Parrots nesting at the Mirador

Rurrenabaque & Madidi National Park (The Jungle)

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June 1st 2011
Our flight left early from the military airport in La Paz for a town in the Amazon Basin. It was a fairly small (but not as rustic as I'd expected) propeller plane. We opted for the 40minute flight rather than 20 hour bus since we'd heard the journey was pretty rough. After the short flight it felt like we were in a different country. We went from the near freezing La Paz morning to tropic ... 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