Blogs from Rurrenabaque, Beni Department, Bolivia, South America - page 21

...Trust me its paradise...this is where the hungry come to feed...for ours is a generation that circles the globe in search of something we havent tried before...so never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay your welcome...just keep your mind open and suck in the experience and if it hurts, you know what, it was probably worth it...you hope and you dream but you never believe that something is gonna happen for you, not like it does in the movies and when it actually does, you expect it to feel different, more viseral, more real...i still believe in paradise and now at least i know its not some place you can look for...cause its not where you go, its how you feel for a moment in your ... read more

When we learned that our flight to Rurrenabaque was to be canceled for the third time, we lost patience and decided to take the much longer and also adventurous bus ride there. Distances or rather driving times are mind boggling in Bolivia. A bus ride to Rurrenabaque generally takes 18 hours, while flying the same distance takes just 30 minutes. Well, in our instance, it took 33 hours to get there. The journey was truly spectacular, taking us first through high mountains and later, as we descended into the river valley, through the jungle. The road we took was declared as the most dangerous road in the world, claiming lives of dozens people every year. It is narrow, windy, and overused. As we entered deeper in the jungle, it was obvious why the flights had ... read more

Hey guys, I´m writing as I sit in the internet cafe bright pink from the Bolivian sun and and bright red from the mosquitoes who had hours of fun feasting on my pasty english complexion!! I´ve really enjoyed my time in Bolvia...although the stories before you get here, warn you off some what, I´ve found this place, all a lot more civilised and peaceful than anywhere else in peru or chile that I have seen. I crossed over the border from Chile on three day keep tour into the desert and salt plains...they were spectacular...and the photographs simply don´t capture the variety of vivid colours that could be seen all in the one place. Dusty roads, 6 smelly boys and -20 temperature at night made me glad to get back to civilisation but a priceless ... read more

After the delights of our jungle expedition, we decided to stay in Rurrenabaque for an extra day before flying back to La Paz. We hadn´t banked on it being so very hot and humid though - far worse than it was in the jungle - and so we pretty much spent most of the day wilting in our room and catching up on sleep. So much for that idea! In the evening, we hunted around for somewhere cheap to eat and ended up at a little chicken roasthouse where we ate for under 20 Bs instead of the whopping 80 Bs we paid last night. We both tucked into big portions of rice and chips with fried bananas while Glynn also had a big bit of chicken. Well worth the money. While we were wandering ... read more

Woke up this morning for our breakfast call in the mosi net with eaten legs even though i used the net they gave us and my own net as a blanket. We were going snake hunting today so i went searching for some wellies as the boots they gave us were about 10 sizes to small. Eventualy squeezed into the set the owner had to root out(eddy!!). When we left camp it was raining heavy so werent expecting to see much. However we soon spotted kingfishers,eagles and falcons. We then saw a golden eagle which was absolutely massive and spectactular looking. it flew off before i had time to get it on camera. On the way to hunt some snakes we stopped at a lodge were 2 aligators hang around to feed. Our guide Luis ... read more