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The Bohemian Diaries

Welcome to The Bohemian Diaries! I'm Jessica, a photojournalist and avid explorer currently living in Bolivia. This is my collection of travel stories and moments abroad. { More about me }

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Weekly Wishes – Número Tres

Weekly Wishes – Número Tres

Oh how the weekends come and go faster than all of Facebook’s viral video fads. It was a fun one, to say the least, but way to quick! Between Zumba marathon classes and family get-together after family get-together, there wasn’t much time to get to my never-ending to-do list. Oh well, a late night dancing with giant(…)

Weekly Wishes – Número Dos

Weekly Wishes – Número Dos

This weekend was a good one — calm, productive, full of sunshine. We finally got around to some home improvement projects we’ve been wanting to simply start (but finished, too!) and yesterday enjoyed a taste-testing brunch of the city’s best salteñas which I’ll post later this week. If you’re looking for something to watch on the(…)

VIDEO: Drilling Water for People

VIDEO: Drilling Water for People

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to work with Agua Yaku, an organization dedicated to bringing potable water to rural Bolivian communities by teaching villages how to use basic(…)

Threads of Change

Threads of Change

Patacancha is a cold, barren town perched high in the mountains of Peru’s Sacred Valley of the Incas. Without the narrow dirt road hugging steep ridges and making its way from the nearby town of Ollantaytambo, it would remain an indigenous Peruvian village disconnected from the outside world.

Weekly Wishes – Número Uno

Weekly Wishes – Número Uno

Working from home is a double-edged sword. On one hand, I work alone and make my own schedule doing what works best for me. On the other hand, I still work alone. While I enjoy the quiet moments, I miss my days in the newsroom where I have a team of creatives to bounce ideas(…)

Bolivia Survival Guide

Bolivia Survival Guide

Everything you need to know in ten convenient (and absolutely essential) tips to make the most of your trip to Bolivia.

Twenty-six During Twenty-six

Twenty-six During Twenty-six

It’s here, it’s here! Time to blow out the candles on another year and wish for the best in the next to come. Here’s my list of 26 kick-ass and life-changing things to accomplish while 26.

8 Stellar Scenes on the Amazon

8 Stellar Scenes on the Amazon

“We need the tonic of wilderness… At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.” — Henry David Thoreau

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