My Altitude Experience at the Border of Bolivia
Oliver, our nine-year-old boy, recounts in his own words his difficult experience with altitude sickness while crossing into Bolivia.
Argentina / Bolivia / Tales & Misadventures
by Oliver Huska
by Oliver Huska · Published March 17, 2023 · Last modified March 20, 2023
Oliver, our nine-year-old boy, recounts in his own words his difficult experience with altitude sickness while crossing into Bolivia.
by Matthew Huska · Published March 3, 2023 · Last modified March 20, 2023
Here are ten common luxuries you would think were universal living in the States, that in South America are rare or practically unheard of.
A child battles altitude sickness as we arrive at the Argentine-Bolivian border bridge without a visa. This is a story about the lowest point of our gap year.
We recently came to the end of a day of exploring southern Chile and said to one another, “That was the perfect travel day.” Here’s what made it so wonderful.
We make a late-night grub run to a 200-year-old historic establishment.
Brazil / Tales & Misadventures
by Matthew Huska · Published October 18, 2022 · Last modified November 29, 2022
This is a story about how a simple bureaucratic formality can snowball into a saga of false steps, bad options, and some high stakes cajoling.
Brazil / Tales & Misadventures / Travel with Kids
by Oliver Huska
by Oliver Huska · Published September 17, 2022 · Last modified November 2, 2022
Oliver recounts an adventure packed hike up a river that almost ends in disaster. This is a story told from an eight-year-old point of view.
by Matthew Huska · Published July 29, 2022 · Last modified September 10, 2022
With months to go in our first “gap year” country, Brazil, we must learn afresh how to be competent adults. It has not always been a smooth process.
Matt loses his wallet, Finley has an asthma attack, and Liuan forgets her pillow, all on the first week of our family sabbatical.
Taking a Gap Year / Tales & Misadventures
by Matthew Huska · Published July 20, 2022 · Last modified July 22, 2022
Enjoy our first dispatch on the road. Here I talk about wrapping up our home life and doing a bit of domestic travel before flying to a new continent.
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