Monkey eating my Banana Bread

Pampas Excursion

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June 17th 2009
Written by Gali: After hearing amazing recounts from fellow travelers we were all super excited for the Bolivian portion of the Amazon. As the first part of our excursion from Rurrenabaque we headed to Las pampas for 3 days & 2 nights. The word literally translates to swamps or a more appropriate term would be wetlands. Our tour guide, Ronny, was great, he was able to spot the wildlife from ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Beni Department » Madidi

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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