Hola! We have just arrived back from almost a week in the pampas and jungle of Northern Bolivia. We flew to the tiny town of Rurrenabaque last week in a tiny 20 seater plane and enroute met 4 cool English chicks. One of them was in major struggle town due to the tinyness of the plane which was understandable as we flew low and close to some pretty big mountains and had to land in a green grass field. We booked a Pampas Tour on the Yakuma River with our new friends to begin the following day. Stace and I had our hearts set on cruising on the Amazon River but of course hadn´t researched anything so were suprised to hear the Amazon River was hundreds of miles away! But we were technically in the Amazon ... read more

Hola mi amigos, Hope everyone is well. So I have finished my first week of Spanish classes and am very happy. Mi gusta Sucre, mi familia and mi clase de Espanol (I love Sucre, my host family and my Spanish classes). Sucre is a beautiful city, it is the highest capital city in the world and it has a beautiful charm and look about it. The buildings are mostly white and grand and the view from my favourite (ultra steep) hill is moi bonito (very beautiful). My Spanish is coming along very nicely. I have learnt so much in a week and find I can converse with the merchants in the mercado (market) and I sometimes sit in the plaza and talk with the beautiful (and smelly) homeless children. I certainly can´t have a proper conversation ... read more