn. I bathed every few days in a bucket of freezing cold water. I herded sheep at ate a bland grain for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Of course I stuck some Mike & Ike’s into each meal since I smuggled them all the way from Miami.

I picked out one photo that really sums of this trip. During our 5th day into a two week long trek we arrived at a very long river. The only way around was to walk far out of the way. Our group, including three leaders stopped, thinking about what to do.

I can be pretty lazy so i’m not going to pretend I did this for the adventure but because I really did not want to make this trek any longer than it had to be. So I suggested we jump across and before anyone could really argue with me I jumped.

Filed Under: Bolivia Tagged With: apolobomba, Bolivia, bolivia trek, teen adventure trip, teen tour, where there be dragons

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  1. Eli says

    July 27, 2010 at 4:12 pm

    Nice! Sometimes that's all you can do, just jump. I mean, metaphorically, you know? You can apply it to anything. I wish I was doing adventure treks when I was seventeen.

  2. Locationless Living says

    July 28, 2010 at 3:13 am

    I never thought of it that deeply but you're right. Many accomplishments come from doing things even if I have no expertise to start (businesses, travel, etc.). I am definitely fortunate I could do something like this at that age. Otherwise I may have never discovered my passion for travel, or it could have taken many years.

  3. Andrew says

    July 31, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    The expression by the girl is what really makes that photo. Awesome 😀

    Cheers,
    Andrew

  4. Andrew says

    July 31, 2010 at 7:24 pm

    The expression by the girl is what really makes that photo. Awesome 😀

    Cheers,
    Andrew

  5. Jason says

    August 1, 2010 at 11:28 am

    It’s kind of represents what everyone else in the background was thinking at the time 🙂

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