Permaculture, Conspiracy and Dog Politics in Rural Bolivia
We expected our time in Bolivia to be a cultural experience. But we didn’t expect to be immersed in dog society — or an emerging brand of green conservatism.
Bolivia / Environment & Sustainability / Tales & Misadventures
by Matthew Huska · Published March 24, 2023 · Last modified March 22, 2023
We expected our time in Bolivia to be a cultural experience. But we didn’t expect to be immersed in dog society — or an emerging brand of green conservatism.
Argentina / Bolivia / Tales & Misadventures / Travel with Kids
by Oliver Huska
by Oliver Huska · Published March 17, 2023 · Last modified March 22, 2023
Oliver, our nine-year-old boy, recounts in his own words his difficult experience with altitude sickness while crossing into Bolivia.
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 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.
A stressful four-leg journey —including planes and trains, amidst a smoking volcano and an airline strike — teaches me lessons about booking better itineraries.
A honeymoon getaway turns into a saga when train tickets to Guilin are sold out. We buy bus tickets from a shady vendor. It turns out to be quite the ride.
China / Destinations / Environment & Sustainability / Tales & Misadventures
by Liuan Huska
by Liuan Huska · Published September 14, 2021 · Last modified September 18, 2021
An excursion off the beaten path lands us in a village with no tourist services where we find a local family to stay with. Will tourism change the village?
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