Agosto 10, 2005
Barrio Flores at One Year
This will be my last post until September. It also coincides with the one-year anniversary that Barrio Flores was created in this current format. I never meant to start a blog. Back when the Living in Latin America webzine began in early 2004, I offered to contribute some of my pictures from my 2000-2001 year in South America. At the same time, I began my immersion into Bolivian news and politics, devouring any news article that I could get my hands on. Other Bolivian blogs helped me formulate my opinions through the comments sections. Then, all of a sudden I had the desire to try my hand at writing. My first article dealt with the controversy of the Diablada dance at halftime of a soccer game between Bolivia and Chile.
After jumping from Livejournal to Blogspot and now to my own server space, I hope to continue on for another year.
On Thursday, I will be boarding a plane for Johannesburg, South Africa for a three-week stay in Southern Africa. My nervousness is far outweighing my amazement of my good fortune. Having only spent time throughout the Americas and Western Europe, where I could fit in without a hitch, Africa will be a completely and novel world for me. In the meantime, Bolivia will be begin its race towards the December elections. Make sure you read the blogs listed on the righthand column.
Posted by eduardo at Agosto 10, 2005 11:52 AM
Comments
Have a good and safe trip. Keep us up to date. :-)
Posted by: Miguel at Agosto 10, 2005 12:03 PM
Congrats on one year and have a safe trip.
Posted by: boz at Agosto 10, 2005 09:10 PM
Have a great time, Eduardo. Are you sure you won't blog from Africa? I'm sure your observations will be insightful and entertaining!
Don
Posted by: Don Ball Carbajal at Agosto 11, 2005 12:23 AM
Enjoy the trip! Congratulations on one year (My site is close to one year too)!!
Posted by: Alberto at Agosto 11, 2005 05:18 AM