A kid in a candy store

Monkeys and wild pigs and pink dolphins, oh my!

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August 22nd 2006
The path was thin and dark and lined with as much noise as I imagine deckhands would make as they booed prisoners marching to the plank. Tumba and I climbed down a steep bank together to cool off in the fast black water of the Rio Beni after a fruitful four-hour traipse through the Bolivian jungle. Tumba was in the water before I even got my shoes off, splashing the water over himself and makin ... 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