J: The most straightforward way to get from La Senda Verde to Rurrenabaque is to catch a bus direct. However this bus is notorious locally - cramped, bumpy, loud, dangerous and very, very long. We decided to treat ourselves and fly. The coach would have probably been worse, but the plane wasn't pleasant either. For a start I didn't think there were commercial airliners in existence still powered by propellers. There were only 18 seats including a couple for pilot & co-pilot and no stewards or stewardesses. We've been on smaller planes, such as the Cessna over Nazca Lines in Peru, but not at great altitudes over great distances like this journey. Our tiny size meant we were buffetted through the air by turbulence and it felt more like a roller coaster than stable air flight.
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