Pampas Room

Descent Into the Amazon

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April 4th 2010
My first views of La Paz were quite astonishing, but I’ll save the description of that for the next blog. My bus wound down into the canyon the city is situated in and after disembarking I wasted no time to organise my foray into the Amazon. Bolivia has a wonderfully accessible Amazon Basin that is markedly cheaper to access than in any other country that the Amazon is sprawled across. I teamed ... 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