SnowBlind in the Andes details the Andean journey from
sacred leaf to cocaine tourism; filled with images from the trenches and personal
tales from Coca fields to the streets of Cali, Medellin, Lima and La Paz
with clear vision into this otherworldly South American story.
Over twenty years living in the Andes prompts me to lay bare
coca-tourism since its on-going rise continues as I live here. I've always been better
acquainted with the coca leaf and the culture that surrounds it, however, the
big story is that the native peoples are now taking a larger role in production and trafficking. Access in gringo clubs has become standard along with open Cocaine table-service in
Bolivia. The message is clear, the Andes are rapidly changing. It's no longer a
world divided into Green and White - Native and Gringo. As a result, the
naughty are arriving in droves to do little white lines. They've come to blow
their brains out on holiday.
