Flor de Oro Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Before I start my jungle story, I need to explain a little about the Bolivian character. In Bolivia, I think that people feel that they are being rude if they disappoint you in any way. This means that they will still give you directions even if they dont know the place you are talking about or say yes to every question you ask. This happened alot on our trip. We headed to the jungle of Noell Kempf Mercado National Park on our 18hr bus ride. The journey, despite the ...

... old son namely Chip, Amy and little Cory so that we could afford to hire the 4*4 to drive the fourteen hours to get there. To sum up the adventure (and I must admit this really was an adventure even by African standards). : drive, Missions (as depicted in the movie The Mission), drive, get lost, go down a near impassable track with impenetrable bush, get lost again. Drive into park, roads ...

... town outside of rio. great pictures.. -lost my only source of getting money..the debit card...and surprizingly, didn´t panick. -found later..after retracing steps. -laid on copacobana beach...watching beach vendors in their relentless attempt to sell me pineapples...lots of brazillians in skimpy beachware...lots of brazillians making out..

... clarifying your attitude toward people...Only the individual who is solitary is placed under the deepest laws...and when he walks out into the rising dawn or looks out into the event-filled evening and when he feels what is happening there, all situations drop from him as if from a dead man, thought he stands in the midst of pure life...´ Rainer Maria Rilke.

Le matin est gris. Comme ma tête. Non pas mes cheveux, ma tête. On n'oublie pas la routine pour autant. Il est temps pour nous de quitter ce vaste pays. La Bolivie nous attend. En fait, non! Moins de 30 minutes après le décollage, le contrôleur aérien nous avertit que nous ne sommes pas autorisés à rentrer dans l'espace aérien bolivien. Quoi encore?!? Aurai-je oublié de vérifier dans mon horoscope que c'était mon mois de chance? Ça ne peut ...