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Amazon.com
A visit to the Amazon was on our to-do list but we weren't sure when and where to go - after speaking to a few people en route, Bolivia suprisingly came out tops - it seems it is less touched by tourists so easier (relatively) to get into unspoilt areas where there is still an abundance of wildlife. We booked ourselves in for a week - 3 days …
Amazon, pampas and piranha´s
For my very first taste of the Amazon, we had booked oursleves on to a 3 day, 2 night tour where we were to visit the Amazonian pampas, see loads of wildlife and stay in an eco-lodge! So, very excited, we set off for our flight north to Rurrenabaque, on the edge of the Amazon. The plane was the smallest I have ever been on - with less than 20 seats …
Welcome To The Jungle
... and alligators, and this was terrifying despite Victor telling us that they were scared of us. If they were scared then they had a funny way of showing it, barely even flinching as we got within touching distance of them. The pictures hopefully show how big and powerful these things were, and it felt as though we were at their mercy.
I had expected to see a fair amount of wildlife but everywhere I looked I saw yet more crocs, gators, capybaras, monkeys, turtles and ...
Birds, dolphins &a 7m cayman-welcome to the pa
... around sunset we were all buzzing. The lodges are on the edges of the river banks raised on stilts and connected by walkways. Alligators claimed their territory by the river and we jumped out of the boat quickly and ran up to the walkways out of reach. We each picked our beds in our shared room, secured our mosquito nets and went to have some dinner. We were going on a night boat trip tonight- I don't know why they insist on doing things at night too - and as we walked back across ...
Bites and bugs in the jungle
... coroico down to yolosa where our bus would be waiting for us. We pulled up alongside a row of little huts selling numerous snacks which were randomly open at this early hour. Numerous cars and lorries pulled up and our taxi driver decided now would be a great time to wash his car. After 45 minutes our bus arrived and with everyone else sleeping we boarded quietly and were on our way. We awoke at around 6 and seemed to be parked up on the side of the road, drifting in and out of sleep ...
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