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Swimming with dolphins - finally!

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April 29th 2008
When I tried and failed to go swimming with dolphins in New Zealand, I never realised that I would actually get to do it in Bolivia, of all places. I didn't even know there were dolphins anywhere near the country - after all, it is landlocked. But there are pink dolphins in two rivers in Bolivia, one of them being the river Yacuma, where I spent three days in the pampas near Rurrenabaque. Befor ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Beni Department » Rurrenabaque

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more