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Plane on the grass runway

This was in Reyes, a town 45 minutes away where we landed. Guess the grass dries out faster here.


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Blog: You´re in the Tropical Rainforest, Baby!
Date: February 16th 2008

Getting there is half the fun?

Well, that´s what they say right? For us, it was a wee bit stressful. You see, in order to visit the Amazon area of Bolivia, we needed to fly into a small town called Rurrenabaque. The runway there is grass...which, during the rainy season, is often too wet to land. There are also storms that prevent flying. So, you just don´t know if you´re going ... read more




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