Thwack

Jungle Journeys

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June 30th 2006
After several days of exertion and freezing my ass off around La Paz I needed a bit of warmth so I opted to travel up to Rurrenabaque to see the Amazon Jungle and defrost. I took off from La Paz airport in a tiny twenty seater propeller driven aeroplane and had quite an eventful flight, within minutes of departure we flew past Huayna Potosi the flight path afforded us spectacular views of the asc ... 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