June 10, 2007

Salar De Uyuni ¨The Bolivian Salt Flats¨

In front of Colarada Lagoon

The Boys in front of one of the Many Volcanoes

The Salt Flats of Bolivia is by and large the weirdest place I have ever been in my entire life. It felt like we were on an entirely different planet. There are miles, and miles, and miles of just salt. The bizarre nature of this place got even crazier when we visited coral reef caves, massive red sanded deserts, volcanoes galore, red lagoons, and flamingos. We also got up close and personal with a really weird French dude.

Sidenote: I have come to the conclusion that France should be on a completely different planet (more on this later).

Salar de Uyuni is the worlds largest Salt Flat at 4085 square miles. Its also just over 3500 meters high. At the highest point of our tour we reached just over 5000 meters. Needless to say, the altitude effects you on the Salt Flats.

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June 9, 2007

The Mines of Potosi


Raj, Ben, Dave, and I before the mine tour

Potosi, Bolivia is the highest city in the world at 3,967 meters (13,015 feet). At one time in history, it was also the worlds richest city largely due to the vast amounts of silver deposits concentrated in the mines of ¨Cerro Rico¨.
¨Cerro Rico¨ translates to ¨Rich Mountain¨. The Spanish Conquistadors had an especially good time with the city of Potosi as they looted the hell out of the silver and copper rich region and vastly increased the wealth of Spain.

Ben, Dave (profile below), Raj (profile below) and I decided that while on our way to the Salar De Uyuni we would stop off in Potosi and tour the mines.

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June 2, 2007

How does one come to the conclusion to quit the “real world” and travel the “Real World”?

In late August of last year, I was sitting in a bar in Federal Hill (downtown Baltimore) completely miserable, talking about my life with one of my best friends Mark Fruhling. I hated my job, I hated my life and found myself at a crossroads.

I had been planning for about a year to move to LA to try and take my career to the next level. I was looking for a big radio job so that I could make the big money that goes along with selling advertising in the number 2 market in the United States. The decision to move was by and large due to my desire to make a lot of money.

I had plans to initially live with two of my closest friends in Southern California. Dave Binck would be moving to LA from Miami (He is my friend who was attacked last week), and Mike Russek who is living in LA currently as an actor and screen play writer. I had flown to LA to check everything out in January of 2006, liked what I saw and decided to move there.

I was going to go to LA in September of 2006. I had planned to quit my job in DC in June of last year. So, when September was getting ready to roll around and I was still in DC, I had a bit of personal crisis. Or better yet, lets call it a full blown meltdown. I was extremely unhappy and in the most uninspiring place of my life.

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