Rurrenabaque and Madidi National Park (Chalalan Ecolodge)

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May 24th 2012

Published: June 21st 2012

The next morning, we got up early to get our taxi to La Paz airport. We ordered our breakfast for 8am (it cost a bit extra) but it didn´t come till 8.15. We rushed out to our taxi, after gulping down our breakfast and the owner of the hostel came out and gave us our money back! We got our taxi to the airport and checked in. When it was time to board the plane we headed out onto the tarmac."Plane... Read Full Entry

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Tarantula

On our night walk, Rigo coaxed this tarantula out of his burrow.

Bolivian Squirrel Monkey

Not as cheeky as the ones in Dublin Zoo!

Another weird fungus

Owl-Eye butterfly

Found him on our night walk

Social Spiders

These spiders caught a MASSIVE beetle in their web and were slowly eating it.

Scarlet Macaws

Taken through Rigos binoculars. It was really hard to photograph them normally. They live way up in the canopy of the rainforest. You can hear them though.

Termite mound

Dave and Rigo at the mirador

Cockroach

Amazon Tree Boa

The Gang!

Top L-R: Silvan, Cecilia, Yed Bottom L-R: Simon, Kate, Dave, Orlagh, Sarah and Mike

22nd June 2012

stephanie
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waxeen is very cute! love it... but they are hoatzin!.. a rose by any other name....
goood to read your report! been there done that...loved it too!

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