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Bolivia I

June 2, 2020 by Simon Robinson 2 Comments

I have three episodes from Bolivia to share. Let this be the first.

Theman had an acute sense of the absurd such as we’d all get if only we could keep our eyes open.

I was lucky enough to work with Theman in two countries. He was technically proficient, an expert in his field and professionally, utterly dependable. He was a devil for the details, an incisive and dogged detective. Which are great attributes for a surveyor. And besides, he was great company to travel with.

  • La Paz 1994
  • Oruro Shopping 1994

We first met in the Andes, up on the altiplano in Bolivia and a few years later we had a second encounter in the deserts of Niger. We were three months in the one, six months, on and off, in the other. There was a lot of time to exchange old blusters and experience new absurdities.

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