Salar de Uyuni

In order: the miner´s blockade, panoramic view from the car, flamingos and baby llamas

Salar de Uyuni

After a midnight bus to the border of Bolivia, we arrived in the bolivian town of Villizon. We met two ladies at the bus station who were interested in a tour of Salar de Uyuni from Tupiza. Long story short, we found a company in Tupiza and started our next adventure. We all piled into a toyota 4x4 with a girl from Colombia and a woman from the UK, a concinera (cook) named Lidia and our guia (guide) Seriviano (aka our fearless leader, Mick Jagger meets James Bond) and headed to the wild high desert of southwest Bolivia. Our days were filled with vast open spaces, blue sky, llamas, donkeys, vicuñas, pink flamingos, ghost towns, huge mineral mountains of different shades of orange, red and white, we played soccer with local niñas and slept at 12,000 ft (around 4,000 meters), peed at almost 15,000 feet, slept at a hotel made almost entirely of salt, dodged a blockade, visited white, green and red lagunas (some extremely toxic), saw Chile from the east side, saw a smoldering volcano, ate delicious comida including pancakes for breakfast, recorded music for a french girl named Axhel, and danced as little people in a big world on the salt flats. Que rico! When it was all said and done, we all had a hard time saying goodbye and left with tears in our eyes. It was by far an experience that still seems like a dream. ¡Viva Bolivia!

It´s Just Friday....

Get Your Ass to Work!

farm life at Reko

A little over a month ago, we took a bus to a dirt road to hike to a farm called Reko outside a little town called El Bolson. And thus the journey began. The first week was hard. We were either digging trenches, making natural insulation with clay and hay, manhandling chainsaws, stocking baño seco, recycling, or cooking in the kitchen for about 25 people. Everyday was filled with a 2 hour siesta, which was really battle of the paddle ball and music.
The farm is owned by 3 crazy brothers, one has 3 little boys and a beautiful wife. All are involved in the permaculture at Reko and educating the volunters who come. They are striving to be totally self-sustainable and doing a great job at it. We were treated like family towards the end, going on family vacations, driving their cars, or watching the kids. The entire month spent at Reko was the most rewarding experience which inspired 3 new songs (coming soon!). It was hard to say goodbye and we will truly miss this family and the volunteers.

making music

Life after the farm has been very tranquil. So far, the farm inspired us to write 3 songs. Today we recorded 2 of them. Hope you enjoy!